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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

May 5, 1991San Patricio County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this tornado warning at May 5, 1991, 3:05 PM CDT for San Patricio County, Texas. It was in force for 40 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 5, 1991, 3:05 PM CDT (20:05 UTC)
Expired
May 5, 1991, 3:45 PM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area
Whole counties

County San Patricio County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 36 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 1991-05-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2243 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 1991-05-05The 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
2243 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-196 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1446 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
107 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
2 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.0

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The text

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 5, 1:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPDuval48 min
May 5, 1:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPJim Wells, Kleberg61 min
May 5, 2:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPDuval43 min
May 5, 3:00 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPJim Wells, Kleberg60 min

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.