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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

May 10, 2012Bee County, Live Oak County, McMullen County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this tornado warning at May 10, 2012, 1:19 PM CDT for Bee County, Live Oak County, McMullen County, Texas. It was in force for 41 min. 4 reports 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, 1:19 PM CDT (18:19 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 2012, 2:00 PM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Bee County, TX, Live Oak County, TX, McMullen County, TX

The radar

The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:19 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, 1:30 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUD10 Nnw Three Rivers, TXLARGE RAPIDLY ROTATING WALL CLOUD...BETWEEN 130 AND 145 PM CDT
May 10, 1:48 PM CDTTORNADO5 Se Whitsett, TXREPORT OF TORNADO...UNCONFIRMED...MAGNITUDE UNKNOWN.
May 10, 1:51 PM CDTTORNADO8 Nnw Ray Point, TXSMALL ROPE TORNADO WAS DOWN FOR ABOUT A MINUTE...HAS LIFTED
May 10, 1:55 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGWhitsett, TXSHED BLOWN DOWN AND LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN AS WELL.

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, 11:40 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 133 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, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 2012-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1593 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, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 2012-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 13 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
1593 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
779 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
122 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.9

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The text

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

226 
WFUS54 KCRP 101819
TORCRP
TXC025-297-311-101900-
/O.NEW.KCRP.TO.W.0021.120510T1819Z-120510T1900Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN BEE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
  NORTHWESTERN LIVE OAK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
  NORTHEASTERN MCMULLEN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

* UNTIL 200 PM CDT

* AT 119 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR CROWTHER...
  OR NEAR CHOKE CANYON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CROWTHER...
  WHITSETT...
  ESSEVILLE...
  NELL...

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTH TEXAS.

&&

LAT...LON 2878 9808 2870 9801 2873 9791 2869 9786
      2850 9817 2843 9849 2864 9848 2865 9846
      2865 9834 2862 9833 2879 9811
TIME...MOT...LOC 1819Z 227DEG 23KT 2853 9840

$$

MB
1 follow-up statement
900 
WWUS54 KCRP 101834 RRA
SVSCRP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
134 PM CDT THU MAY 10 2012

TXC025-297-311-101900-
/O.CON.KCRP.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-120510T1900Z/
BEE-LIVE OAK-MCMULLEN-
134 PM CDT THU MAY 10 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN BEE...NORTHEASTERN MCMULLEN AND NORTHWESTERN LIVE OAK
COUNTIES...

AT 133 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CHOKE 
CANYON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS STORM 
AND COULD PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE.  PLEASE TAKE COVER 
NOW...ESPECIALLY THE RESIDENTS OF WHITSETT!

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WHITSETT...
  ESSEVILLE...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. THIS
STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG TO VIOLENT TORNADOES. IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY!

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTH TEXAS.

&&

LAT...LON 2878 9808 2870 9801 2873 9791 2869 9786
      2850 9822 2847 9839 2863 9842 2865 9842
      2865 9834 2862 9833 2879 9811
TIME...MOT...LOC 1833Z 247DEG 19KT 2856 9832

$$

MB

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, 9:30 AM CDTTornado WarningCRPLa Salle30 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, 1:28 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.