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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

May 18, 1995Live Oak County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 18, 1995, 4:13 AM CDT for Live Oak County, Texas. It was in force for 47 min.

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Issued
May 18, 1995, 4:13 AM CDT (09:13 UTC)
Expired
May 18, 1995, 5:00 AM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Live Oak County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 103 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 1995-05-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2999 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 1995-05-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 126 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2999 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-227 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1013 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
126 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
63 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.9

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