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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

July 17, 2003Calhoun County, Victoria County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this tornado warning at Jul 17, 2003, 12:22 PM CDT for Calhoun County, Victoria County, Texas. It was in force for 53 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 17, 2003, 12:22 PM CDT (17:22 UTC)
Expired
Jul 17, 2003, 1:15 PM CDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Calhoun County, TX, Victoria County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 114 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 2003-07-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2818 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2003-07-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -91 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
2818 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
624 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-91 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-56 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.

323 
WFUS54 KCRP 171722
TORCRP
TXC057-469-171815-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1220 PM CDT THU JUL 17 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN TEXAS
  VICTORIA COUNTY IN TEXAS

* UNTIL 115 PM CDT

* AT 1215 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC HAS REPORTED SEVERAL FUNNEL CLOUDS
  NEAR VICTORIA TO BLOOMINGTON TO NEAR KAMEY. AT 1215 PM...NATIONAL
  WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS FROM VICTORIA
  TO PLACEDO TO KAMEY...MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH. BRIEF TOUCHDOWNS
  OF THESE FUNNEL CLOUDS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL
  BE POSSIBLE. BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IN THE EVENT A FUNNEL
  DOES REACH THE GROUND.


LAT...LON 2844 9679 2853 9655 2902 9695 2891 9726

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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.