Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 2002

Tornado Warning 12, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

October 24, 2002Kleberg County, Nueces County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this tornado warning at Oct 24, 2002, 3:49 PM CDT for Kleberg County, Nueces County, Texas. It was in force for 26 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
Oct 24, 2002, 3:49 PM CDT (20:49 UTC)
Expired
Oct 24, 2002, 4:15 PM CDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Kleberg County, TX, Nueces County, TX

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Oct 24, 11:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 30 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 2002-10-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1063 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 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 2002-10-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 125 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1063 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
575 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
125 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
197 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
4.9

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 24, 11:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRP60 min
Oct 24, 11:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRP64 min
Oct 24, 1:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRP39 min
Oct 24, 2:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRP60 min
Oct 24, 2:19 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPNueces, San Patricio41 min
Oct 24, 3:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRP30 min
Oct 24, 3:02 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPNueces, San Patricio43 min
Oct 24, 3:07 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPNueces, San Patricio3 hr
Oct 24, 3:16 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP104 min
Oct 24, 5:00 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP75 min
Oct 24, 5:00 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP75 min
Oct 24, 6:15 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP75 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Texas, 2002Every tornado warning in 2002Tornadoes in 2002

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.