Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 9, 1994, 3:34 AM CST for Bee County, San Patricio County, Texas. It was in force for 26 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 9, 1994, 3:34 AM CST (09:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 9, 1994, 4:00 AM CST
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Bee County, TX, San Patricio County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 61 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
- 986 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -209 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 575 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 72 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 136 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, Mar 9, 12:18 AM CST, 3 hours 16 minutes before
TXZ224-225-233-234-235-247-090715- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VICTORIA TX 1218 AM CST WED MAR 9 1994 ...COLD FRONT WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS BLASTS THROUGH THE VICTORIA AREA... THE COLD FRONT MOVED THROUGH THE VICTORIA AREA AT 1158 PM WITH WIND GUSTS TO 38 MPH AND DRIVING RAIN DROPPING TEMPERATURES FROM THE UPPER 60S TO THE MIDDLE 50S. AT 1210 RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN LOCATED FROM NEAR HOUSTON TO PORT LAVACA TO CORPUS CHRISTI TO SAN ANTONIO TO COLLEGE STATION BACK TO HOUSTON. THE HEAVIER RAINFALL WAS LOCATED FROM GANADO TO CUERO TO THREE RIVERS. THE AREA OF PRECIPATION WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED. STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. 05
Special weather statement, Mar 9, 12:55 AM CST, 2 hours 39 minutes before
TXZ224-225-233-234-235-090800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VICTORIA TX 1256 AM CST WED MAR 9 1994 ...COLD FRONT WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS BLASTS THROUGH THE VICTORIA AREA... THE COLD FRONT MOVED THROUGH THE VICTORIA AREA AT 1158 PM. WIND GUSTS TO 44 MPH AND DRIVING RAIN WERE OBSERVED AT THE VICTORIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. AT 1245 AM CST RADAR INDICATED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN EAST DEWITT COUNTY MOVING INTO SOUTHERN LAVACA COUNTY. VERY HEAVY RAIN STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THIS STORM AS IT MOVES TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN VICTORIA COUNTY. VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS BEEN OCCURING IN THE CROSSROADS AREA THE PAST HOUR. MOTORISTS BE ALERT TO THE FLOODING OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL NOAA WEATHER RADIO...TV OR LOCAL RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. 05
Special weather statement, Mar 9, 1:06 AM CST, 2 hours 28 minutes before
TXZ231-232-240-241-242-243-244-245-246-090900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 104 AM CST WED MAR 9 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS REDEVELOPING WEST OF COASTAL BEND... AT 1 AM THIS MORNING...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS REDEVELOPING WEST OF THE COASTAL BEND IN AN AREA FROM JUST SOUTH OF CAMPBELLTON TO LAREDO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FREER WITH OTHER HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF FREER AND JUST NORTH OF THREE RIVERS. THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE EASTWARD INTO GOLIAD... VICTORIA AND REFUGIO COUNTIES WHILE A LARGE AREA OF LIGHT RAIN COVERED A LARGE PART OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AROUND THE THUNDERSTORM AREAS. DCG
Special weather statement, Mar 9, 1:51 AM CST, 1 hour 43 minutes before
TXZ224-225-233-234-235-090900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VICTORIA TX 152 AM CST WED MAR 9 1994 ...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS CONTINUE IN VICTORIA... ...COLD FRONT WITH GUSTY WINDS REPORTED ON PORT OCONNOR... AT 145 AM CST VICTORIA RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER VICTORIA WITH WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH...HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. TOTAL RAINFALL SO FAR AT THE VICTORIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE WAS 1.11 INCHES SINCE MIDNIGHT. ALONG THE COAST...THE PORT OCONNOR COAST GUARD REPORTED A COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE AT AROUND 140 AM WITH WIND GUSTS 20 TO 30 KNOTS FROM THE NORTH. MARINERS ALONG THE COAST ARE ADVISED TO USE EXTREME CAUTION. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. . STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL NOAA WEATHER RADIO...TV OR LOCAL RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. 05
Special weather statement, Mar 9, 2:14 AM CST, 1 hour 20 minutes before
TXZ231-232-240-241-242-243-244-245-246-090915- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 215 AM CST WED MAR 9 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED WEST OF COASTAL BEND... AT 2 AM THIS MORNING...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING WEST OF THE COASTAL BEND IN AN AREA FROM LAREDO TO GEORGE WEST TO CAMPBELTON MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 20 MILES EAST OF LAREDO AND JUST WEST OF GEORGEWEST. THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE EASTWARD INTO GOLIAD... VICTORIA AND REFUGIO COUNTIES WHILE A LARGE AREA OF LIGHT RAIN COVERED A LARGE PART OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AROUND THE THUNDERSTORM AREAS GENERALLY OF A LINE FROM LAREDO TO BA#FFIN BAY AND TO THE UPPER TEXAS COAST.
Special weather statement, Mar 9, 2:30 AM CST, 1 hour 4 minutes before
TXZ224-225-233-234-235-090915- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VICTORIA TX 231 AM CST WED MAR 9 1994 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS REDEVELOPING WEST OF THE CROSSROADS AREA... AT 225 AM CST VICTORIA RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARD GOLIAD COUNTY. RESIDENTS IN THE TOWNS OF BERCLAIR AND GOLIAD SHOULD PREPARE FOR VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL AS THESE STORMS MOVE QUICKLY TO THE EAST AT 40 MPH. MARINERS ALONG THE COAST ARE ADVISED TO USE EXTREME CAUTION AS GUSTY NORTH WINDS CONTINUE AT 20 TO 30 KNOTS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. ...STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL NOAA WEATHER RADIIO...TV AND RADIO STATIONS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS... 05
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 10:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Duval | 38 min |
| Mar 9, 2:55 AM CST | Tornado Warning | CRP | Jim Wells | 35 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.