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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

April 6, 2004Nueces County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 6, 2004, 11:05 AM CDT for Nueces County, Texas. It was in force for 40 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 6, 2004, 11:05 AM CDT (16:05 UTC)
Expired
Apr 6, 2004, 11:45 AM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Nueces County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 2 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:07 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
Apr 6, 11:05 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 17 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 2004-04-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1044 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 12:00Z on 2004-04-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 133 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1044 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
598 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
133 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
224 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.1
Supercell composite
9.2

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The text

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

914 
WFUS54 KCRP 061605
TORCRP
TXC355-061645-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1105 AM CDT TUE APR 6 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL NUECES COUNTY IN TEXAS

* UNTIL 1145 AM CDT

* AT 1102 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO OVER THE WEST SIDE OF CORPUS CHRISTI...MOVING EAST
  AT 15 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  TULOSO AROUND 1110 AM CDT...
  
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. MOVE INTO YOUR TORNADO SHELTER NOW

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CDT TUESDAY AFTERNOON 
FOR TEXAS.

LAT...LON 2779 9769 2762 9762 2774 9722 2787 9735

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 6, 8:15 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPBee, Goliad2 hr
Apr 6, 8:53 AM CDTTornado WarningCRPBee, Goliad37 min
Apr 6, 9:30 AM CDTTornado WarningCRPGoliad30 min
Apr 6, 9:44 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP2 hr
Apr 6, 10:00 AM CDTTornado WarningCRPGoliad, Refugio, Victoria45 min
Apr 6, 10:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPNueces, San Patricio53 min
Apr 6, 10:09 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPGoliad, Refugio, Victoria3 hr
Apr 6, 10:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPJim Wells, Kleberg53 min
Apr 6, 10:23 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPNueces, San Patricio2 hr
Apr 6, 10:27 AM CDTTornado WarningCRPKleberg, Nueces48 min
Apr 6, 10:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPCalhoun, Refugio, Victoria59 min
Apr 6, 10:55 AM CDTTornado WarningCRPCalhoun, Victoria50 min
Apr 6, 10:58 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPCalhoun2 hr
Apr 6, 11:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPRefugio, San Patricio65 min
Apr 6, 11:16 AM CDTTornado WarningCRPNueces44 min
Apr 6, 11:38 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP2 hr
Apr 6, 11:44 AM CDTTornado WarningCRPCalhoun61 min
Apr 6, 12:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPCalhoun21 min
Apr 6, 2:37 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP83 min
Apr 6, 4:39 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP66 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.