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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this tornado warning at Jul 25, 1996, 9:44 AM CDT for Calhoun County, Texas. It was in force for 61 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
- Jul 25, 1996, 9:44 AM CDT (14:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 25, 1996, 10:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Calhoun County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 9:45 AM CDT | Tornado F0 | Fulghums Landing, 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, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 106 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
- 2599 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 628 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -2.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCRP 251446 TORCRP TXC057-251545- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 944 AM CDT THU JUL 25 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...... IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...CALHOUN COUNTY AT 945 AM CDT A TORNADO WAS REPORTED NEAR FULGRAMS LANDING BETWEEN SEA DRIFT AND PORT OCONNOR IN SOUTH CENTRAL CALHOUN COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTH AT 15 MPH. 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. 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. &
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 Jul 25, 9:35 AM CDT, 9 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 25, 9:35 AM CDT, 9 minutes before
COASTAL BEND FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 930 AM CDT THU JUL 25 1996 ATTM...KCRP 88D INDICATING A LARGE AREA OF SHRA/TSRA OVR THE CROSSROADS AREA W/NEW DVLPMNT IN N COASTAL BEND COUNTIES AS THIS CNVTN PROPAGATES S/SEWD. UPR RIDGE OVR THE W US W/TROF AXIS IN PLACE OVR GREAT LAKES/MISS VALLEY HAS RESULTED IN NW FLOW ALF. THIS FLOW HAS SPILLED SHORT WAVE ENERGY INTO TX. ETA SPREADS THE ENERGY ALNG THE TX COASTLINE AND BOTH MODELS RETAIN WK VORT FIELDS OVR THE AREA THRU FRI. CRP 12Z SOUNDING SHOWS MOIST UNSTABLE ATMOS W/LI OF -7...PW 1.75 AND INITIAL CAPE OF 3521 J/KG. THE MODIFIED SOUNDING REVEALS A MORE UNSTABLE ATMOS W/CAPE VALUES OVR 4500 J/KG. SEABREEZ FNT WL HELP PROVIDE ENUF LIFT SO CURRENT POPS ACROSS THE FA ARE WELL WARRANTED. REST OF FCST ON TRACK AS ARE THE MOS TEMPS. OUTLUK SHOWS UPR RIDGE RE-ESTABLISHING ITSELF OVR THE 4 CORNERS REGION...NW FLOW ALF TO CONT AND ALLOW IMPULSES TO BREAK OFF OF THE WESTERLIES AND SPILL INTO THE S PLAINS. WL ALSO HAVE TO MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF TROP DEP 3. SRP...77
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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.