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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

November 15, 2001Bee County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this tornado warning at Nov 15, 2001, 3:53 PM CST for Bee County, Texas. It was in force for 37 min. 2 reports came from 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, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Nov 15, 2001, 3:53 PM CST (21:53 UTC)
Expired
Nov 15, 2001, 4:30 PM CST
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Bee County, TX

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Nov 15, 4:36 PM CSTHail 1.75Mineral, TX
Nov 15, 4:36 PM CSTTornado F1Mineral, TXMobile home destroyed, roof damage to house next door. Near farm road 673 and Pioneer rd.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Nov 15, 11:45 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 102 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.

194 
WFUS54 KCRP 152153
TORCRP
TXC025-152230-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL BEE COUNTY IN TEXAS

* UNTIL 430 PM CST

* AT 347 PM CST...A TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED A TORNADO 9 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF PETTUS...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF BEEVILLE...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  OVER PETTUS AROUND 410 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.

LAT...LON 2848 9799 2834 9790 2843 9779 2863 9781
          2860 9800

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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, 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, 5:27 PM CSTTornado WarningCRPDuval33 min
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

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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.