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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

May 23, 1993Aransas County, Nueces County, San Patricio County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 23, 1993, 3:10 PM CDT for Aransas County, Nueces County, San Patricio County, Texas. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 23, 1993, 3:10 PM CDT (20:10 UTC)
Expired
May 23, 1993, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Aransas County, TX, Nueces County, TX, San Patricio County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 21 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 1993-05-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1725 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 1993-05-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 117 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
1725 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
568 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
117 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
161 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.9
Supercell composite
5.9

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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.