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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

June 22, 1988Live Oak County, San Patricio County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 22, 1988, 1:09 PM CDT for Live Oak County, San Patricio County, Texas. It was in force for 51 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 22, 1988, 1:09 PM CDT (18:09 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 1988, 2:00 PM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Live Oak County, TX, San Patricio 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, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 117 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 1988-06-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2282 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 1988-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -49 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2282 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
514 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-38 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 221810
TORCRP
TXC297-409-221900-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
109 PM CDT WED JUN 22 1988
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  200 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
          ...LIVE OAK...SAN PATRICIO
 
AT 100 PM CDT A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS OBSERVED BRIEFLY TOUCHING DOWN
ABOUT 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF SINTON IN SAN PATRICIO COUNTY.
 
NO DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED.
 
WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THE THUNDERSTORM LIKELY ASSOCIATED WITH THE
TORNADO MOVING WEST AT ABOUT 10 MPH TOWARD MATHIS AND LAKE CORPUS
CHRISTI.
 
RESIENTS IN WEST SAN PATRICIO COUNTY AND SOUTH LIVE OAK COUNTY...
ESPECIALLY THE MATHIS AND LAKE CORPUS CHRISTI AREA...SHOULD SEEK
IMMEDIATE SHELTER IF THREATENING CONDITIONS ARE SIGHTED.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING.  AS A LAST RESORT.m..SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH
OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

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.