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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this tornado warning at Nov 15, 2001, 11:45 AM CST for Nueces County, Texas. It was in force for 45 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 15, 2001, 11:45 AM CST (17:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 15, 2001, 12:30 PM CST
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Nueces County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 5 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 17 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.
520 WFUS54 KCRP 151744 TORCRP TXC355-151830- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1145 AM CST THU NOV 15 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL NUECES COUNTY IN TEXAS * UNTIL 1230 PM CST * AT 1141 AM CST...A PUBLIC REPORT OF A TORNADO ABOUT 3 MILES EAST OF ROBSTOWN...DOPPLER RADAR ALSO SHOWS A DEVELOPING TORNADO...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... CROSS I-37 JUST WEST OF CALALLEN AROUND NOON CST... THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. MOVE INTO YOUR TORNADO SHELTER NOW &
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, 10:00 AM CST, 1 hour 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 15, 10:00 AM CST, 1 hour 45 minutes before
COASTAL BEND FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1000 AM CST THU NOV 15 2001 ATMOS OVER SOUTH TEXAS QUITE MOIST AND UNSTABLE THIS MORNING. 12Z CRP SOUNDING REVEALED CAPES AROUND 2000 J/KG AND PWATS 1.50 INCHES. CURRENT DOPPLER VAD WIND PROFILE CONTINUES TO SHOW STRONG VERT WIND SHEAR WHICH WILL SUPPORT ORGANIZED STORMS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. WET BULB ZERO VALUES ARE HIGHER TODAY VERSES YESTERDAY...THEREFORE OUR HAIL THRESHOLDS SHOULD BE A BIT HIGHER. SPC CONSIDERING A WW FOR OUR AREA...WILL CONTINUE TO WATCH THIS CLOSELY. RADAR ALREADY SHOWING CONVECTION FIRING ALONG THE MOISTURE/THERMAL AXIS EXTENDING NORTHWEST INTO THE LOW OVER THE WRN HILL COUNTRY. WV SHOWS SPOKE OF VORTICITY SWINGING THROUGH...12Z MODELS SHOW STRONG OMEGA DEVELOPING OVER MOST OF THE REGION CENTERED ALG THE MOISURE AXIS. THEREFORE HEAVY RAINS AND FLOODING ARE LIKELY. CURRENT FCST LOOKS GOOD. FFA IS IN EFFECT WITH MAIN FOCUS AREAS OVER JIM WELLS AND NORTHERN LIVE OAK COUNTY...WHERE 8-16 INCHES OF RAIN FELL YESTERDAY. HYDROLOGY...MAIN POINT OF CONCERN IS ATASCOSA RIVER AT WHITSETT AND NUECES AT THREE RIVERS. LATEST RFC FCST CALLS FOR A MAJOR FLOOD AT THREE RIVERS AROUND MIDDAY SATURDAY. NO CHANGES TO CURRENT FCST PACKAGE. 75/71 .CRP...FFA ALL ZONES TXZ229>234-239>247.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Nov 15, 6:13 AM CST, 5 hours 32 minutes before
TXZ229>234-239>247-160000- SOUTH TEXAS THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 613 AM CST THU NOV 15 2001 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT... A NEARLY STATIONARY UPPER LEVEL LOW...CENTERED OVER FAR WEST TEXAS...WILL COMBINE WITH MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY TO PRODUCE NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT OVER THE TEXAS COASTAL BEND AND THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG...WITH GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50 MPH AND HAIL. IN ADDITION...HEAVY RAINFALL IS LIKELY AND A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT FOR THE TEXAS COASTAL BEND AND THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS. 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. WC
Special weather statement, Nov 15, 10:30 AM CST, 1 hour 15 minutes 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.
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, 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, 5:00 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 |
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.