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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

November 23, 2004Bee County, Live Oak County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this tornado warning at Nov 23, 2004, 8:14 PM CST for Bee County, Live Oak County, Texas. It was in force for 46 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 23, 2004, 8:14 PM CST (02:14 UTC)
Expired
Nov 23, 2004, 9:00 PM CST
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Bee County, TX, Live Oak County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Nov 23, 7:50 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 90 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 2004-11-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3323 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 2004-11-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 120 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
3323 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
782 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
120 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
72 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.9
Supercell composite
7.5

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KCRP 240214
TORCRP
TXC025-297-240300-
/X.NEW.KCRP.TO.W.0004.041124T0214Z-041124T0300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
814 PM CST TUE NOV 23 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL BEE COUNTY IN TEXAS
  NORTHERN LIVE OAK COUNTY IN TEXAS

* UNTIL 900 PM CST

* AT 807 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR OAKVILLE...
  OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF GEORGE WEST...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  NORMANNA...BEEVILLE AND 7 MILES SOUTH OF PETTUS BY 825 PM CST

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CST WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR TEXAS.

LAT...LON 2853 9827 2862 9775 2853 9770 2851 9760
      2852 9757 2845 9755 2842 9751 2844 9749
      2840 9746 2840 9741 2825 9814

$$

JR

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 23, 7:07 PM CSTTornado WarningCRPLive Oak23 min
Nov 23, 7:50 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPGoliad55 min
Nov 23, 7:58 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningCRPGoliad92 min
Nov 23, 8:11 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPVictoria64 min
Nov 23, 8:41 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningCRPVictoria109 min
Nov 23, 8:44 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPDuval, Jim Wells46 min
Nov 23, 8:44 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPGoliad61 min
Nov 23, 9:02 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPBee, Refugio, San Patricio58 min
Nov 23, 9:11 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPCalhoun, Victoria64 min
Nov 23, 9:26 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPNueces64 min
Nov 23, 9:34 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPWebb26 min
Nov 23, 9:43 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningCRP2 hr
Nov 23, 9:52 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPDuval23 min
Nov 23, 10:14 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPJim Wells31 min
Nov 23, 10:20 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPDuval, Jim Wells25 min
Nov 23, 10:31 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPNueces29 min
Nov 23, 10:36 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningCRP3 hr
Nov 23, 10:50 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPSan Patricio25 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.