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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 31, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

December 18, 1995San Patricio County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 18, 1995, 2:18 AM CST for San Patricio County, Texas. It was in force for 57 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 18, 1995, 2:18 AM CST (08:18 UTC)
Expired
Dec 18, 1995, 3:15 AM CST
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area
Whole counties

County San Patricio County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 36 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 1995-12-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3643 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 1995-12-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 12 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
3643 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
739 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
21 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.7
Supercell composite
-2.8

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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
Dec 18, 12:50 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPDuval, Jim Wells55 min
Dec 18, 1:26 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPNueces64 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.