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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

February 23, 1994Bee County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this tornado warning at Feb 23, 1994, 5:40 AM CST for Bee County, Texas. It was in force for 65 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 23, 1994, 5:40 AM CST (11:40 UTC)
Expired
Feb 23, 1994, 6:45 AM CST
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Bee County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 86 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

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KCRP 231140
TORCRP
TXC025-231245-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
540 AM CST WED FEB 23 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  645 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY.....
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...BEE COUNTY
 
A TORNADO WAS REPORTED AT BEEVILLE BY DPS AT 531 AM CST A TORNADO
WAS REPORTED AT SKIDMORE BY PUBLIC AT 427 AM CST THESE TORNADOS WERE
MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MILE AN HOUR.
 
 
 
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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, 5:30 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPJim Wells, Live Oak, Refugio, San Patricio60 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.