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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this tornado warning at Sep 21, 1996, 1:10 AM CDT for Victoria County, Texas. It was in force for 65 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 21, 1996, 1:10 AM CDT (06:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 21, 1996, 2:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Victoria County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 1:25 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 62 | Nursery, TX |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 124 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
- 234 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -264 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1539 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -7 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCRP 210610 TORCRP TXC469-210715- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 110 AM CDT SAT SEP 21 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 215 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...... IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...VICTORIA COUNTY AT 110 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR THOMASTON IN DEWITT COUNTY ALONG HIGHWAY 87 MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE TOWNS OF NURSERY...MISSION VALLEY AND VICTORIA ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. 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.
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.
NWS Corpus Christi, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Sep 20, 8:37 PM CDT, 4 hours 33 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 20, 8:37 PM CDT, 4 hours 33 minutes before
COASTAL BEND FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 835 PM CDT FRI SEP 20 1996 SEVERE WX APPROACHING THE NORTHERN COUNTIES. SELS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 1050 TIL 2AM FROM COTULLA TO VICTORIA. WATCHING TWO SEPARATE STORM SYSTEMS. THE STORMS OVER THE WESTERN COUNTIES NEAR UVALDE DISSIPATING. BAND FROM NW OF SAT TO CLL IS SEVERE AND MOVING SSE AT 30 MPH. MANY TORNADOES WITH THIS SECOND COMPLEX AND POSES A GREAT THREAT TO OUR NE COUNTIES. WILL ACTIVATE SPOTTERS FOR THE VICTORIA AREA. UPPER JET DIGGING INTO THE REGION WILL ENHANCE THE UVV'S TIL MORNING. BEYOND TONIGHTS CONVECTION...AMS WILL DRY OUT (ALREADY APPARENT ON CRP AND DRT' 00Z SOUNDING PWAI'S <1.5 INCHES) PRELIMS... CRP 30/20/20 VCT 40/20/20 LRD 30/20/10 JM...075
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Sep 20, 8:30 PM CDT, 4 hours 40 minutes before
TXZ229>234-246-247-210700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 830 PM CDT FRI SEP 20 1996 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2AM CDT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF THE COASTAL BEND INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN THE VICTORIA AND CORPUS CHRISTI LISTENING AREAS...LA SALLE...MCMULLEN...LIVE OAK BEE...REFUGIO...GOLIAD...VICTORIA AND CALHOUN. THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING OVER THE HILL COUNTRY AND CENTRAL TEXAS FROM NEAR UVALDE TO NORTH OF SAN ANTONIO. ANOTHER AREA OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES WAS LOCATED FROM NEAR AUSTIN TO COLLEGE STATION. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING QUICKLY SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS AND STORM SPOTTERS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE READY FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF TORNADOES IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ON TH LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL NOAA WEATHER RADIO...TV OR RADIO STATIONS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS ON THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION. METZ
Special weather statement, Sep 20, 8:38 PM CDT, 4 hours 32 minutes before
TXZ229>234-246-247-210700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...RETRANSMITTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 830 PM CDT FRI SEP 20 1996 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2AM CDT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF THE COASTAL BEND INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN THE VICTORIA AND CORPUS CHRISTI LISTENING AREAS...LA SALLE...MCMULLEN...LIVE OAK BEE...REFUGIO...GOLIAD...VICTORIA AND CALHOUN. THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING OVER THE HILL COUNTRY AND CENTRAL TEXAS FROM NEAR UVALDE TO NORTH OF SAN ANTONIO. ANOTHER AREA OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES WAS LOCATED FROM NEAR AUSTIN TO COLLEGE STATION. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING QUICKLY SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS AND STORM SPOTTERS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE READY FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF TORNADOES IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ON TH LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL NOAA WEATHER RADIO...TV OR RADIO STATIONS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS ON THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION. METZ
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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.