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Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

March 28, 1992San Patricio County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this flash flood warning at Mar 28, 1992, 6:30 PM CST for San Patricio County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

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The facts

Issued
Mar 28, 1992, 6:30 PM CST (00:30 UTC)
Expired
Mar 28, 1992, 9:30 PM CST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area
Whole counties

County San Patricio County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 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 00:00Z on 1992-03-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1133 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 1992-03-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -75 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
1133 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
611 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-75 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
5 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.1
Supercell composite
-0.3

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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.