Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 2004
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 4, 2004, 3:06 PM CDT for Webb County, Texas. It was in force for 24 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
- Apr 4, 2004, 3:06 PM CDT (20:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 4, 2004, 3:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Webb County, TX
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this tornado warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 1:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 198 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 100 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -90 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 645 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 261 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
150 WFUS54 KCRP 042006 TORCRP TXC479-042030- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 304 PM CDT SUN APR 4 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTH CENTRAL WEBB COUNTY IN TEXAS * UNTIL 330 PM CDT * AT 259 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAS TIENDAS...OR ABOUT 13 MILES WEST OF ENCINAL...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... OPEN COUNTRY IN NORTHERN WEBB COUNTY THROUGH 320 PM CDT... IF NO UNDERGROUND SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...MOVE INTO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY STRUCTURE. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR TEXAS. LAT...LON 2786 9969 2783 9949 2814 9942 2816 9968 $$ MJG
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Corpus Christi, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Apr 4, 9:55 AM CDT, 5 hours 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 4, 9:55 AM CDT, 5 hours 11 minutes before
SOUTH TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 955 AM CDT SUN APR 4 2004 .UPDATE...AREAS OF DENSE FOG HAVE LIFTED AND WL UPDATE ZONES TO RMV MORN FOG. VCT SLOWEST TO IMPROVE BUT AM EXPECTING VSBY/CIGS TO BECOME AT LEAST MVFR BY 11 AM. CRP 12Z SOUNDING SHOWED AN UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT. DRT SOUNDING SHOWED STRONG SHEAR WHILE CRPS IS MUCH WEAKER. PLENTY OF MOISTURE TO WORK WITH AND MODELS PROG PWATS TO INCREASE FURTHER BY 18Z. A FEW SHOWERS DVLPD OVR THE MID CWA PER VSBY SAT AND LIGHTNING DET BUT SURROUNDING RADARS TENDING TO OVER SHOOT. CRP RADAR IS DOWN UNTIL AT LEAST THIS EVENING. MODELS AGREE WITH PRECIP TODAY...BUT DISAGREE WITH QPF VALUES AND PLACEMENT TO AN EXTENT. GFS IS THE WETTER MODEL WITH RAPID INCREASE IN QPF BY 18Z WHICH SHIFTS NE THRU THE DAY. ETA ALSO SHIFTS PRECIP NE BUT TO LESSER EXTENT. RUC ALSO INDICATES PRECIP TO SHIFT NE ACRS THE CWA WITH REDVLPMNT TO THE WEST. WILL INCREASE POPS BY 10 PERCENT ACRS THE AREA WITH 70 PERCENT W TO 40 PERCENT NE GIVEN EXPECTED INCREASE IN DIFFLUENCE ALOFT AND INCREASE IN MOISTURE. FCSTD WIND AND TEMPS LOOK REASONABLE FOR NOW. && .PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... .SHORT-TERM (TODAY THROUGH MONDAY)...UPPER LEVEL LOW CONTINUES TO SPIN OVER AZ AND WILL BEGIN TO SLOWLY ADVANCE EAST ON MONDAY. CURRENTLY AN ELONGATED SHEAR AXIS EXISTS JUST WEST OF THE RIO GRANDE IN DIFLUENT FLOW ALOFT. THIS NEXT SPOKE OF ENERGY WILL CONTINUE TO ADVANCE EAST INTO THE CWA TODAY AND WILL GRADE POPS HIGHEST WEST AND LOWEST NORTHEAST WHERE LOWER THETA-E AIR WILL RESIDE. BELIEVE WE WILL SEE SCATTERED CONVECTION FORMED DURING HEATING TODAY BUT NOT TOO CONFIDENT ON HEAVY RAINFALL THREAT TODAY. HOWEVER BY TONIGHT THAT MAY CHANGE AND DAY SHIFT MAY CONTEMPLATE A FLOOD WATCH. BELIEVE THAT 30KT LOW LEVEL JET IN CONJUNCTION WITH AXIS OF INSTABILITY OVER THE CWA MAY PRODUCE TRAINING ECHOS OR ALLOW FOR UPWIND PROPAGATION OF AN MCS MOVING SE FROM STORMS ORIGINATING ACROSS THE RIO GRANDE. WILL MENTION HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE WEST/CENTRAL ZONES AND PAINT LIKELY POPS IN ALL AREAS. WEAK INSTABILITY WITH CAPES ONLY 1000-1500 J/KG WILL LIMIT SEVERE WEATHER THREAT DESPITE SHEAR PROFILES FAVORABLE FOR SUPERCELLS. IF WE DO GET MORE HEATING THAN EXPECTED TODAY...SEVERE WEATHER MAY BE POSSIBLE OVER THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS THIS EVENING. WILL BROAD BRUSH 50 PPOS OVER THE AREA MONDAY AS REGION STILL REMAINS IN THE UPPER DIFLUENT FLOW. SHEAR WILL CONTINUE TO LOOK GOOD FOR ROTATING THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS WHERE INSTABILITY WILL BE HIGHEST. SPC HAS THIS AREA IN SLIGHT RISK AND LATER SHIFTS WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR. SCEC EXPECTED TONIGHT AND MONDAY OFFSHORE. && .LONG-TERM (MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY)...LOOKS LIKE RAINFALL CHANCES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY...BEFORE THE UPPER LOW MOVES ACROSS THE AREA AND BRINGS DRIER AIR TO SOUTH TEXAS. WILL KEEP CHANCE TO LIKELY POPS MONDAY NIGHT/TUESDAY RESPECTIVELY...WITH LIKELY POPS OVER THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS LATE MONDAY NIGHT. THINGS LOOK TO REMAIN DRY WEDNESDAY AND MOST OF THURSDAY. GFS IS BRINGING ANOTHER FRONT ACROSS THURSDAY EVENING...MUCH EARLIER THAN 24 HOURS AGO. SEEMS UKMET AND CANADIAN ARE FAIRLY SIMILAR WITH GFS SO WILL GO WITH THIS SCENARIO (ALSO...MODELS HAVE BEEN SLOW/HAVING HARD TIME KEEPING UP WITH THE ATMOSPHERIC CHANGES THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS). WILL KEEP LOW CHANCE POPS WITH THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...THEN DRY SATURDAY. LOWERED TEMPS A BIT AFTER FROPA THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...OTHERIWSE NOT TOO MUCH CHANGE IN PREVIOUS TEMPERATURE FORECAST. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... CORPUS CHRISTI 79 65 78 67 83 / 50 70 50 50 60 VICTORIA 79 62 77 63 80 / 30 60 50 50 70 LAREDO 79 66 78 67 86 / 60 70 50 60 40 && .CRP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE && UPDATE 81/TE PREVIOUS DISCUSSION 92/TR...SHORT TERM 86/GW...LONG TERM
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 4, 1:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 137 PM CDT SUN APR 4 2004 GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-TXZ229>234-239>247-051100- ARANSAS-BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS- BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO PORT OCONNOR-BEE-CALHOUN- COASTAL WATERS BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS PORT ARANSAS TO MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL OUT 20 NM- DUVAL-GOLIAD-JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-LASALLE-LIVE OAK-MCMULLEN-NUECES- REFUGIO-SAN PATRICIO-VICTORIA- WATERS BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS 20 TO 60 NM- WATERS PORT ARANSAS TO MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL 20 TO 60 NM-WEBB- 137 PM CDT SUN APR 4 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS COMBINED WITH AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE LOCATED ACROSS THE DESERT SOUTHWEST WILL PRODUCE SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL BE SEVERE AT TIMES. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE FROM LARGE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND STRONG WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. MOST OF THE SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO LAST BETWEEN THIS AFTERNOON AND AROUND 800 PM TONIGHT. HEAVY RAINFALL BETWEEN ONE AND THREE INCHES WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF FIVE INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. A FLOOD WATCH WILL BE ISSUED THIS AFTERNOON THAT WILL INCLUDE MOST OF SOUTH TEXAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY AHEAD OF AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE APPROACHING FROM THE WEST. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL BE SEVERE AT TIMES WITH HEAVY RAINFALL. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF SEVERAL INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE MAIN THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER AND FLOODING RAINS WILL OCCUR BETWEEN MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. DRIER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BY TUESDAY EVENING AND WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION SHOULD OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON. SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY AS WELL. MB
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 4, 11:55 AM CDT, 3 hours 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1155 AM CDT SUN APR 4 2004 TXZ240-041800- DUVAL- 1155 AM CDT SUN APR 4 2004 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO DUVAL COUNTY... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR HEBBRONVILLE IS MOVING NORTH AROUND 20 MPH. THE STORM IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT AREAS FROM BRUNI TO REALITOS THROUGH 1230 PM. THIS THUNDERSTORM MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 1 INCH PER HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/CRP FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. TE
Special weather statement, Apr 4, 12:54 PM CDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1254 PM CDT SUN APR 4 2004 TXZ240-041900- DUVAL- 1254 PM CDT SUN APR 4 2004 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN DUVAL COUNTY... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS FROM EAST OF REALITOS TO RIOS THROUGH 130 PM. THIS STORM IS MOVING NORTH AROUND 20 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 1 INCH PER HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/CRP FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. TE
Special weather statement, Apr 4, 1:17 PM CDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 117 PM CDT SUN APR 4 2004 TXZ229>232-239>241-050000- BEE-DUVAL-JIM WELLS-LA SALLE-LIVE OAK-MCMULLEN-WEBB- 117 PM CDT SUN APR 4 2004 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH VALID UNTIL 700 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING. THE WATCH INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF BEE...DUVAL...JIM WELLS...LA SALLE...LIVE OAK...MCMULLEN AND WEBB. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE ALICE...BEEVILLE... BENAVIDES...COTULLA...ENCINAL...GEORGE WEST...LAREDO...SKIDMORE... THREE RIVERS AND TILDEN. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS AND INLAND PORTIONS OF THE COASTAL BEND THIS AFTERNOON. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN LARGE HAIL OR STRONG DAMAGING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR ACTIVATION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. RESIDENTS ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE READY TO ACT QUICKLY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA. IF SEVERE WEATHER THREATENS YOUR AREA...THEN MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM AND LAY DOWN ON THE FLOOR. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE...LAY FLAT DOWN ON THE GROUND...PREFERABLY IN A DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT. NEVER TRY TO OUTRUN SEVERE WEATHER. MB
Local storm report, Apr 4, 1:56 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
156 PM CDT SUN APR 04 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0155 PM HAIL BENAVIDES 27.60N 98.41W
04/04/2004 0.75 INCH DUVAL TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
&&
MBLocal storm report, Apr 4, 2:03 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
203 PM CDT SUN APR 04 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0155 PM HAIL 7 E BENAVIDES 27.60N 98.29W
04/04/2004 1.50 INCH DUVAL TX TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
MBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 1:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Duval | 52 min |
| Apr 4, 1:48 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Duval, Victoria | 231 days |
| Apr 4, 2:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Webb | 56 min |
| Apr 4, 2:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Duval | 63 min |
| Apr 4, 3:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Jim Wells | 53 min |
| Apr 4, 3:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Duval, Jim Wells | 54 min |
| Apr 4, 4:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | La Salle, Webb | 64 min |
| Apr 4, 4:27 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Goliad, Jim Wells | 231 days |
| Apr 4, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Jim Wells | 62 min |
| Apr 4, 5:02 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Goliad, La Salle, Webb | 231 days |
| Apr 4, 5:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | La Salle | 57 min |
| Apr 4, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Webb | 63 min |
| Apr 4, 5:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Webb | 65 min |
| Apr 4, 5:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Duval | 52 min |
| Apr 4, 6:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Webb | 58 min |
| Apr 4, 6:37 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Victoria, Webb | 231 days |
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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.