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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this tornado warning at Aug 5, 1994, 2:24 PM CDT for Nueces County, Texas. It was in force for 66 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 5, 1994, 2:24 PM CDT (19:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 5, 1994, 3:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Nueces County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2:25 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Robstown, TX |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1909 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 512 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCRP 051944 COR TORCRP TXC355-052030- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 224 PM CDT FRI AUG 5 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 330 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY..... IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...WESTERN NUECES COUNTY AT 220 PM CDT THE NUECES COUNTY SHERRIFS OFFICE REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND AT COUNTY ROAD 83 BETWEEN TEXAS HIGHWAY 44 AND FARM ROAD 624. MOVEMENT OF THE TORNADO WAS TO THE SOUTH AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WAS HEADING FOR THE TOWN OF BANQUETE. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN MOST OF WESTERN NUECES COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTH AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. 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. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.
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
Special weather statement, Aug 5, 12:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
TXZ224-225-233-234-247-051825- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VICTORIA TX 1225 PM CDT FRI AUG 5 1994 ...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER SOUTH TEXAS... AT 1220 PM CDT VICTORIA RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...IN JACKSON COUNTY 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF EDNA. ALSO THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN NORTHERN CALHOUN AND SOUTHERN VICTORIA COUNTIES. ALL MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTH AT 5 TO 10 MPH. PERSONS CAN EXPECT BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS IF NEEDED. 04
Special weather statement, Aug 5, 1:18 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
TXZ224-225-233-234-247-051920- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VICTORIA TX 120 PM CDT FRI AUG 5 1994 ...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER SOUTH TEXAS... AT 115 PM CDT VICTORIA RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...ALONG THE LAVACA...JACKSON COUNTY LINE ...15 MILES NORTHWEST OF GANADO. ALSO THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING IN SOUTHERN LAVACA...SOUTHERN VICTORIA AND CALHOUN COUNTIES...WITH THE STRONGEST STORM IN CALHOUN COUNTY...10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PORT LAVACA. ALL MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTH AT 5 TO 10 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS CAN EXPECT BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS WITH THE STRONGER STORMBS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS IF NEEDED. 04
Special weather statement, Aug 5, 1:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
TXZ224-225-233-234-247-051920- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VICTORIA TX 120 PM CDT FRI AUG 5 1994 ...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER SOUTH TEXAS... AT 115 PM CDT VICTORIA RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...ALONG THE LAVACA...JACKSON COUNTY LINE ...15 MILES NORTHWEST OF GANADO. ALSO THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING IN SOUTHERN LAVACA...SOUTHERN VICTORIA AND CALHOUN COUNTIES...WITH THE STRONGEST STORM IN CALHOUN COUNTY...10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PORT LAVACA. ALL MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTH AT 5 TO 10 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS CAN EXPECT BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS IF NEEDED. 04
Special weather statement, Aug 5, 2:10 PM CDT, 14 minutes before
TXZ224-225-233-234-247-052010- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VICTORIA TX 210 PM CDT FRI AUG 5 1994 ...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER THE CROSSROADS... AT 205 PM CDT VICTORIA RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...IN SOUTHERN VICTORIA COUNTY...10 MILES SOUTH OF VICTORIA. ALSO THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING IN LAVACA COUNTY. ALL MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTH AT 5 TO 10 MILES AN HOUR. RESIDENTS IN THE VICTORIA AREA SHOULD EXPECT PERIODS OR HEAVY RAIN... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS WITH THIS STORM. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS IF NEEDED. 04
Special weather statement, Aug 5, 2:11 PM CDT, 13 minutes before
TXZ224-225-233-234-247-052010- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VICTORIA TX 210 PM CDT FRI AUG 5 1994 ...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER THE CROSSROADS... AT 205 PM CDT VICTORIA RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...IN SOUTHERN VICTORIA COUNTY...10 MILES SOUTH OF VICTORIA. ALSO THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING IN LAVACA COUNTY. ALL MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTH AT 5 TO 10 MILES AN HOUvR. RESIDENTS IN THE VICTORIA AREA SHOULD EXPECT PERIODS OR HEAVY RAIN... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS WITH THIS STORM. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS IF NEEDED. 04
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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.