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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

July 20, 2005Victoria County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this tornado warning at Jul 20, 2005, 11:47 AM CDT for Victoria County, Texas. It was in force for 13 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 20, 2005, 11:47 AM CDT (16:47 UTC)
Expired: Jul 20, 2005, 12:00 PM CDT
In force: 13 min
Issued by: NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Victoria County, TX

The radar

The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

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 nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 127 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1529 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 798 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 122 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 124 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KCRP 201647
TORCRP
TXC469-201700-
/O.NEW.KCRP.TO.W.0015.050720T1647Z-050720T1700Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1147 AM CDT WED JUL 20 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN VICTORIA COUNTY IN TEXAS

* UNTIL NOON CDT

* AT 1141 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR MISSION
  VALLEY...OR ABOUT 13 MILES WEST OF VICTORIA...MOVING NORTHWEST AT
  25 MPH.

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 700 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR TEXAS.

LAT...LON 2885 9723 2886 9722 2888 9723 2885 9726
      2886 9730 2900 9713 2891 9706 2881 9717
      2881 9718 2885 9721

$$

JR

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 Jul 20, 9:50 AM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 20, 9:50 AM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED TO REMOVE WIND ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
950 AM CDT WED JUL 20 2005

.UPDATE...HURRICANE EMILY HAS MADE LANDFALL EARLY THIS MORNING AND
CONTINUES TO SLOWLY MOVE TO THE WEST.  THE STORM TIGHTENED UP
OVERNIGHT AND THE RAIN BANDS DIMINISHED ACROSS OUR AREA.  EXPECT THE
STORM TO EXPAND AGAIN TODAY AND WILL KEEP CATEGORICAL AND HIGH END
CHC POPS.  NORTHEASTERLY WINDS ACROSS THE AREA VEERING TO THE EAST
JUST OFF THE SURFACE ARE CREATING ENOUGH LOW-LEVEL SHEAR TO SUPPORT
ISOLATED TORNADOES.  WITH THAT IN MIND...SPC HAS ISSUED A TORNADO
WATCH FOR THE SOUTHERN TIER COUNTIES THROUGH 7PM THIS EVENING.  HAVE
MADE LITTLE CHANGE TO THE GOING FORECAST OTHER THAT TWEAKING
WIND/TEMP FIELDS.  WILL UPDATE THE ZONES SHORTLY TO ADD THE HEADLINE
FOR THE TORNADO WATCH. WILL ALSO DROP THE WIND ADVISORY TODAY AS
MOST OF THE STRONGER GUSTS WILL RESIDE IN SQUALLS AND WILL BE
COVERED BY SHORT-FUSED SPS.

&&

.MARINE...WINDS STILL SUSTAINED 25-30 KNOTS OVER THE GULF WATERS AND
SOUTHERN BAYS THIS MORNING AND SEAS REMAIN 15 TO 20 FEET.  EXPECT
THESE VALUES TO DECREASE DURING THE DAY AS HURRICANE EMILY MOVES
FARTHER INLAND.  WILL HAVE TO CONTINUE SCA FOR THE GULF WATERS LATER
THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT FOR SEAS BUT EXPECT SCEC FOR THE BAYS.

&&

.AVIATION...WIDESPREAD MVFR CIGS WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING...BUT
SHOULD LIFT SLIGHTLY FOR THE AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE
NORTHEAST COUNTIES.  WINDS WILL GENERALLY REMAIN FROM THE ENE TODAY
AT 15-20KTS...WITH GUSTS OF 40-45KTS POSSIBLE IN SQUALLS. VSBYS WILL
GENERALLY REMAIN AT OR ABOVE 6SM TODAY...BUT AREAS OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL LOWER CIGS TEMPORARILY DOWN TO AROUND 1SM AT
TIMES.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMP/POPS

CORPUS CHRISTI  88 78 93 75 93 /  80 50 40 20 30
VICTORIA        90 76 94 74 95 /  70 30 40 20 30
LAREDO          89 77 94 79 99 / 100 70 40 20 30
ALICE           88 76 94 74 96 /  90 50 40 20 30
ROCKPORT        88 81 93 78 93 /  80 40 40 20 30
COTULLA         91 76 95 75 98 /  80 60 40 20 30

&&

.CRP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...COASTAL FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ARANSAS...CALHOUN...
       KLEBERG...NUECES...REFUGIO AND SAN PATRICIO COUNTIES UNTIL 7
       PM THIS EVENING.
     FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR WEBB...DUVAL...JIM WELLS...
       KLEBERG...NUECES AND SAN PATRICIO COUNTIES UNTIL 7 PM THIS
       EVENING.
     WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR DUVAL...JIM WELLS...KLEBERG...
       NUECES...SAN PATRICIO...REFUGIO...AND ARANSAS UNTIL 4 PM
       THIS AFTERNOON.
     TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR DUVAL...JIM WELLS...KLEBERG...
       NUECES...SAN PATRICIO AND WEBB COUNTIES UNTIL 7 PM THIS
       EVENING.
GM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL COASTAL WATERS.

&&

JD/91...SHORT-TERM
MB/80...LONG-TERM

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 20, 5:37 AM CDT, 6 hours 10 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
537 AM CDT WED JUL 20 2005

GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-TXZ229>234-239>247-202100-
BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS-
BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO PORT OCONNOR-
COASTAL WATERS BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS PORT ARANSAS TO MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL OUT 20 NM-
WATERS BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
WATERS PORT ARANSAS TO MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
ARANSAS-BEE-CALHOUN-DUVAL-GOLIAD-JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-LA SALLE-LIVE OAK-
MCMULLEN-NUECES-REFUGIO-SAN PATRICIO-VICTORIA-WEBB-
537 AM CDT WED JUL 20 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

HURRICANE EMILY IS MAKING LANDFALL THIS MORNING ALONG THE NORTHEAST
MEXICAN COAST WITH OUTER RAIN BANDS MOVING INTO SOUTH TEXAS.  THESE
RAIN BANDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT PARTS OF SOUTH TEXAS THROUGH THE
MORNING HOURS.  WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE BETWEEN 20 AND 25 MPH OVER
THE SOUTHERN COASTAL BEND AND RIO GRANDE PLAINS THIS MORNING WITH
GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH IN SQUALLS.  RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL GENERALLY RANGE
BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF UP TO 4 INCHES BY
LATE THIS AFTERNOON.  IN ADDITION...ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS EMBEDDED WITHIN THE RAIN BANDS.
COASTAL FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE BARRIER ISLAND AND BAYS
THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AS STRONG EASTERLY WINDS AND SWELLS CONTINUE.
ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDE WAS EARLY THIS MORNING...AND TIDE LEVELS WILL
BEGIN TO FALL LATER THIS AFTERNOON.

OVER THE WATERS...DANGEROUS SEAS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST EARLY
AFTERNOON.  SEAS ARE RUNNING 10 TO 15 FEET IN THE NEARSHORE WATERS
AND 17 TO 21 FEET IN THE OFFSHORE WATERS.  SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO
25 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 35 KNOTS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY
AFTERNOON.  IN ADDITION...WATERSPOUTS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH SOME OF
THE STRONGER RAIN BANDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...(THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY)

LINGERING LARGE SWELLS PRODUCED BY HURRICANE EMILY WILL CONTINUE TO
SLOWLY DECAY ON THURSDAY.  RIP CURRENTS WILL ALSO LINGER ACROSS AREA
BEACHES ON THURSDAY.  THE COMBINATION OF SWELLS AND RIP CURRENTS
WILL MAKE CONDITIONS DANGEROUS FOR SWIMMERS.  CONDITIONS WILL
IMPROVE BY THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY AS SEAS CONTINUE TO SETTLE
DOWN.  LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY AS A
TROPICAL WAVE MOVES THROUGH SOUTH TEXAS AND THE ADJACENT WATERS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATER THIS MORNING IF INTENSE RAIN
BANDS DEVELOP AND MOVE INTO THE COASTAL BEND.

DUNN
MB

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 20, 10:31 AM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1031 AM CDT WED JUL 20 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1017 AM     FUNNEL CLOUD     2 NE SANDIA             28.03N 97.86W
07/20/2005                   JIM WELLS          TX   PUBLIC

&&

SMART

Local storm report, Jul 20, 10:58 AM CDT, 49 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1058 AM CDT WED JUL 20 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1046 AM     TORNADO          4 S ANNAROSE            28.03N 98.17W
07/20/2005                   JIM WELLS          TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

1054 AM     TORNADO          5 W ANNAROSE            28.09N 98.25W
07/20/2005                   LIVE OAK           TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

SMART

Special weather statement, Jul 20, 11:07 AM CDT, 40 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1107 AM CDT WED JUL 20 2005

TXZ233-234-201645-
GOLIAD-VICTORIA-
1107 AM CDT WED JUL 20 2005

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING GOLIAD AND VICTORIA
COUNTIES...

AT 1102 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS WESTERN VICTORIA AND EASTERN
GOLIAD COUNTIES...MOVING WEST AT 35 MPH.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...OCCASIONAL
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND BRIEF WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH.

94

Local storm report, Jul 20, 11:24 AM CDT, 23 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1124 AM CDT WED JUL 20 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1119 AM     FUNNEL CLOUD     2 E AGUA DULCE          27.78N 97.88W
07/20/2005                   NUECES             TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

SMART

Local storm report, Jul 20, 11:30 AM CDT, 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1130 AM CDT WED JUL 20 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1129 AM     TORNADO          TYNAN                   28.16N 97.73W
07/20/2005                   SAN PATRICIO       TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TORNADO ON THE GROUND NEAR FM 630 AND 796.

&&

SMART

Local storm report, Jul 20, 11:44 AM CDT, 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1144 AM CDT WED JUL 20 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1144 AM     TORNADO          1 NW ALICE              27.77N 98.08W
07/20/2005                   JIM WELLS          TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

SMART

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 19, 7:26 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		2 hr
Jul 20, 9:48 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	Duval	57 min
Jul 20, 10:24 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	Jim Wells, Live Oak	51 min
Jul 20, 10:50 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	Nueces	40 min
Jul 20, 11:03 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	Jim Wells	42 min
Jul 20, 11:31 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	Bee, Live Oak, San Patricio	44 min
Jul 20, 11:35 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	Duval	25 min
Jul 20, 11:46 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	Duval	44 min
Jul 20, 11:50 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	Jim Wells	25 min
Jul 20, 12:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	Live Oak	44 min
Jul 20, 12:18 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	Jim Wells	57 min
Jul 20, 12:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	Duval	50 min
Jul 20, 12:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	Goliad	49 min
Jul 20, 12:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	McMullen	63 min
Jul 20, 1:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	Webb	59 min
Jul 20, 1:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	Goliad	50 min
Jul 20, 1:34 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	Live Oak	56 min
Jul 20, 1:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	La Salle	64 min
Jul 20, 1:50 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	Bee, Refugio	40 min
Jul 20, 2:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	La Salle, Live Oak	53 min
Jul 20, 2:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	Webb	48 min
Jul 20, 3:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	Duval	42 min
Jul 20, 3:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	Bee, Goliad	27 min
Jul 20, 3:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	Webb	61 min
Jul 20, 4:17 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	Bee, Live Oak	43 min
Jul 20, 5:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	Webb	62 min

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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.