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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

December 26, 2000Nueces County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this tornado warning at Dec 26, 2000, 2:39 PM CST for Nueces County, Texas. It was in force for 36 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued
Dec 26, 2000, 2:39 PM CST (20:39 UTC)
Expired
Dec 26, 2000, 3:15 PM CST
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Nueces County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 17 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 2000-12-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1181 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 2000-12-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 158 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
1181 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
600 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
158 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
279 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
3.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS54 KCRP 262041
TORCRP

TXC355-262115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
239 PM CST TUE DEC 26 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NUECES COUNTY IN TEXAS.

* UNTIL 315 PM CST.

* AT 236 PM CST...A DPS REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR COUNTY ROAD 1694     
  MOVING NORTHWEST.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI.

&

BRONG

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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.