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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

November 9, 1986Nueces County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this tornado warning at Nov 9, 1986, 12:20 PM CST for Nueces County, Texas. It was in force for 55 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Nov 9, 1986, 12:20 PM CST (18:20 UTC)
Expired
Nov 9, 1986, 1:15 PM CST
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Nueces County, TX

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Nov 9, 12:42 PM CSTTornado F0Nueces, TX

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The nearest sounding before it

Victoria Regiona, TX (KVCT), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 138 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Victoria Regiona, TX at 12:00Z on 1986-11-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1600 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Victoria Regiona, TX at 12:00Z on 1986-11-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -9 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1600 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
542 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
7 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.1
Supercell composite
-0.9

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KCRP 091822
TORCRP
TXC355-091915-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1220 PM CST SUN NOV 9 1986

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 115 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF

TEXAS...NUECES

AT 1210 PM CST A FUNNEL WAS OBSERVED OVER THE CORPUS CHRISTI
DOWNTOWN AREA MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT AN ESTIMATED 10MPH

PERSONS IN THE CORPUS CHRISTI AND SURROUNDING AREA SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IMMEDIATELY IF THREATENING
CONDITIONS ARE SIGHTED.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES..YOU SHOULD GO TO A SAFE PLACE
IMMEDIATELY AND YOU SHOULD ASK THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
TO RELAY YOUR SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS TO THE LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE.

PLEASE LISTEN TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO..TV..OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR
LATER STATEMENTS REGARDING THIS SEVERE WEATHER EPISODE.

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.