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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

August 24, 1992Nueces County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this tornado warning at Aug 24, 1992, 9:48 AM CDT for Nueces County, Texas. It was in force for 42 min.

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Issued
Aug 24, 1992, 9:48 AM CDT (14:48 UTC)
Expired
Aug 24, 1992, 10:30 AM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Nueces County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 2.8 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 1992-08-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2213 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 1992-08-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -7 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2213 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
679 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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.