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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this tornado warning at Nov 15, 2001, 4:30 PM CST for Bee County, Texas. It was in force for 30 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 15, 2001, 4:30 PM CST (22:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 15, 2001, 5:00 PM CST
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Bee County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 15, 4:36 PM CST | Hail 1.75 | Mineral, TX | |
| Nov 15, 4:36 PM CST | Hail 0.88 | Normanna, TX | |
| Nov 15, 4:36 PM CST | Tornado F1 | Mineral, TX | Mobile home destroyed, roof damage to house next door. Near farm road 673 and Pioneer rd. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 15, 11:45 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 109 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
- 2181 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 580 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 160 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.9
- Supercell composite
- 5.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WFUS54 KCRP 152233
TORCRP
TXC025-152300-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
430 PM CST THU NOV 15 2001
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN BEE COUNTY IN TEXAS
* UNTIL 500 PM CST
* AT 428 PM CST...A TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED A TORNADO OVER COUNTY
ROAD 623...OR ABOUT 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF BEEVILLE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
OVER PETTUS AROUND 435 PM CST...
A LARGE AND DESTRUCTIVE TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND LEAVE AUTOMOBILES
AND MOBILE HOMES...WHICH OFFER LITTLE PROTECTION FROM A TORNADO. IF
YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...MOVE TO A STURDY BUILDING OR UNDERGROUND
SHELTER. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH...CULVERT OR LOW
SPOT...AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 2859 9803 2842 9790 2853 9771 2865 9778
2865 9797
&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 Nov 15, 2:45 PM CST, 1 hour 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 15, 2:45 PM CST, 1 hour 45 minutes before
COASTAL BEND FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 245 PM CST THU NOV 15 2001 VISIBLE SATELLITE REVEALS RICH MOISTURE AXIS EXTENDING FROM DEEP SOUTH TEXAS INTO CENTRAL TX...WHERE PRECIP WAS ONGOING. ANOTHER BAND OF STRONG STORMS WAS MOVING INLAND ALG THE WARM FRONT FROM CALHOUN TO GONZALES COUNTY. STRONG VEERING WINDS AND DAY TIME HEATING RESULTING IN ISOLATED SUPERCELLS ATTM. CURRENT TOR WATCH WILL EXPIRE AT 00Z. SPC MONITORING S TX FOR ANOTHER WW LATER THIS AFTN. BELIVE DRYING OUT WEST WILL MAINTAIN STORM DVLPMT ACROSS CNTRL COUNTIES INTO THE EVENING HOURS...WITH STRONG DIFLUENCE ALOFT ENHANCING ACTIVITY INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. LOW LVL JET DIMINISHES TONIGHT AS CLOSED UPR LOW BEGINS TO RETREAT. THIS WOULD LEAD TO SLOWER STORM MOTIONS AND HEAVY RAIN. WILL MAINTAIN HIGH POPS THROUGH FRI...THEN WILL DIMINISH SAT AS DRY RIDGE SETTLES INTO THE REGION FROM NE. WILL EXAMINE FFA AND MAY DROP WEBB COUNTY WHICH HAS NOT SEEN ANY RAINFALL YET. WEATHER QUIETS DOWN SUNDAY AS THE UPPER LOW WEAKENS AND MOVES OVER THE CENTRAL ROCKIES...FORCING DOWNSTREAM TROUGHING. THIS WILL BRING A DRY COOL FRONT INTO S TX MON. UPR TROF FINALLY OPENS UP AND TRACKS ACROSS TX WED WITH MAINLY MID/HIGH CLOUDS AND SLGT CHC PRECIP. SFC TROF AXIS WILL POSITION INTO OUR CNTRL ZONES THANKSGIVING DAY WITH NICE CONDITIONS OUT WEST AND SLGT CHC PRECIP EAST. NEAR NORMAL TEMPS ARE EXPECTED THRU SAT BEFORE DRIER AIR FILTERS IN MAKING FOR COOLER NIGHTTIME LOWS SAT NGT-TUE. MARINE...A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER EXTREME WESTERN TEXAS WILL CONTINUE TO ADVECT ABUNDANT MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY INTO SOUTH TEXAS. CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE OVER THE BAYS AND COASTAL WATERS INTO TONIGHT. SOME STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE. WILL CONTINUE WITH SCEC CONDITIONS TONIGHT AND FRI. EXPECT WINDS TO SLOWLY DECREASE OVER THE WEEKEND AS THE UPPER DISTURBANCE WEAKENS. SHOULD SEE DRIER AIR OVER THE AREA BY SUNDAY. CRP TB 068/078 064/076 060 77230 VCT TB 067/076 060/075 055 55220 LRD TE 067/080 063/076 061 55341 75/71 .CRP...FFA ZONES TXZ229>234-240>247.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Nov 15, 10:30 AM CST, 6 hours before
TXZ229>234-239>247-160300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1030 AM CST THU NOV 15 2001 ...SLIGHT THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER THE COASTAL BEND THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. BECAUSE THE ATMOSPHERE IS VERY UNSTABLE AND THE WIND SHEAR IS STRONG...A FEW STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...WITH WIND GUSTS OVER 60 MPH AND LARGE HAIL. AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS ALSO POSSIBLE. THE GREATEST CONCERN FOR TODAY HOWEVER IS FLOODING. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP OVER THE SAME AREAS BRINGING A THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE LIKELY...MAINLY OVER CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE COASTAL BEND...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. RESIDENTS ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION AND BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO...OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Nov 15, 12:24 PM CST, 4 hours 6 minutes before
TXZ230>234-243>247-160000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1224 PM CST THU NOV 15 2001 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST... A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ARANSAS...BEE...LIVE OAK... NUECES...CALHOUN...REFUGIO...VICTORIA...MCMULLEN...SAN PATRICIO... AND GOLIAD COUNTIES. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE OVER THE AREA IS CAUSING A VERY UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE TODAY. IN ADDITION TO POSSIBLE TORNADOS...PERSONS SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND LARGE HAIL. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH THE SLOW MOVING UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM. FOR THE LATEST WEATHER FORECASTS AND WARNINGS...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/CRP
Local storm report, Nov 15, 2:47 PM CST, 1 hour 43 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI,TX
247 PM CST THU NOV 15 2001
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0247 PM GEORGE WEST TX TORNADO
11/15/01 LIVE OAK SHERIFF DEPT REPORTED
TORNADO ON GROUND IN
TOWN.
JMLocal storm report, Nov 15, 2:51 PM CST, 1 hour 39 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI,TX
251 PM CST THU NOV 15 2001
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0353 PM 10 W BEEVILLE TX TORNADO
11/15/01 BEE TORNADO ON GROUND ALONG FM
799 AND LIVE OAK COUNTY
LINE.Local storm report, Nov 15, 4:03 PM CST, 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI,TX
251 PM CST THU NOV 15 2001
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0353 PM 10 W BEEVILLE TX TORNADO
11/15/01 BEE TORNADO ON GROUND ALONG FM
799 AND LIVE OAK COUNTY
LINE.The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 14, 6:00 PM CST | Tornado Warning | CRP | Kleberg | 60 min |
| Nov 14, 6:35 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Jim Wells, McMullen | 3 hr |
| Nov 14, 7:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | McMullen | 56 min |
| Nov 14, 7:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Kleberg | 51 min |
| Nov 14, 7:47 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Kleberg | 3 hr |
| Nov 14, 8:03 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Kleberg, Nueces | 42 min |
| Nov 14, 9:35 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Live Oak, McMullen | 3 hr |
| Nov 14, 9:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Live Oak | 56 min |
| Nov 15, 11:45 AM CST | Tornado Warning | CRP | Nueces | 45 min |
| Nov 15, 12:21 PM CST | Tornado Warning | CRP | San Patricio | 39 min |
| Nov 15, 12:46 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 59 min | |
| Nov 15, 12:46 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 59 min | |
| Nov 15, 12:46 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 59 min | |
| Nov 15, 1:06 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | McMullen | 3 hr |
| Nov 15, 1:40 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 65 min | |
| Nov 15, 1:40 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 65 min | |
| Nov 15, 1:40 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 65 min | |
| Nov 15, 2:03 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Live Oak | 3 hr |
| Nov 15, 2:44 PM CST | Tornado Warning | CRP | Live Oak | 31 min |
| Nov 15, 3:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Live Oak | 66 min |
| Nov 15, 3:37 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Bee | 3 hr |
| Nov 15, 3:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Bee | 62 min |
| Nov 15, 3:53 PM CST | Tornado Warning | CRP | Bee | 37 min |
| Nov 15, 5:00 PM CST | Tornado Warning | CRP | Goliad | 30 min |
| Nov 15, 5:03 PM CST | Tornado Warning | CRP | Bee | 27 min |
| Nov 15, 5:17 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Goliad | 3 hr |
| Nov 15, 5:27 PM CST | Tornado Warning | CRP | Duval | 33 min |
| Nov 15, 5:34 PM CST | Tornado Warning | CRP | Live Oak | 41 min |
| Nov 15, 5:37 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Live Oak, McMullen | 3 hr |
| Nov 15, 5:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Goliad | 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.