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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

November 15, 2001Duval County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this tornado warning at Nov 15, 2001, 5:27 PM CST for Duval County, Texas. It was in force for 33 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, 5:27 PM CST (23:27 UTC)
Expired
Nov 15, 2001, 6:00 PM CST
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Duval County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 103 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 2001-11-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2181 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 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 2001-11-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 115 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
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

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The text

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

128 
WFUS54 KCRP 152327
TORCRP
TXC131-160000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
527 PM CST THU NOV 15 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL DUVAL COUNTY IN TEXAS

* UNTIL 600 PM CST

* AT 523 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO NEAR ROSITA...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF BENAVIDES...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  OPEN COUNTRY IN EASTERN DUVAL COUNTY AROUND 540 PM CST...

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.

LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED WITH
THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 2753 9849 2755 9826 2799 9825 2799 9845

The office that day

Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 14, 6:00 PM CSTTornado WarningCRPKleberg60 min
Nov 14, 6:35 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningCRPJim Wells, McMullen3 hr
Nov 14, 7:04 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPMcMullen56 min
Nov 14, 7:09 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPKleberg51 min
Nov 14, 7:47 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningCRPKleberg3 hr
Nov 14, 8:03 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPKleberg, Nueces42 min
Nov 14, 9:35 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningCRPLive Oak, McMullen3 hr
Nov 14, 9:49 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPLive Oak56 min
Nov 15, 11:45 AM CSTTornado WarningCRPNueces45 min
Nov 15, 12:21 PM CSTTornado WarningCRPSan Patricio39 min
Nov 15, 12:46 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningCRP59 min
Nov 15, 12:46 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningCRP59 min
Nov 15, 12:46 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningCRP59 min
Nov 15, 1:06 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningCRPMcMullen3 hr
Nov 15, 1:40 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningCRP65 min
Nov 15, 1:40 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningCRP65 min
Nov 15, 1:40 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningCRP65 min
Nov 15, 2:03 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningCRPLive Oak3 hr
Nov 15, 2:44 PM CSTTornado WarningCRPLive Oak31 min
Nov 15, 3:24 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPLive Oak66 min
Nov 15, 3:37 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningCRPBee3 hr
Nov 15, 3:43 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPBee62 min
Nov 15, 3:53 PM CSTTornado WarningCRPBee37 min
Nov 15, 4:30 PM CSTTornado WarningCRPBee30 min
Nov 15, 5:00 PM CSTTornado WarningCRPGoliad30 min
Nov 15, 5:03 PM CSTTornado WarningCRPBee27 min
Nov 15, 5:17 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningCRPGoliad3 hr
Nov 15, 5:34 PM CSTTornado WarningCRPLive Oak41 min
Nov 15, 5:37 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningCRPLive Oak, McMullen3 hr
Nov 15, 5:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPGoliad65 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.