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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this tornado warning at Sep 28, 1987, 7:51 PM CDT for Duval County, Texas. It was in force for 54 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 28, 1987, 7:51 PM CDT (00:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 28, 1987, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Duval 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, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 204 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1011 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 899 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -24 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KCRP 290101 RRA
TORCRP
TXC131-290145-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
751 PM CDT MON SEP 28 1987
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
...DUVAL
AT 745PM CDT CORPUS CHRISTI RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 10 MILE
NORTHEAST OF FREER IN DUVAL COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTH
10 MPH.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH
OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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, Sep 28, 4:39 PM CDT, 3 hours 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 435 PM CDT MON SEP 28 1987 ...A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHERN KLEBERG COUNTY... AT 430 PM CDT CORPUS CHRISTI RADAR SHOWED A SMALL CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE NORTH SIDE OF BAFFIN BAY IN KLEBERG COUNTY. THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE BRIEF PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL FOR THE NEXT HOUR AS THEY MOVE SOUTH AROUND 15 MPH. RESIDENTS IN KLEBERG COUNTY SHOULD STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Sep 28, 5:36 PM CDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 535 PM CDT MON SEP 28 1987 ...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER BEE AND REFUGIO COUNTIES... AT 530 PM CDT CORPUS CHRISTI RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM BEEVILLE IN BEE COUNTY EXTENDING EAST TO 10 MILES EAST OF REFUGIO IN REFUGIO COUNTY. THIS LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE BRIEF PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL FOR THE NEXT ONE TO TWO HOURS AS IT MOVES SOUTHWEST AROUND 15 MPH. RESIDENTS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO...TELEVISION...AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Sep 28, 6:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 620 PM CDT MON SEP 28 1987 ...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN BEE AND REFUGIO COUNTIES... AT 615 PM CDT CORPUS CHRISTI RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 15 MILES SOUTH OF SKIDMORE IN BEE COUNTY EXTENDING EAST TO BAYSIDE IN REFUGIO COUNTY. THIS LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE BRIEF PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS AS IT MOVES SOUTH AROUND 15 MPH. RESIDENTS IN BEE...REFUGIO...AND SAN PATRICIO COUNTIES SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO... TELEVISION...AND SNOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Sep 28, 7:19 PM CDT, 32 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 720 PM CDT MON SEP 28 1987 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER LIVE OAK AND SAN PATRICIO COUNTIES... AT 715 PM CDT CORPUS CHRISTI RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED STRONG THUNDER- STORMS FROM GEORGE WEST IN LIVE OAK COUNTY EXTENDING SOUTHEAST TO 15 MILES NORTH OF CORPUS CHRISTI. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS 20 MILES SOUTH OF GEORGE WEST IN LIVE OAK COUNTY. THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE BRIEF PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS AS THEY MOVE SOUTH AROUND 15 MPH. RESIDENTS IN LIVE OAK...NORTHERN JIM WELLS...SAN PATRICIO...AND NORTHERN NUECES COUNTIES SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO...TELEVISION...AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
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.