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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

June 2, 1994Nueces County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 2, 1994, 10:47 AM CDT for Nueces County, Texas. It was in force for 58 min.

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The facts

Issued
Jun 2, 1994, 10:47 AM CDT (15:47 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 1994, 11:45 AM CDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Nueces County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 17 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 12:00Z on 1994-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2420 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 12:00Z on 1994-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -15 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2420 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
562 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
68 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 021550
TORCRP
TXC355-TXZ512-021645-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1047 AM CDT THU JUN 2 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1145 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY.....
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...EASTERN NUECES COUNTY
 
  AND FOR MARINE INTERESTS ON THE COASTAL WATERS FROM...
 
   ... PORT ARANSAS  TO   CORPUS CHRISTI BAY
 
AT 1035 AM CDT CORPUS CHRISTI POLICE AND CIVIL AIRCRAFT
OBSERVED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND 5 MILES EAST NORTHEAST
OF NAVAL AIR STATION CORPUS CHRISTI.  LITTLE MOVEMENT WAS
OBSERVED.  THIS LOCATION IS ON MUSTANG ISLAND JUST NORTH
OF THE STATE PARK.
 
CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE FORMATION OF ADDITIONAL
TORNADOS...FUNNEL CLOUDS...OR WATERSPOUTS OVER THE BARRIER
ISLANDS AND THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAYS AND BAYS THROUGH THE
MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS TODAY.
 
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION
FOR ADDITIIONAL STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.
 
 
 
 
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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.