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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

July 28, 2003Live Oak County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this tornado warning at Jul 28, 2003, 3:37 PM CDT for Live Oak County, Texas. It was in force for 38 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 28, 2003, 3:37 PM CDT (20:37 UTC)
Expired
Jul 28, 2003, 4:15 PM CDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Live Oak County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 87 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 2003-07-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2905 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 2003-07-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -7 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
2905 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
656 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-24 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.

054 
WFUS54 KCRP 282037
TORCRP
TXC297-282115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
336 PM CDT MON JUL 28 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 415 PM CDT

* AT 326 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO NEAR DINERO...OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF MATHIS...MOVING
  NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH. LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS ALSO RECIEVED REPORTS OF 
  FUNNEL CLOUDS IN THE AREA.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  4 MILES EAST OF GEORGE WEST...5 MILES SOUTH OF OAKVILLE AROUND 415
  PM CDT...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. MOVE INTO YOUR TORNADO SHELTER NOW

LAT...LON 2809 9802 2818 9784 2845 9800 2837 9819

$$

MJG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 28, 1:10 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP50 min
Jul 28, 4:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPJim Wells42 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.