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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this tornado warning at Jul 25, 2007, 10:28 AM CDT for Refugio County, San Patricio County, Texas. It was in force for 32 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 25, 2007, 10:28 AM CDT (15:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 25, 2007, 11:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Refugio County, TX, San Patricio County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:29 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, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 61 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
- 2446 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 715 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KCRP 251528
TORCRP
TXC391-409-251600-
/O.NEW.KCRP.TO.W.0021.070725T1528Z-070725T1600Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1028 AM CDT WED JUL 25 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WESTERN REFUGIO COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS
NORTH CENTRAL SAN PATRICIO COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS
* UNTIL 1100 AM CDT
* AT 1025 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF WOODSBORO...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
WOODSBORO BY 1055 AM CDT...
8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF REFUGIO BY 1100 AM 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 2819 9750 2839 9736 2848 9724 2846 9725
2836 9725 2835 9726 2826 9726 2825 9728
2806 9729 2806 9749
$$
87The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 7:01 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Jim Wells | 59 min |
| Jul 24, 7:07 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | La Salle | 113 min |
| Jul 24, 7:59 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Jim Wells | 61 min |
| Jul 24, 9:39 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Webb | 2 hr |
| Jul 24, 9:51 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Duval | 114 min |
| Jul 25, 9:49 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | San Patricio | 26 min |
| Jul 25, 2:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | San Patricio | 60 min |
| Jul 25, 3:46 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | San Patricio | 119 min |
| Jul 25, 4:19 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Nueces | 116 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.