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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

April 10, 1990Nueces County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 10, 1990, 4:51 PM CDT for Nueces County, Texas. It was in force for 69 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 10, 1990, 4:51 PM CDT (21:51 UTC)
Expired
Apr 10, 1990, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
69 min
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area
Whole counties

County 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

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 17 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 1990-04-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1710 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 1990-04-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 107 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1710 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-49 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
593 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
107 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
140 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.9
Supercell composite
5.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCRP 102152
TORCRP
TXC355-102300-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
451 PM CDT TUE APR 10 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  600 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...NUECES COUNTY
 
AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS OF THE SOUTH TEXAS COAST.
 
 
BOTH DPS AND PUBLIC REPORTED AT TORNADO IN THE VICINITY OF BANQUETE IN
WEST NUECES COUNTY. THEY SAID IT WAS MOVING TO THE WEST NORTHWEST.
RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THAT AREA.
 
 
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.

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.