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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

February 1, 1990Live Oak County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this tornado warning at Feb 1, 1990, 4:10 PM CST for Live Oak County, Texas. It was in force for 50 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
Feb 1, 1990, 4:10 PM CST (22:10 UTC)
Expired
Feb 1, 1990, 5:00 PM CST
In force
50 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Feb 1, 4:25 PM CSTHail 1.75Live Oak, 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

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 103 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, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 1990-02-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 303 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, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 1990-02-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 218 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
303 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-163 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
607 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
218 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
268 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 012211
TORCRP
TXC297-012300-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
410 PM CST THU FEB 1 1990

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  500 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...

IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
          ...NORTHERN LIVE OAK

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT EARLIER PRODUCED A TORNADO IN LASALLE
COUNTY WAS LOCATED JUST NORTHEAST OF TILDEN MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT
NEAR 40 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL ENTER EXTREME NORTHERN LIVE OAK COUNTY WITHIN THE NEXT
15 MINUTES. RESIDENTS IN WHITSETT AND SURROUNDING AREA SHOULD TAKE
COVER NOW AS THIS STORM MAY STILL BE TORNADIC.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION.  ACT QUICKLY.  IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF
AVAILABLE.  OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR POSSIBLE.  AVOID WINDOWS.  ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES
FOR A REINFORCED BUSILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LIVE OAK AND BEE COUNTIES
UNTIL 900 PM CST.

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, Feb 1, 3:14 PM CST, 56 minutes before
TXZ040>040-DDHHHH-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
313 PM CST THUR FEB 1 1990

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM TODAY FOR LIVE OAK AND
BEE COUNTIES OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORM CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR
LIVE OAK AND BEE COUNTIES UNTIL 900 PM TODAY. RADAR SHOWED THUNDER-
STORMS NEAR COTULA NORTHWARD TO WEST OF SAN ANTONIO WERE MOVING
TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH.

A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADO
DEVELOPMENT IN THOSE COUNTIES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE
IN AND NEAR THOSE COUNTIES UNTILL 900 PM TODAY. PERSONS IN THOSE
COUNTIES SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
Special weather statement, Feb 1, 3:15 PM CST, 55 minutes before
TXZ040>040-020300-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
313 PM CST THUR FEB 1 1990

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM TODAY FOR LIVE OAK AND
BEE COUNTIES OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORM CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR
LIVE OAK AND BEE COUNTIES UNTIL 900 PM TODAY. RADAR SHOWED THUNDER-
STORMS NEAR COTULA NORTHWARD TO WEST OF SAN ANTONIO WERE MOVING
TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH.

A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADO
DEVELOPMENT IN THOSE COUNTIES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE
IN AND NEAR THOSE COUNTIES UNTILL 900 PM TODAY. PERSONS IN THOSE
COUNTIES SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
Special weather statement, Feb 1, 3:19 PM CST, 51 minutes before
TXZ040-012230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VICTORIA TX
320 PM CST THU FEB 1 1990

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING FOR DEWITT...
GOLIAD...JACKSON...LAVACA AND VICTORIA COUNTIES...

AT 315 PM CST VICTORIA RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY
HEAVY RAIN EXTENDING FROM JUST SOUTH OF SAN SABA TO COTULLA.  THE
STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING INTO LA SALLE COUNTY NORTHWEST OF
COTULLA.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

RESIDENTS IN THE CROSSROADS SHOULD KEEP ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER
CONDITIONS THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING.

02

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 1, 4:41 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPBee34 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Texas, 1990Every tornado warning in 1990Tornadoes in 1990

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.