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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

February 28, 1995San Patricio County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 28, 1995, 12:47 PM CST for San Patricio County, Texas. It was in force for 43 min.

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The facts

Issued
Feb 28, 1995, 12:47 PM CST (18:47 UTC)
Expired
Feb 28, 1995, 1:30 PM CST
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area
Whole counties

County San Patricio County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Brownsville Intl, TX (KBRO), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 235 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, Brownsville Intl, TX at 12:00Z on 1995-02-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1085 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, Brownsville Intl, TX at 12:00Z on 1995-02-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 47 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
1085 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-70 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
793 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
47 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
191 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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