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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

August 25, 1992Nueces County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this tornado warning at Aug 25, 1992, 10:45 AM CDT for Nueces County, Texas. It was in force for 45 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: Aug 25, 1992, 10:45 AM CDT (15:45 UTC)
Expired: Aug 25, 1992, 11:30 AM CDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area: Whole counties

County Nueces County, TX

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Aug 25, 10:55 AM CDT	Tornado F0	Nueces, 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 12:00Z, 3.8 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2918 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 635 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 3 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -27 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCRP 251549
TORCRP
TXC355-251630-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1045 AM CDT TUE AUG 25 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...NUECES COUNTY
 
AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.
 
 
...TORNADO ON THE GROUND NEAR ROBSTOWN...
 
AT 1045 AM CDT THE SHERRIFF AND THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE
GROUND NORHTWEST OF ROBSTOWN. THE TORNADO WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHWEST
AT 10 MILES AN HOUR.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNtITURE.
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.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 25, 10:52 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	San Patricio	53 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Texas, 1992 Every tornado warning in 1992 Tornadoes in 1992

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.