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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

August 25, 1992San Patricio County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this tornado warning at Aug 25, 1992, 10:52 AM CDT for San Patricio County, Texas. It was in force for 53 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, 10:52 AM CDT (15:52 UTC)
Expired
Aug 25, 1992, 11:45 AM CDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area
Whole counties

County San Patricio County, TX

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 25, 10:55 AM CDTTornado F0San Patricio, 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, 3.9 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 1992-08-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2918 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 1992-08-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -40 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
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

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
Aug 25, 10:45 AM CDTTornado WarningCRPNueces45 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.