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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 30, 2010, 2:19 PM CDT for Nueces County, San Patricio County, Texas. It was in force for 41 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 30, 2010, 2:19 PM CDT (19:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 30, 2010, 3:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Nueces County, TX, San Patricio County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 10 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 10:46 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 24 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
- 16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -62 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 629 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -17 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Corpus Christi, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Jun 30, 12:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 46 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 30, 12:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 30, 5:49 AM CDT, 8 hours 30 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 549 AM CDT WED JUN 30 2010 GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-TXZ242>247-011100- BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS- BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO PORT O'CONNOR- COASTAL WATERS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL OUT 20 NM-WATERS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS FROM 20 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL FROM 20 TO 60 NM-KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN- 549 AM CDT WED JUN 30 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS AND THE MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL THURSDAY EVENING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE COUNTIES OF KLEBERG...NUECES...SAN PATRICIO...ARANSAS... REFUGIO AND CALHOUN THROUGH THURSDAY. PERIODS OF SHOWERS...THUNDERSTORMS AND SQUALLS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AT TIMES. ISOLATED TORNADOES OR WATERSPOUTS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH FLOODING WHERE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL REMAIN PERSISTENT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY ISOLATED TROPICAL FUNNELS OR BRIEF TORNADOES OR WATERSPOUTS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THURSDAY. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH ISOLATED TOTALS OF 10 TO 15 INCHES THROUGH THIS WEEKEND. THE LATEST FORECAST FROM THE HURRICANE CENTER EXPECTS ALEX TO INTENSIFY INTO A CATEGORY 2 HURRICANE AND MOVE INTO NORTHERN MEXICO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING...AND THEN WEAKEN AS IT MOVES INLAND. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE END OF THIS WEEK. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON HURRICANE ALEX PLEASE VISIT THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER WEBSITE AT WWW.HURRICANES.GOV. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED...HOWEVER EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND SPOTTERS SHOULD REMAIN INFORMED ON THE LATEST FORECASTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER. ALSO..REPORT ANY FLOODING OR FUNNEL CLOUDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. TXZ240-241-011100- DUVAL-JIM WELLS- 549 AM CDT WED JUN 30 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR DUVAL AND JIM WELLS COUNTIES OF SOUTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL THURSDAY AFTERNOON. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY. PERIODS OF SHOWERS...THUNDERSTORMS AND SQUALLS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AT TIMES. ISOLATED TORNADOES OR WATERSPOUTS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH FLOODING WHERE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL REMAIN PERSISTENT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY ISOLATED TROPICAL FUNNELS OR BRIEF TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THURSDAY. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH ISOLATED TOTALS OF 10 TO 15 INCHES THROUGH THIS WEEKEND. THE LATEST FORECAST FROM THE HURRICANE CENTER EXPECTS ALEX TO INTENSIFY INTO A CATEGORY 2 HURRICANE AND MOVE INTO NORTHERN MEXICO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING...AND THEN WEAKEN AS IT MOVES INLAND. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE END OF THIS WEEK. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON HURRICANE ALEX PLEASE VISIT THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER WEBSITE AT WWW.HURRICANES.GOV. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED...HOWEVER EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND SPOTTERS SHOULD REMAIN INFORMED ON THE LATEST FORECASTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER. ALSO..REPORT ANY FLOODING OR FUNNEL CLOUDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. TXZ229>234-239-011100- LA SALLE-MCMULLEN-LIVE OAK-BEE-GOLIAD-VICTORIA-WEBB- 549 AM CDT WED JUN 30 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY. PERIODS OF SHOWERS...THUNDERSTORMS AND SQUALLS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AT TIMES. ISOLATED TORNADOES OR WATERSPOUTS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH FLOODING WHERE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL REMAIN PERSISTENT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY ISOLATED TROPICAL FUNNELS OR BRIEF TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THURSDAY. THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE WEEKEND. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH ISOLATED TOTALS OF 10 TO 15 INCHES THROUGH THIS WEEKEND. THE LATEST FORECAST FROM THE HURRICANE CENTER EXPECTS ALEX TO INTENSIFY INTO A CATEGORY 2 HURRICANE AND MOVE INTO NORTHERN MEXICO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING...AND THEN WEAKEN AS IT MOVES INLAND. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE END OF THIS WEEK. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON HURRICANE ALEX PLEASE VISIT THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER WEBSITE AT WWW.HURRICANES.GOV. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED...HOWEVER EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND SPOTTERS SHOULD REMAIN INFORMED ON THE LATEST FORECASTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER. ALSO..REPORT ANY FLOODING OR FUNNEL CLOUDS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. GW/AK
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 30, 1:39 PM CDT, 40 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Jun 30, 2:34 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | CRP | Aransas, Bee, Calhoun, Duval, Goliad, Jim Wells and 9 more | 67 hr |
| Jun 30, 11:35 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Aransas, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio | 40 min |
| Jun 30, 11:51 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Aransas, Bee, Refugio, San Patricio | 39 min |
| Jun 30, 12:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Aransas, Bee, Refugio, San Patricio | 39 min |
| Jun 30, 12:52 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 38 min | |
| Jun 30, 2:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Duval, Jim Wells, Nueces, San Patricio | 45 min |
| Jun 30, 3:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Bee, Refugio, San Patricio | 22 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.