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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

June 13, 2003Live Oak County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 13, 2003, 8:28 PM CDT for Live Oak County, Texas. It was in force for 62 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
Jun 13, 2003, 8:28 PM CDT (01:28 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2003, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Live Oak County, TX

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 13, 6:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 98 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 2003-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3720 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 2003-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 71 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
3720 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
849 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
56 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.7
Supercell composite
6.3

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The text

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

849 
WFUS54 KCRP 140128
TORCRP
TXC297-140230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
826 PM CDT FRI JUN 13 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 930 PM CDT

* AT 822 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
DEVELOPING TORNADO OVER SIMMONS...OR ABOUT 16 MILES EAST OF 
TILDEN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  7 MILES NORTHEAST OF CLEGG AROUND 845 PM CDT...
  3 MILES NORTHEAST OF ANNAROSE AROUND 855 PM CDT...

STRONG WINDS OVER 65 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM OVER 
MOST OF LIVE OAK COUNTY.  THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. MOVE INTO YOUR 
TORNADO SHELTER NOW STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.  

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT.

LAT...LON 2806 9823 2818 9833 2848 9834 2806 9792

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 7:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPWebb50 min
Jun 13, 7:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPLa Salle, McMullen64 min
Jun 13, 8:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPDuval, Webb77 min
Jun 13, 8:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPBee73 min
Jun 13, 9:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPGoliad73 min
Jun 13, 9:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPJim Wells53 min
Jun 13, 9:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPWebb46 min
Jun 13, 9:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPVictoria80 min
Jun 13, 9:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPNueces, San Patricio59 min
Jun 13, 9:43 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP3 hr
Jun 13, 9:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPRefugio58 min
Jun 13, 9:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPDuval54 min
Jun 13, 10:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPLa Salle, Webb80 min
Jun 13, 10:22 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPVictoria38 min
Jun 13, 10:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPNueces59 min
Jun 13, 10:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPAransas66 min

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.