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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this tornado warning at Sep 19, 2002, 9:50 PM CDT for Refugio County, Texas. It was in force for 25 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 19, 2002, 9:50 PM CDT (02:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 19, 2002, 10:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Refugio County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 84 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
- 3776 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 748 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.9
- Supercell composite
- 4.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
874 WFUS54 KCRP 200250 TORCRP TXC391-200315- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 948 PM CDT THU SEP 19 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN REFUGIO COUNTY IN TEXAS * UNTIL 1015 PM CDT * AT 946 PM CDT...A TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD ON HIGHWAY 35 SOUTH OF TIVOLI...OR ABOUT 18 MILES WEST OF SEADRIFT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO WITH THIS STORM. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... AUSTWELL AND ARANSAS WILDLIFE REFUGE AROUND 1000 PM CDT... STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...MOVE TO A STURDY BUILDING OR UNDERGROUND SHELTER. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH...CULVERT OR LOW SPOT...AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LAT...LON 2852 9698 2840 9713 2829 9703 2835 9682 &
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 19, 7:17 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Duval | 3 hr |
| Sep 19, 7:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Duval | 36 min |
| Sep 19, 7:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Aransas | 4 hr |
| Sep 19, 7:39 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Goliad | 3 hr |
| Sep 19, 8:48 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Kleberg | 3 hr |
| Sep 19, 9:05 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 55 min | |
| Sep 19, 9:29 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 61 min | |
| Sep 19, 10:02 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Bee, Refugio, San Patricio | 3 hr |
| Sep 19, 10:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Duval | 33 days |
| Sep 19, 10:15 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 60 min | |
| Sep 19, 10:30 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 3 hr | |
| Sep 19, 10:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Nueces, San Patricio | 61 min |
| Sep 19, 11:07 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Nueces | 113 min |
| Sep 20, 12:00 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 2 hr |
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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.