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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

April 6, 1994Jim Wells County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 6, 1994, 4:18 AM CDT for Jim Wells County, Texas. It was in force for 57 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 6, 1994, 4:18 AM CDT (09:18 UTC)
Expired
Apr 6, 1994, 5:15 AM CDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Jim Wells County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 74 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 1994-04-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1826 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 1994-04-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -84 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
1826 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-102 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
710 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
68 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-84 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-27 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.7
Supercell composite
-3.1

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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
Apr 6, 3:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPDuval63 min
Apr 6, 4:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPNueces68 min
Apr 6, 4:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPKleberg52 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.