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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this tornado warning at Jan 31, 1998, 12:00 PM CST for Live Oak County, Texas. It was in force for 60 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
- Jan 31, 1998, 12:00 PM CST (18:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 31, 1998, 1:00 PM CST
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Live Oak County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 31, 12:35 PM CST | Hail 0.75 | Three Rivers, TX | Sheriff report of dime sized hail. |
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, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 103 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
- 318 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 686 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCRP 311759 RRA TORCRP TXC297-311900- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX NOON CST SAT JAN 31 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 100 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...... IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ...LIVE OAK COUNTY AT 1155 CST DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A DEVELOPING TORNADO NEAR CHOKE CANYON ALONG HIGHWAY 72. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH AND WILL PASS JUST NORTH OF SIMMONS BY 1210 AM...THEN NEAR THREE RIVERS BY 1125 AM CST 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.
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 Jan 31, 11:15 AM CST, 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 31, 11:15 AM CST, 45 minutes before
COASTAL BEND FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1115 AM CST SAT JAN 31 1998 WINDS HAVE INCREASED FOR THE VCT AND CRP AREAS DUE TO LOW LEVEL JET MIXING TO THE SURFACE. MTRVCT REPORTING 14021G26KT...MTRCRP 13020G27KT. FEEL THEY WILL REMAIN SUSTAINED AT 20 TO 30 MPH AT LEAST THROUGH NEXT 4 HRS. WOULD LIKE TO UPDATE ZONES FOR WIND ADVISORY FOR VICTORIA...CALHOUN...GOLIAD...BEE...REFUGIO...SAN PATRICIO...NUECES ARANSAS. THANKS JM/TP...075/81
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 31, 1:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Bee | 60 min |
| Jan 31, 3:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Jim Wells | 60 min |
| Jan 31, 4:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Aransas | 90 min |
| Jan 31, 4:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Karnes | 90 min |
| Jan 31, 4:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Irion | 90 min |
| Jan 31, 4:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Kleberg | 65 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.