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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

April 22, 1995Bee County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 22, 1995, 8:22 PM CDT for Bee County, Texas. It was in force for 53 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 22, 1995, 8:22 PM CDT (01:22 UTC)
Expired
Apr 22, 1995, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
53 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, 1.4 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 1995-04-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2759 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 1995-04-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 32 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
2759 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-79 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1032 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
31 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
3.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCRP 230122
SVRCRP
TXC025-230215-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
822 PM CDT SAT APR 22 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  915 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY......
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...BEE COUNTY
 
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR BEE COUNTY. NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR
BEEVILLE IN BEE COUNTY. THIS STORM IS MOVING TOWARDS THE EAST AND
SOUTHEAST AROUND 20 MPH.
 
 
 
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
 
 
 
PFAFF

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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, Apr 22, 7:32 PM CDT, 50 minutes before
TXZ231-232-241-242-243-244-245-246-512-230130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
731 PM CDT SAT APR 22 1995

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT FOR MOST OF
THE COASTAL BEND...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT FOR THE
COASTAL BEND COUNTIES OF NUECES...ARANSAS...BEE...JIM WELLS...
KLEBERG...REFUGIO...SAN PATRICIO...LIVE OAK...AND ALL ADJACENT
COASTAL WATERS.  THIS WATCH DOES INCLUDE THE CORPUS CHRISTI
METROPOLITAN AREA.

AT 725 PM CDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN GEORGE WEST AND THREE RIVERS IN LIVE OAK
COUNTY.  MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED BETWEEN VICTORIA AND
SAN ANTONIO.  MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

PERSONS IN THE COASTAL BEND SHOULD STAY ON THE LOOKOUT FOR
THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK
SHELTER IF SEVERE WEATHER SHOULD OCCUR.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION
FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS.
Special weather statement, Apr 22, 7:45 PM CDT, 37 minutes before
TXZ233-234-247-230200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VICTORIA TX
744 PM CDT SAT APR 22 1995

...TORNADO WARNING IN EFFECT FOR GOLIAD COUNTY TILL 815 PM CDT...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT FOR VICTORIA
   ...CALHOUN AND GOLIAD COUNTIES...

AT 740 PM VICTORIA RADAR INDICATED A  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A
POSSIBLE TORNADO 8 MILES WEST OF THE CITY OF GOLIAD MOVING EAST AT
25 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE EFFECTING THE CITY OF GOLIAD BY 750 PM.
THE TOWNS GOLIAD AND FANNIN ARE IN THE DIRECT PATH OF THE STORM.
LARGE HAIL AND STRONG DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STORM.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL TV FOR THE LATEST UPDATES
AND WARNINGS$ ON THIS DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 22, 8:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPRefugio41 min
Apr 22, 8:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPRefugio33 min
Apr 22, 9:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPRefugio28 min
Apr 22, 9:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPAransas48 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.