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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

May 13, 1994Nueces County, San Patricio County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this tornado warning at May 13, 1994, 6:17 PM CDT for Nueces County, San Patricio County, Texas. It was in force for 103 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 13, 1994, 6:17 PM CDT (23:17 UTC)
Expired: May 13, 1994, 8:00 PM CDT
In force: 103 min
Issued by: NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area: Whole counties

Counties Nueces County, TX, San Patricio County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Brownsville Intl, TX (KBRO), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 220 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 3519 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 589 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 44 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 253 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

000
TTAA00 KCRP 132319
TORCRP
TXC273-355-409-TXZ512-140100-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
617 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 1994

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY..S...

IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS

...KLEBERG COUNTY...NUECES COUNTY...SAN PATRICIO COUNTY

AND FOR MARINE INTERESTS ON THE COASTAL WATERS FROM...

... COPANO BAY TO PORT ARANSAS
... PORT ARANSAS TO CORPUS CHRISTI BAY
... CORPUS CHRISTI BAY TO BAFFIN BAY

AT 615 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WITH REPORTS OF FUNNEL CLOUDS BEING PRODUCED FROM
SOUTHEAST OF ALICE TO ROBSTOWN TO NEAR ODEM. MOVEMENT OF THE
THUNDERSTORMS WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

IN ADDITION TO THE FUNNEL CLOUDS...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...HAIL...VERY
HEAVY RAINS...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE BEING PRODUCED BY THE
THUNDERSTORMS. MARBLE SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED JUST WEST OF ROBSTOWN. THVERY HEAVY RAINS WILL CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING
AREAS.

MARINE INTEREST AND BOATERS ALONG THE LAGUNA MADRE AND ADJACENT COASTAL
WATERS FROM COPANO BAY TO BAFFIN BAY SHOULD MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR
IMMEDIATELY.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 13, 4:48 PM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before

STORM REPORT...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VICTORIA TX
450 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 1994

1252 PM CDT SHERIFF DEPT REPORTED TORNADO TOUCH DOWN NEAR COUNTY ROAD
            122 AND FARM ROAD 530 NEAR THE COMMUNITY OF VIENNA.
            TRAILER HOUSE WAS DESTROYED...POWER LINES DOWN AND
            DEBRIS COVER ROADWAY. (LAVACA COUNTY)

0130 PM CDT TORNADO TOUCHDOWN NEAR FARM ROAD 530 SOUTHEAST OF
            HALLETTSVILLE. (LAVACA COUNTY)

0247 PM CDT TORNADO TOUCHDOWN REPORTED BY EMC NEAR MOULTON.
            POWER LINES AND TREES LITTER THE STREETS AND ALONG
            HIGHWAY 95 NORTH TO FLATONIA. (LAVACA COUNTY)

05

Local storm report, May 13, 4:50 PM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before

STORM REPORT...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VICTORIA TX
450 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 1994

1252 PM CDT SHERIFF DEPT REPORTED TORNADO TOUCH DOWN NEAR COUNTY ROAD
            122 AND FARM ROAD 530 NEAR THE COMMUNITY OF VIENNA.
            TRAILER HOUSE WAS DESTROYED...POWER LINES DOWN AND
            DEBRIS COVER ROADWAY. (LAVACA COUNTY)

0130 PM CDT TORNADO TOUCHDOWN NEAR FARM ROAD 530 SOUTHEAST OF
            HALLETTSVILLE. (LAVACA COUNTY)

0247 PM CDT TORNADO TOUCHDOWN REPORTED BY EMC NEAR MOULTON.
            POWER LINES AND TREES LITTER THE STREETS AND ALONG
            HIGHWAY 95 NORTH TO FLATONIA. (LAVACA COUNTY)

05

Local storm report, May 13, 5:46 PM CDT, 31 minutes before

STORM REPORT...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VICTORIA TX
550 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 1994

1252 PM CDT SHERIFF DEPT REPORTED TORNADO TOUCH DOWN NEAR COUNTY ROAD
            122 AND FARM ROAD 530 NEAR THE COMMUNITY OF VIENNA.
            TRAILER HOUSE WAS DESTROYED...POWER LINES DOWN AND
            DEBRIS COVER ROADWAY. (LAVACA COUNTY)

0130 PM CDT TORNADO TOUCHDOWN NEAR FARM ROAD 530 SOUTHEAST OF
            HALLETTSVILLE. (LAVACA COUNTY)

0247 PM CDT TORNADO TOUCHDOWN REPORTED BY EMC NEAR MOULTON.
            POWER LINES AND TREES LITTER THE STREETS AND ALONG
            HIGHWAY 95 NORTH TO FLATONIA. (LAVACA COUNTY)

0515 PM CDT WIND GUST TO 61 MPH REPORTED BY ELECTRONIC WEATHER
            STATION IN WOODHI...9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF VICTORIA.
            PEA SIZED HAIL.

05

Local storm report, May 13, 5:50 PM CDT, 27 minutes before

STORM REPORT...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VICTORIA TX
550 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 1994

1252 PM CDT SHERIFF DEPT REPORTED TORNADO TOUCH DOWN NEAR COUNTY ROAD
            122 AND FARM ROAD 530 NEAR THE COMMUNITY OF VIENNA.
            TRAILER HOUSE WAS DESTROYED...POWER LINES DOWN AND
            DEBRIS COVER ROADWAY. (LAVACA COUNTY)

0130 PM CDT TORNADO TOUCHDOWN NEAR FARM ROAD 530 SOUTHEAST OF
            HALLETTSVILLE. (LAVACA COUNTY)

0247 PM CDT TORNADO TOUCHDOWN REPORTED BY EMC NEAR MOULTON.
            POWER LINES AND TREES LITTER THE STREETS AND ALONG
            HIGHWAY 95 NORTH TO FLATONIA. (LAVACA COUNTY)

0515 PM CDT WIND GUST TO 61 MPH REPORTED BY ELECTRONIC WEATHER
            STATION IN WOODHI...9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF VICTORIA.
            PEA SIZED HAIL.

05

Special weather statement, May 13, 6:00 PM CDT, 17 minutes before

TXZ224-225-233-234-247-140030-

SPECIAL WEATHER AND MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VICTORIA TX
605 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 1994

...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 9 PM CDT FOR DEWITT...GOLIAD...VICTORA...AND
LAVACA AND CALHOUN COUNTIES...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH TONIGHT FOR DEWITT AND LAVACA COUNTIES...

AT 600 PM CDT VICTORIA RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF VERY STRONG TO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS FROM BAY CITY TO PALACIOS TO PORT OCONNOR TO REFUGIO.
THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN 1 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR...
WITH THE POSSIBLITY OF FLASH FLOODING...LARGE HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING
AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS.

MARINERS ALONG THE COAST AND IN MATAGORDA BAY SHOULD PREPARE FOR
A WIND CHANGE AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS AS THE STORMS APPROACH.  A WIND GUST
OF 61 MPH WAS REPORTED IN EASTERN VICTORIA COUNTY AS THE STORMS PASSED
THROUGH.

...STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV OR RADIO
FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS...

05

Special weather statement, May 13, 6:05 PM CDT, 12 minutes before

TXZ224-225-233-234-247-140030-

SPECIAL WEATHER AND MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VICTORIA TX
605 PM CDT FRI MAY 13 1994

...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 9 PM CDT FOR DEWITT...GOLIAD...VICTORA...AND
LAVACA AND CALHOUN COUNTIES...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH TONIGHT FOR DEWITT AND LAVACA COUNTIES...

AT 600 PM CDT VICTORIA RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF VERY STRONG TO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS FROM BAY CITY TO PALACIOS TO PORT OCONNOR TO REFUGIO.
THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN 1 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR...
WITH THE POSSIBLITY OF FLASH FLOODING...LARGE HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING
AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS.

MARINERS ALONG THE COAST AND IN MATAGORDA BAY SHOULD PREPARE FOR
A WIND CHANGE AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS AS THE STORMS APPROACH.  A WIND GUST
OF 61 MPH WAS REPORTED IN EASTERN VICTORIA COUNTY AS THE STORMS PASSED
THROUGH.

...STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV OR RADIO
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
May 13, 2:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Live Oak	69 min
May 13, 3:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	Live Oak	60 min
May 13, 4:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Bee	68 min
May 13, 4:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Bee, San Patricio	2 hr
May 13, 5:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	Jim Wells, Nueces	62 min
May 13, 6:17 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	Kleberg	103 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.