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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 22, 2011, 8:38 AM CDT for Calhoun County, Texas. It was in force for 37 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
- Jun 22, 2011, 8:38 AM CDT (13:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 2011, 9:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Calhoun County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:41 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, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 121 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
- 4068 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 507 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.0
- Supercell composite
- 6.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
637
WFUS54 KCRP 221338
TORCRP
TXC057-221415-
/O.NEW.KCRP.TO.W.0007.110622T1338Z-110622T1415Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
838 AM CDT WED JUN 22 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS...
* UNTIL 915 AM CDT
* AT 832 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 11 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF INDIANOLA...OR 7 MILES EAST OF SEADRIFT...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
INDIANOLA...
MAGNOLIA BEACH...
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 2855 9649 2856 9651 2848 9645 2833 9658
2836 9667 2864 9661 2858 9660 2858 9656
2856 9653 2859 9649 2860 9652 2862 9651
2863 9658 2870 9657 2861 9636
TIME...MOT...LOC 1337Z 205DEG 15KT 2840 9660
$$
HART2 follow-up statements
193
WWUS54 KCRP 221403
SVSCRP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
903 AM CDT WED JUN 22 2011
TXC057-221415-
/O.CON.KCRP.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-110622T1415Z/
CALHOUN-
903 AM CDT WED JUN 22 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 AM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN CALHOUN COUNTY...
AT 859 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR INDIANOLA...OR 7
MILES NORTHWEST OF PORT OCONNOR...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
IN ADDITION...ANOTHER AREA OF WEAK ROTATION WAS NOTED WITH A
THUNDERSTORM TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST OF SEADRIFT.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAGNOLIA BEACH...
OLIVIA...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
&&
LAT...LON 2855 9649 2856 9651 2848 9645 2833 9658
2836 9667 2864 9661 2858 9660 2858 9656
2856 9653 2859 9649 2860 9652 2862 9651
2863 9658 2870 9657 2861 9636
TIME...MOT...LOC 1402Z 205DEG 16KT 2850 9652
$$
HART846
WWUS54 KCRP 221417
SVSCRP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
917 AM CDT WED JUN 22 2011
TXC057-221425-
/O.EXP.KCRP.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-110622T1415Z/
CALHOUN-
917 AM CDT WED JUN 22 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CALHOUN COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...
HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE AREA.
PERSONS IN THE AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER
CONDITIONS.
LAT...LON 2855 9649 2856 9651 2848 9645 2833 9658
2836 9667 2864 9661 2858 9660 2858 9656
2856 9653 2859 9649 2860 9652 2862 9651
2863 9658 2870 9657 2861 9636
TIME...MOT...LOC 1415Z 205DEG 16KT 2855 9649
$$
HARTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 4:14 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | CRP | 6 hr | |
| Jun 22, 6:03 AM CDT | Rip Current Statement | CRP | Aransas, Calhoun, Kleberg, Nueces | 16 hr |
| Jun 22, 8:38 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 2 hr | |
| Jun 22, 4:13 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 95 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.