Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 2001
Tornado Warning 11, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this tornado warning at Nov 15, 2001, 5:00 PM CST for Goliad County, Texas. It was in force for 30 min. No storm report in the archive falls 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.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 15, 2001, 5:00 PM CST (23:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 15, 2001, 5:30 PM CST
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Goliad County, TX
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, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 110 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.
853 WFUS54 KCRP 152301 TORCRP TXC175-152330- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 500 PM CST THU NOV 15 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN GOLIAD COUNTY IN TEXAS * UNTIL 530 PM CST * AT 458 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 13 MILES SOUTH OF CHARCO...OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF BEEVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CHARCO AROUND 530 PM CST... IF NO UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...MOVE INTO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY STRUCTURE. LEAVE AUTOMOBILES AND MOBILE HOMES...WHICH OFFER LITTLE PROTECTION FROM A TORNADO. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LAT...LON 2868 9775 2852 9761 2874 9728 2886 9749
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, 2 hours 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 15, 2:45 PM CST, 2 hours 15 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, 12:24 PM CST, 4 hours 36 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, 2 hours 13 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, 2 hours 9 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, 57 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, 4:39 PM CST, 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI,TX
439 PM CST THU NOV 15 2001
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
436 PM MINERAL TX 1.75 INCH HAIL
11/15/01 BEE
436 PM NORMANNA TX .88 INCH HAIL
11/15/01 BEE
436 PM MINERAL TX TORNADO
11/15/01 BEE EMC REPORTED MOBILE HOME
DESTROYED, ROOF
DAMAGE ON HOUSE NEXT
DOOR. LOCATION NEAR FARM
ROAD 673 AND PIONEER
RD.
436 PM MINERAL TX TORNADO
11/15/01 BEE SEVERAL POWER POLES DOWN
AT FARM ROAD 673 AND
WILDCAT.
JMThe 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, 4:30 PM CST | Tornado Warning | CRP | Bee | 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 |
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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.