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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this tornado warning at Nov 24, 1996, 6:10 AM CST for Nueces County, Texas. It was in force for 50 min. 2 reports 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
- Nov 24, 1996, 6:10 AM CST (12:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 24, 1996, 7:00 AM CST
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Nueces County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 5 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:09 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 24, 7:00 AM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 60 | Corpus Christi, TX | |
| Nov 24, 7:05 AM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 60 | Corpus Christi, 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 12:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 17 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
- 2129 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 569 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
116 WFUS1 KCRP 241213 RRA TORCRP TXC355-241300- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 610 AM CST SUN NOV 24 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...... IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...WESTERN NUECES COUNTY AT 610 AM CST DOPPLER RADAR AND SPOTTER REPORTS A POSSIBLE TORNADO ALONG HIGHWAY 44 JUST EAST OF AGUA DULICE 10 MILES WEST OF ROBSTOWN. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THE TOWNS OF ROBSTOWN AND CALALLEN ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. IF YOU LIVE IN A HOME OR APARTMENT...SEEK SHELTER IN THE INNERMOST PORTION OF THE BUILDING ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. GET TO A BASEMENT IF ONE IS AVAILABLE. AVOID WINDOWS AND PROTECT YOUR BODY FROM FLYING DEBRIS WITH CUSHIONS...BLANKETS...OR PILLOWS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 24, 6:16 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | San Patricio | 59 min |
| Nov 24, 6:35 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Nueces | 55 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.