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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this tornado warning at May 8, 2005, 4:02 PM CDT for Live Oak County, Texas. It was in force for 43 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
- May 8, 2005, 4:02 PM CDT (21:02 UTC)
- Expired
- May 8, 2005, 4:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Live Oak County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:03 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 11:50 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 111 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
- 1912 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 644 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 124 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 136 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.8
- Supercell composite
- 4.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KCRP 082102
TORCRP
TXC297-082145-
/O.NEW.KCRP.TO.W.0002.050508T2102Z-050508T2145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
402 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL LIVE OAK COUNTY IN TEXAS
* UNTIL 445 PM CDT
* AT 359 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR RAY
POINT...OR ABOUT 6 MILES NORTH OF THREE RIVERS...MOVING EAST 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.
LAT...LON 2843 9809 2843 9815 2859 9815 2859 9810
2860 9809 2860 9806 2842 9796 2842 9796
2842 9808
$$
DUNN1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS54 KCRP 082114
SVSCRP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
414 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2005
TXC297-082145-
/O.CON.KCRP.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-050508T2145Z/
LIVE OAK-
414 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2005
...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL LIVE OAK
COUNTY...
AT 411 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO NEAR RAY POINT...OR ABOUT 6 MILES EAST OF THREE
RIVERS...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE
INDICATED COUNTY.
DO NOT USE HIGHWAY OVERPASSES FOR SHELTER. OVERPASSES DO NOT PROVIDE
PROTECTION FROM TORNADIC WINDS. VEHICLES STOPPED UNDER BRIDGES BLOCK
TRAFFIC AND PREVENT PEOPLE FROM GETTING OUT OF THE STORMS PATH AND
TO SHELTER. IF YOU CANNOT DRIVE AWAY FROM THE TORNADO...GET OUT OF
YOUR VEHICLE AND LIE FLAT IN A DITCH AS A LAST RESORT.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 2843 9809 2843 9815 2859 9815 2859 9810
2860 9809 2860 9806 2842 9796 2842 9796
2842 9808
$$
DUNNThe office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 2:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Goliad | 28 min |
| May 8, 3:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Victoria | 43 min |
| May 8, 3:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Victoria | 48 min |
| May 8, 3:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Live Oak | 46 min |
| May 8, 4:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Bee | 67 min |
| May 8, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Victoria | 60 min |
| May 8, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Live Oak, San Patricio | 60 min |
| May 8, 5:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Jim Wells, Live Oak | 43 min |
| May 8, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Refugio | 49 min |
| May 8, 5:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Nueces, San Patricio | 49 min |
| May 8, 6:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Jim Wells | 36 min |
| May 8, 6:23 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 97 min | |
| May 8, 6:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | San Patricio | 43 min |
| May 8, 6:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Nueces | 43 min |
| May 8, 6:43 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 92 min | |
| May 8, 6:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Aransas | 40 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.