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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this tornado warning at Aug 22, 1998, 1:18 AM CDT for Calhoun County, Texas. It was in force for 62 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
- Aug 22, 1998, 1:18 AM CDT (06:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 22, 1998, 2:20 AM CDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Calhoun County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 6.3 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
- 735 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 743 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
368 WFUS1 KCRP 220617 RRA TORCRP TXC057-220720- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 118 AM CDT SAT AUG 22 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CALHOUN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS * UNTIL 220 AM CDT * 112 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR THE BARRIER ISLANDS OR...ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SEADRIFT MOVING NORTHWEST AT 20 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... SEADRIFT AROUND 130 AM LONG MOTT AROUND 145 AM IF YOU ARE IN THESE AREAS... SEEK SAFETY IN A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM AWAY FROM WINDOWS. A BASEMENT OFFERS THE BEST PROTECTION. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCASIONALLY PRODUCE TORNADOES. 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. AVOID WINDOWS AND DOORS. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A STURDIER 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 Aug 21, 8:25 PM CDT, 4 hours 53 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 21, 8:25 PM CDT, 4 hours 53 minutes before
COASTAL BEND FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 825 PM CDT FRI AUG 21 1998 LOOKS LIKE RAIN IS FINALLY COMING TO AN END OVER OUR NWRN ZONES NEAR COT. HOWEVER VCT MAY STILL PICK UP A FEW GOOD SHOWERS OVNT FROM APCHG RAINBANDS. WILL DROP POPS FOR ALL BUT VCT AREA WHERE WE WILL LEAVE 40%. CRP 00Z SOUNDING IS STILL VERY MOIST AND VIS LOOP IDENTIFIES COPIOUS AMTS OF MOISTURE REMAINING IN THE WRN GULF. SAT TRENDS MV THIS MOISTURE OUR WAY AND WILL BRING A CONTINUED THREAT OF DAYTIME SHOWERS FOR OUR REGION. BROADENING UPPER RIDGE ACROSS THE CNTRL PLAINS MAY REDUCE RAIN CHCS FOR MON. T.D. CHARLEY IS MVG STEADILY WWD TOWARD EAGLE PASS AND WINDS ARE RESPONDING ACCORDINGLY. EXPECT WINDS TO COME BACK AROUND TO THE S-SE FOR COT AND LRD LATE. CRP AND VCT ARE ALREADY BACK TO THE USUAL SELY FLOW. WILL TWEAK VCT WINDS UP A NOTCH NEAR PASSING SHOWERS. WITH CLOUD COVER IN PLACE...TEMPS LOOK FINE. CWF LOOKS FINE ALSO. BAY WATERS COULD BE TOUGH TO NAVIGATE FROM HIGH TIDAL LVLS DRAINING INTO THE GULF. WINDS ALSO RUNNING 15-20 MPH RANGE. WILL KEEP SCAS UP FOR THE BAYS. ZONE CHG REQUESTS... CRP...DROP POPS. VCT...40% CHC OF SH/TSRA. SE WINDS 10-15 MPH...HIGHER AND GUSTY NR PASSING SHOWERS. LRD...DROP POPS. NW-W WINDS BECMG S-SE LATE. JM...075
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 22, 1:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Aransas | 60 min |
| Aug 22, 2:57 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Aransas | 3 hr |
| Aug 22, 3:16 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Refugio | 3 hr |
| Aug 22, 4:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Refugio | 64 min |
| Aug 22, 4:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | San Patricio | 61 min |
| Aug 22, 5:36 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Bee | 3 hr |
| Aug 22, 5:49 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Refugio | 3 hr |
| Aug 22, 6:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Bee, San Patricio | 58 min |
| Aug 22, 6:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Goliad | 58 min |
| Aug 22, 10:12 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Live Oak | 3 hr |
| Aug 22, 11:32 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | McMullen | 2 hr |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.