Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 13, 1995, 1:55 AM CST for Live Oak County, San Patricio County, Texas. It was in force for 50 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 13, 1995, 1:55 AM CST (07:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 13, 1995, 2:45 AM CST
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Live Oak County, TX, San Patricio County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 69 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
- 331 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -277 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1005 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 141 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KCRP 130758 RRA SVRCRP TXC297-409-130845- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...CORRECTED ISSUANCE TIME... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 155 AM CST MON MAR 13 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 245 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY..S... IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...SOUTHEASTERN LIVE OAK COUNTY...WESTERN SAN PATRICIO COUNTY ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHING LAKE CORPUS CHRISTI AND MATHIS... AT 150 AM CST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WEST OF MATHIS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. HEAVY RAIN...DAMAGING WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. LIVE OAK COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT REPORTED SEVERAL UPROOTED TREES IN THE THREE RIVERS AREA. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. 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, Mar 12, 11:07 PM CST, 2 hours 48 minutes before
TXZ231-232-240-241-242-243-244-245-246-512-131115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1111 PM CST SUN MAR 12 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL BEND AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS UNTIL 5 AM... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING COASTAL BEND COUNTIES...REFUGIO...BEE...LIVE OAK...NUECES...SAN PATRICIO...JIM WELLS...DUVAL... ARANSAS AND KLEBERG. A COLD FRONT LOCATED IN WEST TEXAS COMBINED WITH UNSTABLE AIR AND ABUNDANT MOISTURE RESULTING FROM A UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM AND STRONG ONSHORE FLOW FROM THE GULF WILL PRODUCE FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT AND TORNADOES. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIB LE WARNINGS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS AND THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. PFAFF
Special weather statement, Mar 12, 11:11 PM CST, 2 hours 44 minutes before
TXZ231-232-240-241-242-243-244-245-246-512-131115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1111 PM CST SUN MAR 12 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL BEND AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS UNTIL 5 AM... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING COASTAL BEND COUNTIES...REFUGIO...BEE...LIVE OAK...NUECES...SAN PATRICIO...JIM WELLS...DUVAL... ARANSAS AND KLEBERG. A COLD FRONT LOCATED IN WEST TEXAS COMBINED WITH UNSTABLE AIR AND ABUNDANT MOISTURE RESULTING FROM A UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM AND STRONG ONSHORE FLOW FROM THE GULF WILL PRODUCE FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT AND TORNADOES. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS AND THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. PFAFF
Special weather statement, Mar 13, 12:52 AM CST, 1 hour 3 minutes before
TXZ231-240-130800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1257 AM CST MON MAR 13 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING FREER...CLEGG AND GEORGE WEST... ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE COASTAL BEND AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS... AT 1245 AM CST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM CAMPBELLTON TO 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAREDO. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TOWARDS THE EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN...DAMAGING WINDS AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. HEAVY RAINFALL AND STRONG WINDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE COASTAL BEND WHICH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR POSSIBLE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR FURTHER UPDATES...STATEMENTS AND THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. PFAFF
Special weather statement, Mar 13, 12:57 AM CST, 58 minutes before
TXZ231-240-130800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1257 AM CST MON MAR 13 1995 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING FREER...CLEGG AND GEORGE WEST... ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE COASTAL BEND AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS... AT 1245 AM CST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM CAMPBELLTON TO 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAREDO. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TOWARDS THE EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN...DAMAGING WINDS AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. HEAVY RAINFALL AND STRONG WINDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE COASTAL BEND WHICH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR POSSIBLE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR FURTHER UPDATES...STATEMENTS AND THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. PFAFF
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 1:46 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Live Oak | 3 hr |
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.