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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 86, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

June 15, 1998San Patricio County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 1998, 5:20 PM CDT for San Patricio County, Texas. It was in force for 80 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 15, 1998, 5:20 PM CDT (22:20 UTC)
Expired
Jun 15, 1998, 6:40 PM CDT
In force
80 min
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area
Whole counties

County San Patricio County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 15, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 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 1998-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 701 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 1998-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 24 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
701 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-484 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1314 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
95 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 15, 3:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPJim Wells69 min
Jun 15, 3:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPLive Oak58 min
Jun 15, 4:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPBee62 min
Jun 15, 4:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPJim Wells64 min
Jun 15, 4:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPNueces79 min
Jun 15, 4:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPGoliad76 min
Jun 15, 5:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPBee61 min
Jun 15, 5:31 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPGoliad64 min
Jun 15, 5:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPVictoria61 min
Jun 15, 5:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPJim Wells64 min
Jun 15, 6:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPNueces60 min
Jun 15, 6:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPNueces70 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 1998Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1998

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.