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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

November 15, 2001Goliad County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this tornado warning at Nov 15, 2001, 6:33 PM CST for Goliad County, Texas. It was in force for 42 min. 3 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: Nov 15, 2001, 6:33 PM CST (00:33 UTC)
Expired: Nov 15, 2001, 7:15 PM CST
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area: Whole counties

County Goliad County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Nov 15, 7:05 PM CST	Hail 0.75	Charco, TX	5 MILES SE OF CHARCO.
Nov 15, 7:15 PM CST	Hail 1	Goliad, TX	HAIL REPORTED 5 MILES NW OF GOLIAD.
Nov 15, 7:15 PM CST	Tornado F1	Goliad, TX	5 NW Goliad - On highway 239 halfway to Charco.

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, 5:45 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2644 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 634 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 156 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 221 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 3.0
Supercell composite: 15.4

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The text

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

554 
WFUS54 KCRP 160034
TORCRP
TXC175-160115-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN GOLIAD COUNTY IN TEXAS

* UNTIL 715 PM CST

* AT 628 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHARCO...OR ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHEAST
  OF KENEDY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...SEEK SHELTER NOW

$$

GW

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, 5:25 PM CST, 1 hour 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 15, 5:25 PM CST, 1 hour 8 minutes before

COASTAL BEND FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
525 PM CST THU NOV 15 2001

NEW TORNADO WATCH COMING OUT WILL INCLUDE ALL BUT WEBB COUNTY...IN
EFFECT UNTIL 11PM.  STRONG VERT SHEAR CONTINUES.  GOT A LONG LIVED
TORNADIC SUPERCELL THAT HAS TRACKED FROM LIVE OAK COUNTY TO THE
GOLIAD COUNTY LINE. ADDITIONAL STORMS ARE DEVELOPING IN THE WARM
SECTOR ACROSS DUVAL COUNTY MAY QUICKLY GO SEVERE.  ZONE UPDATES
COMING SOON

75

.CRP...FFA AND TORNADO WATCH TXZ229>234-240>247.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Nov 15, 4:03 PM CST, 2 hours 30 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, 1 hour 54 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.

JM

Local storm report, Nov 15, 5:12 PM CST, 1 hour 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI,TX
512 PM CST THU NOV 15 2001

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0246 PM    5 NE  GEORGE WEST         TX   TORNADO
11/15/01   LIVE OAK                       NWS EMPLOYEES REPORTED
                                          HOUSE DAMAGED AND LARGE
                                          TREE LIMBS THROUGH ROOF
                                          SHED BLOWN AWAY.

0445 PM    TULETA                    TX   FLOOD
11/15/01   BEE                            ROADS FLOODED NEAR TULETA

JM

Special weather statement, Nov 15, 5:37 PM CST, 56 minutes before

TXZ229>234-240>247-160500-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
537 PM CST THU NOV 15 2001

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CST...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH VALID UNTIL
1100 PM CST THURSDAY EVENING. THE WATCH INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF
ARANSAS...BEE...CALHOUN...DUVAL...GOLIAD...JIM WELLS...KLEBERG...LA
SALLE...LIVE OAK...MCMULLEN...NUECES...REFUGIO...SAN PATRICIO AND
VICTORIA.

SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE ALICE...ARANSAS
PASS...BEEVILLE...BENAVIDES...CORPUS CHRISTI...COTULLA...ENCINAL...
GEORGE WEST...GOLIAD...INGLESIDE...KINGSVILLE...MATHIS...PORT
ARANSAS...PORT LAVACA...PORT OCONNOR...PORTLAND...REFUGIO...
ROBSTOWN...ROCKPORT...SEADRIFT...SINTON...SKIDMORE...THREE RIVERS...
TILDEN AND VICTORIA.

A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES TO OCCUR
IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA. IF TORNADOES DO IN FACT DEVELOP OR ARE
SPOTTED...THEN A TORNADO WARNING WILL BE ISSUED.

EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE
ACTIVATION. RESIDENTS ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE
READY TO QUICKLY ACT IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA. IF
SEVERE WEATHER THREATENS YOUR AREA...THEN MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM
AND LAY DOWN ON THE FLOOR. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE...LAY FLAT DOWN ON THE
GROUND...PREFERABLY IN A DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT. NEVER TRY TO OUTRUN
SEVERE WEATHER.

FOR THE LATEST WEATHER FORECASTS AND WARNINGS...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT
HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/CRP

GW

Local storm report, Nov 15, 5:47 PM CST, 46 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI,TX
547 PM CST THU NOV 15 2001

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0542 PM    5 W SAN DIEGO             TX   1.75 INCH HAIL
11/15/01   DUVAL

JM

Local storm report, Nov 15, 6:30 PM CST, 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI,TX
630 PM CST THU NOV 15 2001

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0625 PM    PETTUS                    TX   0.25 INCH HAIL
11/15/01   BEE                            SHERIFF OFFICE REPORT.

LAMARRE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 15, 6:12 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Bee	48 min
Nov 15, 6:16 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Bee	3 hr
Nov 15, 7:15 PM CST	Tornado Warning	CRP	Goliad	45 min
Nov 15, 7:38 PM CST	Tornado Warning	CRP	Jim Wells	52 min
Nov 15, 7:59 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Goliad	46 min
Nov 15, 8:11 PM CST	Tornado Warning	CRP	Goliad	49 min
Nov 15, 8:13 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Goliad	3 hr
Nov 15, 8:37 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Jim Wells	23 min
Nov 15, 8:59 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Goliad, Victoria	51 min
Nov 15, 9:12 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Bee	4 hr
Nov 15, 9:47 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Victoria	58 min
Nov 15, 10:32 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Live Oak	3 hr
Nov 15, 11:29 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Goliad	106 min
Nov 15, 11:38 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Refugio	67 min
Nov 16, 12:52 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Bee, Refugio, San Patricio	3 hr
Nov 16, 1:05 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Duval	55 min
Nov 16, 1:08 AM CST	Tornado Warning	CRP	Duval	37 min
Nov 16, 2:06 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Duval, Live Oak	3 hr
Nov 16, 3:02 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Calhoun	3 hr
Nov 16, 3:52 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Jim Wells	3 hr
Nov 16, 4:02 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Bee, San Patricio	3 hr
Nov 16, 5:50 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Kleberg, Nueces	3 hr
Nov 16, 6:15 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Duval, Webb	3 hr
Nov 16, 6:42 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Jim Wells	3 hr
Nov 16, 6:50 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	San Patricio	3 hr
Nov 16, 8:19 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	CRP		116 min
Nov 16, 8:19 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	CRP		116 min
Nov 16, 8:57 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Kleberg	2 hr
Nov 16, 9:45 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	CRP		2 hr
Nov 16, 9:45 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	CRP		2 hr
Nov 16, 1:02 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Nueces, San Patricio	88 min
Nov 16, 1:18 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	CRP		57 min
Nov 16, 1:18 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	CRP		57 min
Nov 16, 2:13 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Kleberg	92 min
Nov 16, 2:30 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Nueces, San Patricio	75 min
Nov 16, 3:45 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Kleberg, Nueces, San Patricio	2 hr
Nov 16, 4:12 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	CRP		108 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.