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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this tornado warning at Nov 15, 2001, 7:15 PM CST for Goliad County, Texas. It was in force for 45 min. 5 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, 7:15 PM CST (01:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 15, 2001, 8:00 PM CST
- In force
- 45 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 01:19 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, 7:15 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. |
| Nov 15, 8:00 PM CST | Hail 1 | Goliad, TX | |
| Nov 15, 8:10 PM CST | Hail 1 | Goliad, TX | |
| Nov 15, 8:10 PM CST | Tornado F0 | Goliad, TX | Sheriff reported Tornado along west side of Highway 183 |
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, 1.3 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
066 WFUS54 KCRP 160116 TORCRP TXC175-160200- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 715 PM CST THU NOV 15 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... GOLIAD COUNTY IN TEXAS * UNTIL 800 PM CST * AT 714 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF GOLIAD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE CITY OF GOLIAD IS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. $$ 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 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 15, 5:25 PM CST, 1 hour 50 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, 5:12 PM CST, 2 hours 3 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
JMSpecial weather statement, Nov 15, 5:37 PM CST, 1 hour 38 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, 1 hour 28 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
JMLocal storm report, Nov 15, 6:30 PM CST, 45 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.
LAMARRELocal storm report, Nov 15, 6:50 PM CST, 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI,TX
650 PM CST THU NOV 15 2001
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0645 PM MINERAL TX FLOODING
11/15/01 BEE ALL ROADS CLOSED WITH
HIGH WATER RESCUE
OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS
BY VOLUNTEER FIRE
DEPARTMENT.
LAMARRELocal storm report, Nov 15, 7:13 PM CST, 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI,TX
713 PM CST THU NOV 15 2001
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0705 PM 5 SE CHARCO TX .75 INCH HAIL
11/15/01 GOLIAD SHERIFF REPORT.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, 6:33 PM CST | Tornado Warning | CRP | Goliad | 42 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.