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Tornado Warning 26, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this tornado warning at May 10, 2012, 2:29 PM CDT for Kleberg County, Nueces County, Texas. It was in force for 46 min. 6 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, 2:29 PM CDT (19:29 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 2012, 3:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Kleberg County, TX, Nueces County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 2:29 PM CDT | HAIL 1.25 | 8 Sse Corpus Christi, TX | REPORTED BY THE NWS CRP MIC. |
| May 10, 2:48 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 3 Ssw Cc Nas, TX | IN THE FLOUR BLUFF AREA EAST OF CORPUS CHRISTI. |
| May 10, 2:53 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | Cc Nas, TX | |
| May 10, 2:57 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Cc Nas, TX | HAIL AT THE CORPUS CHRISTI NAVAL AIR STATION |
| May 10, 3:12 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 6 Ese Cc Nas, TX | AT MUSTANG ISLAND STATE PARK |
| May 10, 3:24 PM CDT | HAIL 1.25 | 6 Ese Cc Nas, TX | LARGER HAIL NOW AT MUSTANG ISLAND STATE PARK. |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 11:40 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 11 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
260
WFUS54 KCRP 101929
TORCRP
TXC273-355-102015-
/O.NEW.KCRP.TO.W.0026.120510T1929Z-120510T2015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
229 PM CDT THU MAY 10 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN KLEBERG COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
SOUTHEASTERN NUECES COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
* UNTIL 315 PM CDT
* AT 223 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD
NEAR CHAPMAN RANCH...OR 12 MILES SOUTH OF CORPUS CHRISTI...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. IN ADDITION...HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS
IS OCCURRING ACROSS THE SOUTH SIDE OF CORPUS CHRISTI.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
KINGS CROSSING GOLF COURSE...
CHRISTUS SPOHN HOSPITAL SOUTH...
WALDRON FIELD...
FLOUR BLUFF...
PADRE BALLI PARK...
PADRE ISLES COUNTRY CLUB...
MUSTANG ISLAND STATE PARK...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS.
&&
LAT...LON 2758 9755 2776 9737 2774 9735 2769 9723
2770 9720 2773 9718 2771 9713 2758 9721
2752 9731 2752 9732 2747 9739
TIME...MOT...LOC 1928Z 241DEG 17KT 2759 9740
$$
JR2 follow-up statements
268
WWUS54 KCRP 101944
SVSCRP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
244 PM CDT THU MAY 10 2012
TXC273-101953-
/O.CAN.KCRP.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-120510T2015Z/
KLEBERG-
244 PM CDT THU MAY 10 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN KLEBERG COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS.
LAT...LON 2758 9721 2757 9736 2763 9745 2776 9737
2774 9735 2769 9723 2770 9720 2773 9718
2771 9713
TIME...MOT...LOC 1943Z 243DEG 14KT 2761 9735
$$
TXC355-102015-
/O.CON.KCRP.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-120510T2015Z/
NUECES-
244 PM CDT THU MAY 10 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN NUECES COUNTY...
AT 241 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
WALDRON FIELD...OR 11 MILES SOUTH OF CORPUS CHRISTI...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WALDRON FIELD...
FLOUR BLUFF...
CC NAS...
MUSTANG ISLAND STATE PARK...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HALF
DOLLAR SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS.
&&
LAT...LON 2758 9721 2757 9736 2763 9745 2776 9737
2774 9735 2769 9723 2770 9720 2773 9718
2771 9713
TIME...MOT...LOC 1943Z 243DEG 14KT 2761 9735
$$
JR904
WWUS54 KCRP 101959 RRA
SVSCRP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
259 PM CDT THU MAY 10 2012
TXC355-102015-
/O.CON.KCRP.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-120510T2015Z/
NUECES-
259 PM CDT THU MAY 10 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN NUECES COUNTY...
AT 255 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER THE LAGUNA MADRE
...OR 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CORPUS CHRISTI...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 15 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PADRE ISLES COUNTRY CLUB...
MUSTANG ISLAND STATE PARK...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS.
&&
LAT...LON 2758 9721 2758 9730 2762 9734 2772 9730
2769 9723 2770 9720 2773 9718 2771 9713
TIME...MOT...LOC 1958Z 243DEG 14KT 2762 9727
$$
JRThe office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 5:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Webb | 52 min |
| May 10, 5:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | La Salle, Webb | 29 min |
| May 10, 5:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Webb | 48 min |
| May 10, 6:22 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Webb | 53 min |
| May 10, 6:54 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | La Salle, Webb | 66 min |
| May 10, 7:06 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 54 min | |
| May 10, 7:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | La Salle, McMullen, Webb | 61 min |
| May 10, 8:01 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 48 min | |
| May 10, 8:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | McMullen | 47 min |
| May 10, 9:30 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | La Salle | 30 min |
| May 10, 9:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | McMullen | 24 min |
| May 10, 10:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | La Salle | 29 min |
| May 10, 10:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | La Salle | 43 min |
| May 10, 10:37 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | La Salle | 113 min |
| May 10, 11:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | La Salle, Webb | 53 min |
| May 10, 11:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | La Salle | 46 min |
| May 10, 11:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | La Salle, McMullen | 63 min |
| May 10, 12:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Jim Wells, Kleberg | 41 min |
| May 10, 12:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | McMullen | 44 min |
| May 10, 12:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Jim Wells, Kleberg, Live Oak, Nueces | 37 min |
| May 10, 12:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | La Salle | 40 min |
| May 10, 12:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Jim Wells, Kleberg, Nueces | 35 min |
| May 10, 12:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Bee, Jim Wells, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio | 33 min |
| May 10, 12:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | McMullen | 46 min |
| May 10, 1:05 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | La Salle, McMullen | 115 min |
| May 10, 1:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Kleberg, Nueces | 30 min |
| May 10, 1:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | La Salle, McMullen | 45 min |
| May 10, 1:19 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | Kleberg | 56 min |
| May 10, 1:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Bee, Live Oak, McMullen | 41 min |
| May 10, 1:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Bee, Goliad, Refugio, Victoria | 47 min |
| May 10, 1:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Kleberg, Nueces | 45 min |
| May 10, 1:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Bee, Live Oak | 45 min |
| May 10, 1:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | La Salle | 50 min |
| May 10, 1:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | McMullen | 46 min |
| May 10, 2:24 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 96 min | |
| May 10, 2:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Bee, Live Oak | 47 min |
| May 10, 2:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | La Salle, McMullen | 38 min |
| May 10, 2:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Live Oak, McMullen | 35 min |
| May 10, 3:04 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Bee, La Salle, Live Oak, McMullen | 3 hr |
| May 10, 3:05 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | CRP | Bee, Goliad, La Salle, Live Oak, McMullen, Victoria | 19 hr |
| May 10, 3:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Nueces | 31 min |
| May 10, 3:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | McMullen | 46 min |
| May 10, 3:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Bee, Live Oak, McMullen | 42 min |
| May 10, 3:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Live Oak, McMullen | 43 min |
| May 10, 3:51 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 114 min | |
| May 10, 3:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | McMullen | 33 min |
| May 10, 3:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Live Oak, McMullen | 46 min |
| May 10, 4:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Bee, Live Oak | 29 min |
| May 10, 4:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Aransas, Refugio, San Patricio | 33 min |
| May 10, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Bee, Live Oak, McMullen | 60 min |
| May 10, 5:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | La Salle, McMullen | 57 min |
| May 10, 5:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Bee, Live Oak | 37 min |
| May 10, 5:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Bee, Live Oak | 35 min |
| May 10, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Bee, Live Oak | 45 min |
| May 10, 5:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Duval, McMullen | 37 min |
| May 10, 5:41 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 2 hr | |
| May 10, 6:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Webb | 57 min |
| May 10, 6:05 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Bee | 115 min |
| May 10, 6:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Bee, Goliad, Refugio | 61 min |
| May 10, 6:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Duval, Live Oak, McMullen | 45 min |
| May 10, 6:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Duval, La Salle, McMullen, Webb | 41 min |
| May 10, 6:24 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Duval, La Salle, Live Oak, McMullen | 111 min |
| May 10, 6:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Duval, McMullen, Webb | 47 min |
| May 10, 6:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | La Salle, Webb | 43 min |
| May 10, 6:57 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 2 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.