Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 26, 1993, 6:26 PM CDT for Nueces County, Texas. It was in force for 64 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 26, 1993, 6:26 PM CDT (23:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 26, 1993, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Nueces County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 17 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 973 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 821 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KCRP 262329 RRA SVRCRP TXC355-270030- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 626 PM CDT SUN SEP 26 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...... IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...NUECES COUNTY AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN CORPUS CHRISTI... AT 625 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR THE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MILES AN HOUR. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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, Sep 26, 3:15 PM CDT, 3 hours 11 minutes before
TXZ040-262115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VICTORIA TX 315 PM CDT SUN SEP 26 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT IN THE CROSSROADS AREA... AT 310 PM CDT VICTORIA RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NORTH AND WEST OF VICTORIA...EXTENDING FROM ALTAIR...HALLETTSVILLE... TO CUERO...FREER. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED BETWEEN ALTAIR AND SHINER AND 15 MILES WEST OF GOLIAD. LITTLE MOVEMENT WAS INDICATED BY WEATHER SERVICE RADAR. HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTING WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE THROUGH LAVACA...DEWITT AND GOLIAD COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS. STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL NOAA WEATHER RADIO...TV OR RADIO STATIONS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. 05
Special weather statement, Sep 26, 3:18 PM CDT, 3 hours 8 minutes before
TXZ040-262115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VICTORIA TX 315 PM CDT SUN SEP 26 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT IN THE CROSSROADS AREA... AT 310 PM CDT VICTORIA RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NORTH AND WEST OF VICTORIA...EXTENDING FROM ALTAIR...HALLETTSVILLE... TO CUERO...FREER. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED BETWEEN ALTAIR AND SHINER AND 15 MILES WEST OF GOLIAD. LITTLE MOVEMENT WAS INDICATED BY WEATHER SERVICE RADAR. HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTING WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE THROUGH LAVACA...DEWITT AND GOLIAD COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS. STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL NZOAA WEATHER RADIO...TV OR RADIO STATIONS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. 05
Special weather statement, Sep 26, 3:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before
TXZ040>042-262300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 330 PM CDT SUN SEP 26 1993 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FORMING IN ADVANCE OF A COLD FRONT ENTERING THE COASTAL BEND FROM THE NORTHWEST... AT 325 PM CDT CORPUS CHRISTI WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDER STORMS FORMING IN ADVANCE OF THE COLD FRONT MOVING INTO THE COASTAL BEND FROM THE WEST AND NORTHWEST. THE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDER STORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR LAREDO NORTHEAST TO SAN DIEGO TO BEEVILLE TO GOLIAD TO VICTORIA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT NEAR 10 MPH. RESIDENTS IN THE COASTAL BEND SHOULD BE AWARE THAT PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS MAY ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE ACROSS THE COASTAL BEND DURNG THE NEXT FEW HOURS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Sep 26, 3:40 PM CDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before
TXZ040>042-262300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 330 PM CDT SUN SEP 26 1993 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FORMING IN ADVANCE OF A COLD FRONT ENTERING THE COASTAL BEND FROM THE NORTHWEST... AT 325 PM CDT CORPUS CHRISTI WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDER STORMS FORMING IN ADVANCE OF THE COLD FRONT MOVING INTO THE COASTAL BEND FROM THE WEST AND NORTHWEST. THE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDER STORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR LAREDO NORTHEAST TO SAN DIEGO TO BEEVILLE TO GOLIAD TO VICTORIA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT NEAR 10 MPH. RESIDENTS IN THE COASTAL BEND SHOULD BE AWARE THAT PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS MAY ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE ACROSS THE COASTAL BEND DURNG THE NEXT FEW HOURS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Sep 26, 5:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
TXZ040>042-512-270010- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 512 PM CDT SUN SEP 26 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NEAR GEORGE WEST...SAN DIEGO AND IN SAN PATRICIO COUNTIES... AT 500 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT...GENERALLY IN AN AREA FROM LAREDO TO ALICE... THEN NORTHEASTWARD TO PALACIOS TO VICTORIA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR GOERGE WEST...SAN DIEGO AND BETWEEN ODEM AND SINTON. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST NEAR 10 MPH. RESIDENTS IN THE COASTAL BEND SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDTIONS DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS AS THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN CAUSING LOCALIZED FLOODING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL. BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SPOTTED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. BOATERS AND MARINERS ON INLAND LAKES...BAYS AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS SHOULD KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE HARBOR IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SPOTTED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE BEGINNING TO APPROACH THE COASTAL WATERS. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE STRONG WIND SHIFTS ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND LIGHTNING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Sep 26, 5:14 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
TXZ040>042-512-270010- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 512 PM CDT SUN SEP 26 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NEAR GEORGE WEST...SAN DIEGO AND IN SAN PATRICIO COUNTIES... AT 500 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT...GENERALLY IN AN AREA FROM LAREDO TO ALICE... THEN NORTHEASTWARD TO PALACIOS TO VICTORIA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR GOERGE WEST...SAN DIEGO AND BETWEEN ODEM AND SINTON. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST NEAR 10 MPH. RESIDENTS IN THE COASTAL BEND SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDTIONS DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS AS THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN CAUSING LOCALIZED FLOODING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL. BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SPOTTED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. BOATERS AND MARINERS ON INLAND LAKES...BAYS AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS SHOULD KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE HARBOR IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SPOTTED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE BEGINNING TO APPROACH THE COASTAL WATERS. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS ClOULD PRODUCE STRONG WIND SHIFTS ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND LIGHTNING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
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.