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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

May 30, 1995San Patricio County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this tornado warning at May 30, 1995, 4:46 PM CDT for San Patricio County, Texas. It was in force for 44 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 30, 1995, 4:46 PM CDT (21:46 UTC)
Expired
May 30, 1995, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
44 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 12:00Z, 9.8 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 12:00Z on 1995-05-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3475 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 1995-05-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 77 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
3475 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
511 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
77 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
163 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.6
Supercell composite
9.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KCRP 302149
TORCRP
TXC409-302230-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
446 PM CDT TUE MAY 30 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  530 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY......
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
 
   ...SAN PATRICIO COUNTY
 
 
 
 
...POSSIBLE TORNADO REPORTED IN MATHIS...
 
AT 445 PM CDT THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR FOR SAN
PATRICIO COUNTY REPORTED A POSSIBLE TORNADO IN MATHIS. THIS
THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
 
 
 
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION.  ACT QUICKLY.  IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF
AVAILABLE.  OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR POSSIBLE.  AVOID WINDOWS.  ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES
FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 30, 6:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPRefugio55 min
May 30, 2:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPLive Oak65 min
May 30, 4:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPSan Patricio62 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.