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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

July 25, 2007Refugio County, San Patricio County, Texas

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

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 2007-07-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2446 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 2007-07-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 70 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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

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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

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 24, 7:01 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPJim Wells59 min
Jul 24, 7:07 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPLa Salle113 min
Jul 24, 7:59 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPJim Wells61 min
Jul 24, 9:39 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPWebb2 hr
Jul 24, 9:51 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPDuval114 min
Jul 25, 9:49 AM CDTTornado WarningCRPSan Patricio26 min
Jul 25, 2:00 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPSan Patricio60 min
Jul 25, 3:46 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPSan Patricio119 min
Jul 25, 4:19 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPNueces116 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.