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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

November 17, 2003Refugio County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this tornado warning at Nov 17, 2003, 10:19 AM CST for Refugio County, Texas. It was in force for 41 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
Nov 17, 2003, 10:19 AM CST (16:19 UTC)
Expired
Nov 17, 2003, 11:00 AM CST
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Refugio County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 72 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 2003-11-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1818 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 2003-11-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 150 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1818 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
573 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
150 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
146 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.4
Supercell composite
8.4

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KCRP 171619
TORCRP
TXC391-171700-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1019 AM CST MON NOV 17 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN REFUGIO COUNTY IN TEXAS

* UNTIL 1100 AM CST

* AT 1018 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO OVER REFUGIO...OR ABOUT 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF REFUGIO...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO THROUGH 1100 AM CST...
  RURAL AREAS JUST NORTH OF CITY OF REFUGIO

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

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CST MONDAY AFTERNOON
FOR TEXAS.

LAT...LON 2831 9742 2822 9724 2848 9702 2853 9719

$$

JM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 17, 10:11 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningCRPRefugio, San Patricio2 hr
Nov 17, 11:15 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningCRPVictoria105 min
Nov 17, 12:10 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPVictoria65 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.