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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

May 10, 2012La Salle County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this tornado warning at May 10, 2012, 9:30 AM CDT for La Salle County, Texas. It was in force for 30 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
May 10, 2012, 9:30 AM CDT (14:30 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 2012, 10:00 AM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

County La Salle County, TX

The radar

The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 10, 9:46 AM CDTTORNADO 0Woodward, TX*** 2 INJ *** TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ALONG FM 468 NEAR THE DIMMIT CO LINE, FLIPPED AN 18 WHEELER THEN PROCEEDED NE ABOUT 5 MILES, CROSSED RANCH RD 469 AND STRUCK AN OIL FRACKING FLOW BACK SITE FLIPPING ONE RV TRAILER. 2 PEOPLE INSIDE THE RV SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJ

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 10, 5:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 177 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, Del Rio, TX at 12:00Z on 2012-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1149 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, Del Rio, TX at 12:00Z on 2012-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 111 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1149 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
663 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
111 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
185 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.7
Supercell composite
7.4

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

504 
WFUS54 KCRP 101430
TORCRP
TXC283-101500-
/O.NEW.KCRP.TO.W.0013.120510T1430Z-120510T1500Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
930 AM CDT THU MAY 10 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN LA SALLE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

* UNTIL 1000 AM CDT

* AT 930 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 12 MILES WEST OF
  WOODWARD...OR 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BIG WELLS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WOODWARD...

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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CDT 
THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTH TEXAS.

&&

LAT...LON 2858 9911 2838 9940 2864 9940 2865 9939
      2865 9914
TIME...MOT...LOC 1430Z 229DEG 17KT 2851 9949

$$

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1 follow-up statement
128 
WWUS54 KCRP 101444
SVSCRP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
944 AM CDT THU MAY 10 2012

TXC283-101500-
/O.CON.KCRP.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-120510T1500Z/
LA SALLE-
944 AM CDT THU MAY 10 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN LA SALLE COUNTY...

AT 944 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 9 MILES WEST OF
WOODWARD...OR 8 MILES EAST OF BIG WELLS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WOODWARD...

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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CDT 
THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTH TEXAS.

&&

LAT...LON 2858 9911 2838 9940 2864 9940 2865 9939
      2865 9914
TIME...MOT...LOC 1444Z 229DEG 17KT 2855 9943

$$

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 10, 5:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPWebb52 min
May 10, 5:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPLa Salle, Webb29 min
May 10, 5:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPWebb48 min
May 10, 6:22 AM CDTTornado WarningCRPWebb53 min
May 10, 6:54 AM CDTTornado WarningCRPLa Salle, Webb66 min
May 10, 7:06 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP54 min
May 10, 7:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPLa Salle, McMullen, Webb61 min
May 10, 8:01 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP48 min
May 10, 8:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPMcMullen47 min
May 10, 9:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPMcMullen24 min
May 10, 10:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPLa Salle29 min
May 10, 10:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPLa Salle43 min
May 10, 10:37 AM CDTFlash Flood Warning EmergencyCRPLa Salle113 min
May 10, 11:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPLa Salle, Webb53 min
May 10, 11:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPLa Salle46 min
May 10, 11:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPLa Salle, McMullen63 min
May 10, 12:04 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPJim Wells, Kleberg41 min
May 10, 12:16 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPMcMullen44 min
May 10, 12:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPJim Wells, Kleberg, Live Oak, Nueces37 min
May 10, 12:35 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPLa Salle40 min
May 10, 12:40 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPJim Wells, Kleberg, Nueces35 min
May 10, 12:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPBee, Jim Wells, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio33 min
May 10, 12:59 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPMcMullen46 min
May 10, 1:05 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPLa Salle, McMullen115 min
May 10, 1:15 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPKleberg, Nueces30 min
May 10, 1:15 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPLa Salle, McMullen45 min
May 10, 1:19 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCRPKleberg56 min
May 10, 1:19 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPBee, Live Oak, McMullen41 min
May 10, 1:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPBee, Goliad, Refugio, Victoria47 min
May 10, 1:45 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPKleberg, Nueces45 min
May 10, 1:45 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPBee, Live Oak45 min
May 10, 1:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPLa Salle50 min
May 10, 1:59 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPMcMullen46 min
May 10, 2:24 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP96 min
May 10, 2:28 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPBee, Live Oak47 min
May 10, 2:29 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPKleberg, Nueces46 min
May 10, 2:37 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPLa Salle, McMullen38 min
May 10, 2:40 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPLive Oak, McMullen35 min
May 10, 3:04 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPBee, La Salle, Live Oak, McMullen3 hr
May 10, 3:05 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchCRPBee, Goliad, La Salle, Live Oak, McMullen, Victoria19 hr
May 10, 3:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPNueces31 min
May 10, 3:14 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPMcMullen46 min
May 10, 3:18 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPBee, Live Oak, McMullen42 min
May 10, 3:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPLive Oak, McMullen43 min
May 10, 3:51 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP114 min
May 10, 3:57 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPMcMullen33 min
May 10, 3:59 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPLive Oak, McMullen46 min
May 10, 4:01 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPBee, Live Oak29 min
May 10, 4:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPAransas, Refugio, San Patricio33 min
May 10, 4:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPBee, Live Oak, McMullen60 min
May 10, 5:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPLa Salle, McMullen57 min
May 10, 5:23 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPBee, Live Oak37 min
May 10, 5:25 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPBee, Live Oak35 min
May 10, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPBee, Live Oak45 min
May 10, 5:38 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPDuval, McMullen37 min
May 10, 5:41 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP2 hr
May 10, 6:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPWebb57 min
May 10, 6:05 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPBee115 min
May 10, 6:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPBee, Goliad, Refugio61 min
May 10, 6:15 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPDuval, Live Oak, McMullen45 min
May 10, 6:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPDuval, La Salle, McMullen, Webb41 min
May 10, 6:24 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPDuval, La Salle, Live Oak, McMullen111 min
May 10, 6:43 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPDuval, McMullen, Webb47 min
May 10, 6:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPLa Salle, Webb43 min
May 10, 6:57 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP2 hr

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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.