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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

March 11, 1993San Patricio County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 11, 1993, 8:54 PM CST for San Patricio County, Texas. It was in force for 66 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 11, 1993, 8:54 PM CST (02:54 UTC)
Expired
Mar 11, 1993, 10:00 PM CST
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area
Whole counties

County San Patricio County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 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 00:00Z on 1993-03-12Temperature 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 00:00Z on 1993-03-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 262 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
262 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
485 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
16.5

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The text

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 11, 7:35 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPJim Wells40 min
Mar 11, 10:32 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPJim Wells43 min

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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.