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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

July 5, 2003Nueces County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this tornado warning at Jul 5, 2003, 3:16 AM CDT for Nueces County, Texas. It was in force for 29 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
Jul 5, 2003, 3:16 AM CDT (08:16 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 2003, 3:45 AM CDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Nueces County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 27 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 2003-07-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1476 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 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 00:00Z on 2003-07-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 74 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
1476 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
585 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
74 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
166 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.

000 
WFUS54 KCRP 050816
TORCRP
TXC355-050845-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
315 AM CDT SAT JUL 5 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL NUECES COUNTY IN TEXAS

* UNTIL 345 AM CDT

* AT 312 AM CDT...PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO OVER   EXTREME EAST 
CENTRAL NUECES COUNTY...OR ALONG HIGHWAY 361 OR ABOUT 11 MILES 
SOUTHWEST OF  PORT ARANSAS...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.

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.


LAT...LON 2764 9725 2751 9710 2775 9679 2791 9697

$$

TE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 5, 1:56 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP64 min
Jul 5, 3:07 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP53 min
Jul 5, 3:07 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP53 min
Jul 5, 3:53 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP67 min
Jul 5, 3:53 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP67 min
Jul 5, 4:08 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPDuval3 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.