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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 23, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

November 16, 1987Live Oak County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 16, 1987, 3:20 AM CST for Live Oak County, Texas. It was in force for 55 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 16, 1987, 3:20 AM CST (09:20 UTC)
Expired
Nov 16, 1987, 4:15 AM CST
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Live Oak County, TX

The radar

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

The nearest sounding before it

Victoria Regiona, TX (KVCT), launched 00:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 132 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 00:00Z on 1987-11-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3472 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 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 00:00Z on 1987-11-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 90 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
3472 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
728 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
90 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
95 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.2
Supercell composite
6.3

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Nov 15, 11:31 PM CST, 3 hours 49 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Nov 16, 1:52 AM CST, 1 hour 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VICTORIA TX
140 AM CST MON NOV 16 1987

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH
TEXAS INCLUDING...JACKSON...LAVACA AND GOLIAD COUNTIES.

AT 125 AM CST VICTORIA RADAR SHOWED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
EXTENDING FROM NORTHEAST OF EAGLE PASS TO KERRVILLE. OTHER SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS WERE OCCURRING FROM SEALY TO TOMBALL AND
FROM ROSENBERG TO NEAR HOUSTON. ANOTHER AREA OF THUNDERSHOWERS WERE
OCCURRING BETWEEN GALVESTON AND BEAUMONT. ALL MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST
AT 25 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR.

CONDITIONS FAVOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS THIS
MORNING. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA ARE URGED TO REMAIN eALERT
FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA
WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO OR T.V. FOR LATER STATEMENTS
OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Nov 16, 2:10 AM CST, 1 hour 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VICTORIA TX
210 AM CST MON NOV 16 1987

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH
TEXAS INCLUDING...JACKSON...DEWITT...LAVACA...GOLIAD...AND
VICTORIA COUNTIES.

AT 125 AM CST VICTORIA RADAR SHOWED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
EXTENDING FROM NORTHEAST OF EAGLE PASS TO KERRVILLE. OTHER SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS WERE OCCURRING FROM SEALY TO TOMBALL AND
FROM ROSENBERG TO NEAR HOUSTON. ANOTHER AREA OF THUNDERSHOWERS WERE
OCCURRING BETWEEN GALVESTON AND BEAUMONT. ALL MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST
AT 25 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR.

CONDITIONS FAVOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS THIS
MORNING. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA ARE URGED TO REMAIN ALERT
FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA
WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO OR T.V. FOR LATER STATEMENTS
OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Nov 16, 2:15 AM CST, 1 hour 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
215 AM CST MON NOV 16 1987

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH
TEXAS INCLUDING LIVE OAK AND BEE COUNTIES...

AT 2 AM CST CORPUS CHRISTI RADAR INDICATED VERY STRONG THINDERSTORMS
FROM NEAR EAGLE PASS NORTHEASTWARD TO 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF SAN
ANTONIO. OTHER SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS WERE OCCURRING
OVER SOUTH TEXAS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM LAREDO TO LAKE CORPUS CHRISTI
TO ROCKPORT.  MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH.

CONDITIONS FAVOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS IN AND
NEAR THE WATCH AREA THIS MORNING. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA ARE URGED
TO REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND STAY TUNED TO
NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO OR T.V. FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR
POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Nov 16, 3:04 AM CST, 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
305 AM CST MON NOV 16 1987

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH
TEXAS...INCLUDING THE COASTAL BEND COUNTIES OF LIVE OAK AND BEE...

AT 300 AM CST STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING FROM NORTHWEST DUVAL
COUNTY...WEST OF FREER...THROUGH SOUTHEAST MCMULLEN COUNTY INTO
LIVE OAK AND BEE COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT
25 TO 30 MPH AND WERE INCREASING IN STRENTH.

RESIDENTS IN DUVAL...MCMULLEN...LIVE OAK...AND BEE COUNTIES SHOULD
BE ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOPING.

ELSEWHERE A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED NORTHWEST OF A
LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTH OF LAREDO TO COTULLA TO JUST NORTH OF SAN
ANTONIO. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST 25 TO 30 MPH.

CONDITIONS FAVOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS IN AND NEAR
THE WATCH AREA THIS MORNING.  STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL
RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNING.
Special weather statement, Nov 16, 3:04 AM CST, 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VICTORIA TX
300 AM CST MON NOV 16 1987

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH
TEXAS INCLUDING...JACKSON...DEWITT...LAVACA...GOLIAD...AND
VICTORIA COUNTIES.

AT 255 AM CST VICTORIA RADAR SHOWED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
EXTENDING FROM CARRIZO SPRINGS TO MARBLE FALLS. OTHER SCATTERED
THUNDERSHOWERS WERE OCCURRING FROM RIVERA TO FREER TO KENEDY. ANOTHER
AREA OF THUNDERSHOWERS WERE OCCURRING FROM GALVESTON TO BEAUMONT.
ALL MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST NEAR 30 MILES AN HOUR.

CONDITIONS FAVOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS THIS
MORNING. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA ARE URGED TO REMAIN ALERT
FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA
WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO OR T.V. FOR LATER STATEMENTS
OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 16, 4:28 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPBee47 min
Nov 16, 5:41 AM CSTTornado WarningCRPLive Oak49 min
Nov 16, 6:08 AM CSTTornado WarningCRPBee, San Patricio52 min
Nov 16, 6:37 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPRefugio53 min
Nov 16, 6:56 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPNueces, San Patricio64 min
Nov 16, 6:56 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPAransas, Refugio64 min

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.