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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this tornado warning at Mar 6, 2008, 12:15 PM CST for Jim Wells County, Nueces County, Texas. It was in force for 45 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
- Mar 6, 2008, 12:15 PM CST (18:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 6, 2008, 1:00 PM CST
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Jim Wells County, TX, Nueces County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 12:09 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 62 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
- 719 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -103 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 623 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 131 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KCRP 061815 TORCRP TXC249-355-061900- /O.NEW.KCRP.TO.W.0002.080306T1815Z-080306T1900Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1215 PM CST THU MAR 6 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL JIM WELLS COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS WEST CENTRAL NUECES COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS * UNTIL 100 PM CST * AT 1206 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR BEN BOLT... OR ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTH OF ALICE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... AGUA DULCE BY 100 PM CST... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. 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 600 PM CST THURSDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL TEXAS. LAT...LON 2789 9789 2769 9781 2763 9811 2768 9816 TIME...MOT...LOC 1815Z 237DEG 9KT 2768 9806 $$ MJG
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KCRP 061825 SVSCRP SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1225 PM CST THU MAR 6 2008 TXC249-355-061900- /O.CON.KCRP.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080306T1900Z/ JIM WELLS-NUECES- 1225 PM CST THU MAR 6 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CST FOR WEST CENTRAL NUECES AND CENTRAL JIM WELLS COUNTIES... AT 1220 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BEN BOLT...OR ABOUT NEAR ALICE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... AGUA DULCE BY 100 PM CST... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CST THURSDAY EVENING FOR THE COASTAL BEND OF TEXAS. LAT...LON 2789 9789 2769 9781 2763 9811 2768 9816 TIME...MOT...LOC 1825Z 237DEG 9KT 2769 9804 $$
000 WWUS54 KCRP 061859 SVSCRP SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1258 PM CST THU MAR 6 2008 TXC249-355-061908- /O.EXP.KCRP.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080306T1900Z/ JIM WELLS-NUECES- 1258 PM CST THU MAR 6 2008 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL NUECES AND CENTRAL JIM WELLS COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 100 PM CST... WSR-88D RADAR INDICATED A STORM BETWEEN ALICE AND DRISCOLL PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. THE ROTATION OBSERVED PREVIOUSLY HAS WEAKENED...AND SO THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE ON SCHEDULE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CST THURSDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL TEXAS. LAT...LON 2789 9789 2769 9781 2763 9811 2768 9816 TIME...MOT...LOC 1858Z 237DEG 9KT 2773 9796 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 6:04 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | CRP | Aransas, Bee, Calhoun, Goliad, Jim Wells, Kleberg and 5 more | 17 hr |
| Mar 6, 12:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Goliad | 29 min |
| Mar 6, 12:05 PM CST | Tornado Warning | CRP | Goliad | 25 min |
| Mar 6, 12:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Goliad | 17 min |
| Mar 6, 12:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Bee | 44 min |
| Mar 6, 12:51 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Goliad | 39 min |
| Mar 6, 1:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Nueces, San Patricio | 52 min |
| Mar 6, 1:41 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 94 min | |
| Mar 6, 1:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Nueces | 44 min |
| Mar 6, 2:01 PM CST | Tornado Warning | CRP | Nueces | 29 min |
| Mar 6, 2:09 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Goliad, Victoria | 2 hr |
| Mar 6, 2:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Victoria | 41 min |
| Mar 6, 2:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Kleberg, Nueces | 52 min |
| Mar 6, 2:27 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 2 hr | |
| Mar 6, 2:38 PM CST | Tornado Warning | CRP | Victoria | 37 min |
| Mar 6, 2:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Calhoun, Goliad, Refugio, Victoria | 43 min |
| Mar 6, 3:19 PM CST | Tornado Warning | CRP | Kleberg | 26 min |
| Mar 6, 3:22 PM CST | River Flood Warning | CRP | Calhoun, Nueces, Victoria, Webb | 141 days |
| Mar 6, 3:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Aransas, Refugio | 47 min |
| Mar 6, 3:38 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 2 hr | |
| Mar 6, 4:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Aransas, Calhoun | 33 min |
| Mar 6, 4:15 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 2 hr | |
| Mar 6, 5:48 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 117 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.