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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this tornado warning at Aug 25, 2011, 1:26 PM CDT for Calhoun County, Texas. It was in force for 34 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 25, 2011, 1:26 PM CDT (18:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 25, 2011, 2:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Calhoun County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 1:50 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Se Port Lavaca, TX | TWO STORY HOUSE SUSTAINED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE NEAR ALAMO BEACH. NWS SURVEY TEAM ENROUTE THIS EVENING. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 123 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
- 3146 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 592 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -3.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
187
WFUS54 KCRP 251826
TORCRP
TXC057-251900-
/O.NEW.KCRP.TO.W.0008.110825T1826Z-110825T1900Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
126 PM CDT THU AUG 25 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
* UNTIL 200 PM CDT
* AT 120 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR ALAMO
BEACH...OR NEAR PORT LAVACA...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PORT LAVACA...
KAMAY...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A
TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO SAFE
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER
YOUR HEAD.
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 2856 9648 2856 9650 2854 9651 2843 9663
2861 9682 2869 9665 2865 9660 2860 9660
2860 9658 2866 9660 2868 9658 2870 9659
2871 9656 2859 9645
TIME...MOT...LOC 1825Z 050DEG 7KT 2860 9659
$$
MB1 follow-up statement
784
WWUS54 KCRP 251843
SVSCRP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
143 PM CDT THU AUG 25 2011
TXC057-251900-
/O.CON.KCRP.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110825T1900Z/
CALHOUN-
143 PM CDT THU AUG 25 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
CALHOUN COUNTY...
AT 136 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED JUST TO THE SOUTH OF
PORT LAVACA...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
KAMAY...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
&&
LAT...LON 2856 9648 2856 9650 2854 9651 2846 9666
2861 9682 2869 9665 2865 9660 2860 9660
2860 9658 2866 9660 2868 9658
TIME...MOT...LOC 1842Z 050DEG 7KT 2858 9662
$$
MBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 1:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Calhoun, Victoria | 58 min |
| Aug 25, 2:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Goliad, Refugio | 56 min |
| Aug 25, 2:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Calhoun, Goliad, Refugio, Victoria | 67 min |
| Aug 25, 2:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Bee, Goliad, Refugio | 62 min |
| Aug 25, 3:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Bee, Live Oak, Refugio, San Patricio | 43 min |
| Aug 25, 3:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Refugio, San Patricio | 40 min |
| Aug 25, 3:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio | 54 min |
| Aug 25, 3:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Aransas, Jim Wells, Live Oak, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio | 55 min |
| Aug 25, 3:38 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 3 hr | |
| Aug 25, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Duval, Jim Wells, Live Oak, McMullen | 59 min |
| Aug 25, 4:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Duval, Jim Wells, Kleberg, Nueces | 56 min |
| Aug 25, 4:17 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | Jim Wells, Nueces, San Patricio | 88 min |
| Aug 25, 4:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Duval, La Salle, McMullen, Webb | 59 min |
| Aug 25, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Duval, Jim Wells, Kleberg | 34 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.