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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this tornado warning at Sep 17, 2011, 6:24 PM CDT for Kleberg County, Texas. It was in force for 36 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
- Sep 17, 2011, 6:24 PM CDT (23:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 17, 2011, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Kleberg County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:26 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, 11.4 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
- 2836 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 567 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
949 WFUS54 KCRP 172324 TORCRP TXC273-180000- /O.NEW.KCRP.TO.W.0010.110917T2324Z-110918T0000Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 624 PM CDT SAT SEP 17 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN KLEBERG COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... * UNTIL 700 PM CDT * AT 624 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES WEST OF KINGSVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... KINGSVILLE... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 2752 9782 2738 9790 2750 9805 2761 9797 TIME...MOT...LOC 2324Z 301DEG 7KT 2753 9797 $$ RG
1 follow-up statement
363 WWUS54 KCRP 172346 SVSCRP SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 646 PM CDT SAT SEP 17 2011 TXC273-180000- /O.CON.KCRP.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-110918T0000Z/ KLEBERG- 646 PM CDT SAT SEP 17 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN KLEBERG COUNTY... AT 644 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF KINGSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... KINGSVILLE... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. && LAT...LON 2752 9782 2738 9790 2750 9805 2761 9797 TIME...MOT...LOC 2345Z 273DEG 9KT 2754 9791 $$ GRANTHAM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 17, 5:10 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | Jim Wells | 110 min |
| Sep 17, 5:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Jim Wells, Nueces | 29 min |
| Sep 17, 6:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Kleberg | 49 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.