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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

April 1, 1992Refugio County, San Patricio County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 1, 1992, 11:26 AM CST for Refugio County, San Patricio County, Texas. It was in force for 34 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 1, 1992, 11:26 AM CST (17:26 UTC)
Expired
Apr 1, 1992, 12:00 PM CST
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Refugio County, TX, San Patricio County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 48 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 1992-04-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1992-04-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 238 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
NaN m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
238 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
210 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCRP 011728
TORCRP
TXC391-409-011800-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1126 AM CST WED APR 1 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL NOON CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...SOUTHERN REFUGIO COUNTY...SAN PATRICIO COUNTY
 
AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.
 
 
RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO ALONG THE REFUGIO/SAN PATRICIO
COUNTY LINE 9 MILES NORTH OF SINTON. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 20 MPH.
 
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS SPOTTED A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR F.M. HIGHWAY 796
NEAR WEST ST. PAUL IN NORTHERN SAN PATRICIO AT 1115 AM CST.
 
THE TORNADO WARNING FOR BEE COUNTY EXPIRED AT 1130 AM CST.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING.  AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH
OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 1, 9:40 AM CST, 1 hour 46 minutes before
TXZ040-011540-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
940 AM CST WED APR 1 1992

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER LIVE OAK COUNTY...

AT 930 AM CST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 5 MILES WEST OF GEORGE WEST IN LIVE OAK COUNTY.
THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS EMBEDDED IN AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND LIGHT RAIN
FROM 25 MILES WEST OF FREER TO EAST OF VICTORIA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE
EAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR.

RESIDENTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLE FLOODING
OF LOW AREAS AND LOW WATER CROSSING DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THESE
STORMS. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...
BREIF HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTMNING.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR
FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Apr 1, 9:43 AM CST, 1 hour 43 minutes before
TXZ040-011640-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED TIME CODE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
940 AM CST WED APR 1 1992

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER LIVE OAK COUNTY...

AT 930 AM CST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 5 MILES WEST OF GEORGE WEST IN LIVE OAK COUNTY.
THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS EMBEDDED IN AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND LIGHT RAIN
FROM 25 MILES WEST OF FREER TO EAST OF VICTORIA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE
EAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR.

RESIDENTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLE FLOODING
OF LOW AREAS AND LOW WATER CROSSING DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THESE
STORMS. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...
BREIF HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR
FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 1, 9:53 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPLive Oak67 min
Apr 1, 10:22 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPBee68 min
Apr 1, 10:41 AM CSTTornado WarningCRPBee49 min
Apr 1, 10:55 AM CSTTornado WarningCRPSan Patricio35 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.