Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 1999
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this tornado warning at May 26, 1999, 8:45 PM CDT for Duval County, Texas. It was in force for 30 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
- May 26, 1999, 8:45 PM CDT (01:45 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 1999, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Duval County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 8:45 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 60 | Freer, TX | Damaging thunderstorm wind gusts destroyed 2 trailers. |
| May 26, 9:10 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 60 | Benavides, TX | Damaging thunderstorm wind gusts blew the roof off a school. |
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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 115 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
- 1680 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -167 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 975 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 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 270145 RRA TORCRP TXC131-270215- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 845 PM CDT WED MAY 26 1999 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN DUVAL COUNTY IN TEXAS THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF FREER * UNTIL 915 PM CDT * AT 840 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO 10 MILES WEST OF FREER... MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR FREER AT 900 PM CDT. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COpVER 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 May 26, 5:40 PM CDT, 3 hours 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 26, 5:40 PM CDT, 3 hours 5 minutes before
COASTAL BEND FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 540 PM CDT WED MAY 26 1999 BASED ON LATEST RADAR AND SATELLITE TRENDS...HAVE UPPED POPS IN THE WESTERN ZONES TO LIKELY. NO OTHER CHANGES TO REMAINDER OF ZONES AT THIS TIME...BUT WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR UP POPS FURTHER EAST LATER IF DEVELOPMENT CONTINUES. .CRP...NONE. 86/GW
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 26, 6:02 PM CDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before
GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-TXZ229>234-239>247-270900- THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 602 PM CDT WED MAY 26 1999 ...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT OVER THE CROSSROADS AREA...THE COASTAL BEND...AND THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS... THIS INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF VICTORIA...GOLIAD...BEE...CALHOUN ARANSAS...REFUGIO...NUECES...SAN PATRICIO...KLEBERG...JIM WELLS LIVE OAK...MCMULLEN...DUVAL...LASALLE...AND WEBB. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP EARLY THIS EVENING OVER THE HILL COUNTRY OF TEXAS...AS WELL AS OVER EASTERN NEW MEXICO. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ENTER THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS AND WESTERN COASTAL BEND EARLY THIS EVENING...WITH FURTHER DEVELOPMENT LATER TONIGHT OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE COASTAL BEND AND CROSSROADS AREA. STORMS WHICH MOVE INTO THE RISK AREA MAY BE SEVERE. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WIND AND LARGE HAIL. RESIDENTS...INCLUDING MARINERS...SHOULD MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK PROTECTIVE ACTION. STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS ARE URGED TO REPORT ANY ADVERSE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO...OR LOCAL AND CABLE TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. GW
Special weather statement, May 26, 7:09 PM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
GMZ230-250-270-TXZ229>231-239>243-270300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 709 PM CDT WED MAY 26 1999 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT. THE WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES DUVAL-JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-LASALLE LIVE OAK-MCMULLEN-NUECES AND WEBB. THE COMMUNITIES OF FREER-ALICE-KINGSVILLE-COTULLA-THREE RIVERS TILDEN-CORPUS CHRISTI AND LAREDO ARE INCLUDED IN THE WATCH AREA. THE WATCH ALSO INCLUDES THE COASTAL WATERS FROM CORPUS CHRISTI BAY TO BAFFIN BAY..INCLUDING THE OFFSHORE WATERS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO OCCUR IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT SEVERE WEATHER IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. THUNDERSTORMS WHICH BECOME SEVERE ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS. RESIDENTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT...KEEP INFORMED AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SPOTTED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. STAY TUNED TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER INFORMATION INCLUDING POSSIBLE WARNINGS. MARINERS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY AND SEEK HARBOR IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SPOTTED OR A WARNING ISSUED. GW
Special weather statement, May 26, 7:09 PM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
GMZ230-250-270-TXZ229>231-239>243-270300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATMENT-WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 709 PM CDT WED MAY 26 1999 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM (TORNADO) WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL (TIME). THE WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES VICTORIA-ARANSAS-BEE- CALHOUN-DUVAL-GOLIAD-JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-LASALLE-LIVE OAK-MCMULLEN- NUECES-REFUGIO-SAN PATRICIO-WEBB. THE COMMUNITIES OF VICTORIA-ROCKPORT-BEEVILLE-PORT LAVACA-FREER- GOLIAD-ALICE-KINGSVILLE-COTULLA-THREE RIVERS-TILDEN-CORPUS CHRISTI- REFUGIO-SINTON-LAREDO ARE INCLUDED IN THE WATCH AREA. THE WATCH ALSO INCLUDES THE COASTAL WATERS FROM (BAFFIN BAY) TO (MATAGORADA BAY). A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM (TORNADO) WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS (INCLUDING TORNADOES) TO OCCUR IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT SEVERE WEATHER IS IMMINETNT OR OCCURRING. RESIDENTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT...KEEP INFORMED AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SPOTTED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. STAY TUNED TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER INFORMATION INLUDING POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, May 26, 7:09 PM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
GMZ230-250-270-TXZ229>231-239>243-270300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 709 PM CDT WED MAY 26 1999 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT. THE WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES DUVAL-JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-LASALLE LIVE OAK-MCMULLEN-NUECES AND WEBB. THE COMMUNITIES OF FREER-ALICE-KINGSVILLE-COTULLA-THREE RIVERS TILDEN-CORPUS CHRISTI AND LAREDO ARE INCLUDED IN THE WATCH AREA. THE WATCH ALSO INCLUDES THE COASTAL WATERS FROM CORPUS CHRISTI BAY TO BAFFIN BAY..INCLUDING THE OFFSHORE WATERS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO OCCUR IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT SEVERE WEATHER IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. THUNDERSTORMS WHICH BECOME SEVERE ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS. RESIDENTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT...KEEP INFORMED AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SPOTTED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. STAY TUNED TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER INFORMATION INCLUDING POSSIBLE WARNINGS. MARINERS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY AND SEEK HARBOR IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SPOTTED OR A WARNING ISSUED. GW
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 7:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | La Salle | 53 min |
| May 26, 7:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Webb | 59 min |
| May 26, 8:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Duval | 56 min |
| May 26, 8:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Duval | 61 min |
| May 26, 9:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Jim Wells, Kleberg | 55 min |
| May 26, 10:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Kleberg | 45 min |
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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.