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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

August 30, 1992Jim Wells County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this tornado warning at Aug 30, 1992, 7:20 PM CDT for Jim Wells County, Texas. It was in force for 40 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 30, 1992, 7:20 PM CDT (00:20 UTC)
Expired
Aug 30, 1992, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Jim Wells County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 74 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 1992-08-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2754 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 00:00Z on 1992-08-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 26 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
2754 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
858 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
100 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 310020
TORCRP
TXC249-310100-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
720 PM CDT SUN AUG 30 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  800 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...NORTHERN JIM WELLS COUNTY
 
...TORNADO NEAR COUNTY ROAD 305...
 
AT 715 PM CDT LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR ORANGE
GROVE NEAR COUNTY ROAD 305. MOVEMENT OF THE TWISTER WAS UNKNOWN.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 30, 7:37 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPJim Wells3 hr

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.