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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

January 14, 1991Duval County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 14, 1991, 8:45 PM CST for Duval County, Texas. It was in force for 60 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
Jan 14, 1991, 8:45 PM CST (02:45 UTC)
Expired
Jan 14, 1991, 9:45 PM CST
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Duval County, TX

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jan 14, 8:51 PM CSTHail 1.75Duval, 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 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 115 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 00:00Z on 1991-01-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1267 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 00:00Z on 1991-01-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 308 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
1267 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-36 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
767 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
308 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
396 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.5
Supercell composite
10.5

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 14, 8:17 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPLive Oak43 min
Jan 14, 8:54 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPJim Wells51 min
Jan 14, 9:22 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPNueces38 min
Jan 14, 9:52 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPDuval, Jim Wells53 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 1991Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1991

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.