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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

March 6, 2008Jim Wells County, Nueces County, Texas

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 6, 12:09 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 2008-03-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 719 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 2008-03-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 131 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 6, 6:04 AM CSTFire Weather WatchCRPAransas, Bee, Calhoun, Goliad, Jim Wells, Kleberg and 5 more17 hr
Mar 6, 12:01 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPGoliad29 min
Mar 6, 12:05 PM CSTTornado WarningCRPGoliad25 min
Mar 6, 12:29 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPGoliad17 min
Mar 6, 12:31 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPBee44 min
Mar 6, 12:51 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPGoliad39 min
Mar 6, 1:08 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPNueces, San Patricio52 min
Mar 6, 1:41 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningCRP94 min
Mar 6, 1:46 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPNueces44 min
Mar 6, 2:01 PM CSTTornado WarningCRPNueces29 min
Mar 6, 2:09 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningCRPGoliad, Victoria2 hr
Mar 6, 2:19 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPVictoria41 min
Mar 6, 2:23 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPKleberg, Nueces52 min
Mar 6, 2:27 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningCRP2 hr
Mar 6, 2:38 PM CSTTornado WarningCRPVictoria37 min
Mar 6, 2:47 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPCalhoun, Goliad, Refugio, Victoria43 min
Mar 6, 3:19 PM CSTTornado WarningCRPKleberg26 min
Mar 6, 3:22 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningCRPCalhoun, Nueces, Victoria, Webb141 days
Mar 6, 3:28 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPAransas, Refugio47 min
Mar 6, 3:38 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningCRP2 hr
Mar 6, 4:12 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPAransas, Calhoun33 min
Mar 6, 4:15 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningCRP2 hr
Mar 6, 5:48 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningCRP117 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.