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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

July 5, 2006Kleberg County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this tornado warning at Jul 5, 2006, 5:02 PM CDT for Kleberg County, Texas. It was in force for 20 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 5, 2006, 5:02 PM CDT (22:02 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 2006, 5:22 PM CDT
In force
20 min
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Kleberg County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 43 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 2006-07-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2869 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 2006-07-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 56 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
2869 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
564 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
56 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
114 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.1
Supercell composite
7.1

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KCRP 052203
TORCRP
TXC273-052245-
/O.NEW.KCRP.TO.W.0013.060705T2202Z-060705T2245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
502 PM CDT WED JUL 5 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  KLEBERG COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT

* AT 459 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR RICARDO...
  OR ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KINGSVILLE...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  RICARDO AT 505 PM CDT
  7 MILES NORTH OF RIVIERA BY 545 PM CDT

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 2727 9799 2727 9805 2763 9805 2762 9789
      2755 9784 2755 9733 2732 9741 2729 9743
      2730 9737 2745 9733 2756 9727 2757 9722
      2757 9722 2729 9736 2721 9798

$$

JR
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS54 KCRP 052222
SVSCRP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
521 PM CDT WED JUL 5 2006

TXC273-052231-
/O.CAN.KCRP.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-060705T2245Z/
KLEBERG-
521 PM CDT WED JUL 5 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR KLEBERG COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

AT 519 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT 
ROTATION HAD WEAKENED IN THE THUNDERSTORM NEAR RICARDO. THEREFORE 
THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR KLEBERG COUNTY.

LAT...LON 2727 9799 2727 9805 2763 9805 2762 9789
      2755 9784 2755 9733 2732 9741 2729 9743
      2730 9737 2745 9733 2756 9727 2757 9722
      2757 9722 2729 9736 2721 9798

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 4, 7:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPLa Salle37 min
Jul 4, 8:22 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPLa Salle3 hr
Jul 5, 2:30 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPLa Salle, McMullen2 hr
Jul 5, 11:01 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP29 min
Jul 5, 11:09 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchCRPAransas, Bee, Calhoun, Goliad, Kleberg, Nueces and 3 more9 hr
Jul 5, 12:12 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPAransas, Calhoun, Refugio3 hr
Jul 5, 12:59 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP3 hr
Jul 5, 2:20 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPSan Patricio115 min
Jul 5, 2:38 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP2 hr
Jul 5, 2:58 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP62 min
Jul 5, 3:12 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPNueces2 hr
Jul 5, 3:16 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPAransas119 min
Jul 5, 3:32 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP101 min
Jul 5, 3:41 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPKleberg, Nueces49 min
Jul 5, 3:51 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP114 min
Jul 5, 4:41 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP64 min
Jul 5, 5:04 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPKleberg116 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.