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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

May 30, 1995Refugio County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 1995, 6:35 AM CDT for Refugio County, Texas. It was in force for 55 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 30, 1995, 6:35 AM CDT (11:35 UTC)
Expired
May 30, 1995, 7:30 AM CDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Refugio County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 68 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 1995-05-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1176 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 1995-05-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 39 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
1176 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-78 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1139 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
87 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.3

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The text

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 30, 2:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPLive Oak65 min
May 30, 4:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPSan Patricio62 min
May 30, 4:46 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPSan Patricio44 min
May 30, 5:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPNueces69 min
May 30, 5:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPSan Patricio68 min

Nearby

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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.