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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX

July 21, 1992Calhoun County, Texas

NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX issued this tornado warning at Jul 21, 1992, 11:54 AM CDT for Calhoun County, Texas. It was in force for 66 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 21, 1992, 11:54 AM CDT (16:54 UTC)
Expired
Jul 21, 1992, 1:00 PM CDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Calhoun County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 106 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 1992-07-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2094 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 1992-07-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 1 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
2094 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
669 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
3 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
24 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 KVCT 211655
TORVCT
TXC057-211800-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VICTORIA TX
1154 AM CDT TUE JUL 21 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN VICTORIA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  100 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...CALHOUN COUNTY
 
AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS OF THE SOUTH TEXAS COAST
AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS OF LAVACA BAY
 
THE EMERGENCY MANAGERMENT COORDINATOR REPORTS SEVERAL FUNNEL CLOUDS AT
1153 AM CDT IN THE VICINITY OF GREEN LAKE IN CALHOUN COUNTY AT THE
INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAYS 35 AND 185...MOVING NORTHNORTHEAST.
 
 
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IVS 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 Austin/San Antonio, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 21, 11:05 AM CDTTornado WarningEWXCalhoun55 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.