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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

July 15, 2002Live Oak County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this tornado warning at Jul 15, 2002, 1:15 AM CDT for Live Oak 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
Jul 15, 2002, 1:15 AM CDT (06:15 UTC)
Expired
Jul 15, 2002, 2:00 AM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Live Oak County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 6.3 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2002-07-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2181 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2002-07-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -8 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
-17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1136 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
6 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

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

781 
WFUS54 KCRP 150615
TORCRP
TXC297-150700-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
115 AM CDT MON JUL 15 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN LIVE OAK COUNTY IN TEXAS

* UNTIL 200 AM CDT

* AT 111 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO OVER SIMMONS...OR ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THREE
  RIVERS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  7 MILES NORTHWEST OF GEORGE WEST AROUND 120 AM CDT...
  2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THREE RIVERS AROUND 135 AM CDT...
  5 MILES NORTHWEST OF OAKVILLE AROUND 140 AM CDT...
  OVER RAY POINT AROUND 145 AM CDT...

IF NO UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...MOVE INTO AN INTERIOR ROOM
ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY STRUCTURE.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 14, 9:22 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPMcMullen113 min
Jul 14, 11:14 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPMcMullen2 hr
Jul 15, 1:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPLive Oak41 min
Jul 15, 1:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPJim Wells, Nueces21 days
Jul 15, 1:24 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPLive Oak, McMullen3 hr
Jul 15, 3:33 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPBee, Live Oak3 hr
Jul 15, 3:57 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPDuval, Jim Wells, Webb3 hr
Jul 15, 4:20 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPMcMullen115 min
Jul 15, 6:00 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPVictoria3 hr
Jul 15, 6:31 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPLive Oak3 hr
Jul 15, 6:47 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPDuval, Webb3 hr
Jul 15, 9:48 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPLa Salle, McMullen3 hr
Jul 15, 1:10 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP2 hr
Jul 15, 1:10 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP2 hr
Jul 15, 1:50 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPLa Salle3 hr
Jul 15, 3:52 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPDuval3 hr
Jul 15, 4:57 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPMcMullen3 hr

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.