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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

February 23, 19944 counties in Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 23, 1994, 5:30 AM CST for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 23, 1994, 5:30 AM CST (11:30 UTC)
Expired
Feb 23, 1994, 6:30 AM CST
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Jim Wells County, TX, Live Oak County, TX, Refugio County, TX, San Patricio County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 56 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 1994-02-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2208 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 1994-02-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -29 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
2208 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
917 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
36 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.2
Supercell composite
-1.0

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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
Feb 23, 4:24 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPDuval, Jim Wells66 min
Feb 23, 4:24 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPBee66 min
Feb 23, 5:40 AM CSTTornado WarningCRPBee65 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.