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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this tornado warning at May 27, 1995, 10:03 AM CDT for Kleberg County, Texas. It was in force for 27 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 27, 1995, 10:03 AM CDT (15:03 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 1995, 10:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Kleberg County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 47 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
- 2342 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 564 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 135 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.5
- Supercell composite
- 8.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCRP 271507 COR TORCRP TXC273-271530- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING ...ADD SPECIAL MARINE WARNING... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1003 AM CDT SAT MAY 27 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...... IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...EASTERN KLEBERG COUNT ...STRONG WATERSPOUT APPROACHING MALAQUIT ON PADRE ISLAND... ...MARINE WARNING IN EFFECT... THE PADRE ISLAND NATIONAL SEASHORE RANGERS SIGHTED A LARGE WATERSPOUT APPROACHING MALAQUIT ON PADRE ISLAND. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THIS WATERSPOUT WILL MOVE OVER LAND. THE WATERSPOUT WAS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 1 TO 2 MILES EAST OF MALAQUIT. IT WAS REPORTED MOVING TOWARDS THE NORTHWEST AT APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH. CAMPERS ON NEAR MALAQUIT SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. PFAFF
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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, May 27, 5:21 AM CDT, 4 hours 42 minutes before
TXZ233-234-247-271130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VICTORIA TX 522 AM CDT SAT MAY 27 1995 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING THE CROSSROADS AREA... AT 510 AM VICTORIA RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS FROM NEAR GONZALES TO THREE RIVERS. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING BETWEEN KARNES CITY AND THREE RIVERS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING AS THEY MOVE EAST AT 35 MPH. MUCH NEEDED RAINFALL WILL LIKELY OCCUR THIS MORNING ACROSS MOST OF THE CROSSROADS AREA WITH RAINFALL TOTALS BETWEEN 1/2 AND 1 INCH. THE LAST SIGNIFICANT RAIN EPISODE OCCURRED ON MAY 8TH WHEN THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN VICTORIA RECEIVED 0.48 INCHES OF RAIN. SO FAR THE MONTH OF MAY HAS BEEN UNUSUALLY DRY WITH ONLY .52 INCHES OF RAIN RECORDED. NORMAL RAINFALL FOR THE MONTH IS 3.67 INCHES. . .STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS... 05
Special weather statement, May 27, 6:34 AM CDT, 3 hours 29 minutes before
TXZ233-234-247-271230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VICTORIA TX 635 AM CDT SAT MAY 27 1995 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH THE CROSSROADS... AT 630 AM VICTORIA RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS 40 MILES WIDE EXTENDING FROM NEAR ALTAIR TO VICTORIA TO BEEVILLE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING AS THEY CONTINUE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1/2 TO 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL REDUCE THE VISIBILITY AND CREATE POTENTIAL DRIVING HAZARDS DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE TO WORK. ...STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV OR RADIO STATIONS FOR FURTHER STATE`MENTS... 05
Special weather statement, May 27, 8:17 AM CDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
TXZ233-234-247-271415- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VICTORIA TX 817 AM CDT SAT MAY 27 1995 ...SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR LAVACA AND SAN ANTONIO BAYS HAS EXPIRED. AT 815 AM VICTORIA RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS 40 MILES WIDE EXTENDING FROM NEAR ROSENBERG TO PALACIOS TO JUST NORTH OF ROCKPORT. THE STRONGEST STORMS CONTAINING GUSTY SURFACE WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WERE LOCATED FROM NEAR ROSENBERG TO PALACIOS. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. RAINFALL TOTALS OF 3/4 TO 1 1/2 INCHES WERE REPORTED THIS MORNING FROM GOLIAD TO VICTORIA AS THE STORMS MOVED THROUGH. ...STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV OR RADIO STATIONS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS... 05
Special weather statement, May 27, 8:24 AM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
TXZ241>245-512-271345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 820 AM CDT SAT MAY 27 1995 ...SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH THE COASTAL BEND... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE COASTAL BEND FROM REFUGIO TO PREMONT. THESE STORMS WERE PART OF A LARGER AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY TO WHARTON. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TOWARDS THE EAST AT APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH. THE STRONGEST ACTIVITY WAS LOCATED 15 MILES WEST OF KINGSVILLE. RESIDENTS OF THE COASTAL BEND SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. THESE THUNDERSTORlMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR FURTHER UPDATES PFAFF
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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.