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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

April 25, 1987Kleberg County, Nueces County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 25, 1987, 4:48 PM CDT for Kleberg County, Nueces County, Texas. It was in force for 56 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 25, 1987, 4:48 PM CDT (21:48 UTC)
Expired
Apr 25, 1987, 5:44 PM CDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Kleberg County, TX, Nueces 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 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 157 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 1987-04-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 46 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 12:00Z on 1987-04-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -19 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
46 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-213 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1218 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCRP 252148 RRA
TORCRP
TXC273-355-252244-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
448 PM CDT SAT APR 25 1987

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 544 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF

TEXAS...KLEBERG AND NUECES

AT 438 PM PUBLIC REPORTED SEVERAL TORNADO TOUCHDOWNS NEAR BISHOP
IN WEST NUECES COUNTY MOVING SOUTH. RADAR SHOWED A SMALL CLUSTER
OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THAT AREA.

FREQUENT LIGHTNING..STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL
LIKELY ACCOMPANY THIS STORM.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM..GO TO A BASEMENT SHELTER
OR A CENTRAL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR
BUILDING.  ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING.

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 RAJDIO..TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO STATION
FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS REGARDING THIS SEVERE WEATHER
EVENT.

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.