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Tornado Warning 44, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

May 10, 20124 counties in Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this tornado warning at May 10, 2012, 7:53 PM CDT for 4 counties in 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
May 10, 2012, 7:53 PM CDT (00:53 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 2012, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Duval County, TX, Jim Wells County, TX, Live Oak County, TX, McMullen County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
May 10, 7:50 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 103 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 00:00Z on 2012-05-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2214 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2012-05-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 204 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
2214 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
636 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
204 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
274 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
3.4
Supercell composite
14.5

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The text

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

809 
WFUS54 KCRP 110053
TORCRP
TXC131-249-297-311-110130-
/O.NEW.KCRP.TO.W.0044.120511T0053Z-120511T0130Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN DUVAL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
  NORTHWESTERN JIM WELLS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
  SOUTHWESTERN LIVE OAK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN MCMULLEN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 753 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 14 MILES WEST OF
  RANCHO DE LA PARITA...OR 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF FREER...MOVING
  EAST AT 25 MPH. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  LARGE TORNADO. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RANCHO DE LA PARITA...

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 300 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTH TEXAS.

&&

LAT...LON 2810 9833 2808 9815 2790 9814 2786 9852
      2807 9852
TIME...MOT...LOC 0053Z 269DEG 23KT 2795 9841

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 10, 7:05 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPDuval, Jim Wells, Live Oak, McMullen40 min
May 10, 7:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPLa Salle63 min
May 10, 7:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPBee, Goliad, Refugio48 min
May 10, 7:25 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPDuval, McMullen35 min
May 10, 7:28 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPWebb47 min
May 10, 7:33 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPLa Salle42 min
May 10, 7:43 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPLive Oak47 min
May 10, 7:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPGoliad, Victoria54 min
May 10, 7:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPDuval, La Salle, McMullen, Webb34 min
May 10, 7:59 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPDuval, La Salle, Live Oak, McMullen, Webb2 hr
May 10, 8:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPDuval, Webb55 min
May 10, 8:13 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPBee, Duval, Live Oak, McMullen2 hr
May 10, 8:16 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPBee, Live Oak, San Patricio59 min
May 10, 8:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPDuval, Jim Wells, McMullen46 min
May 10, 8:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPGoliad, Victoria64 min
May 10, 8:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPDuval, Jim Wells, Nueces, San Patricio, Webb46 min
May 10, 9:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPJim Wells, Nueces, San Patricio63 min
May 10, 9:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPDuval, Jim Wells, Kleberg, Nueces, San Patricio, Webb51 min
May 10, 9:34 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPSan Patricio41 min
May 10, 9:53 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP112 min
May 10, 10:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPKleberg, Nueces, San Patricio54 min
May 10, 10:22 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPAransas, Nueces, San Patricio23 min
May 10, 10:28 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPAransas, Refugio, San Patricio32 min
May 10, 10:41 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPAransas, Nueces, San Patricio34 min
May 10, 10:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPAransas, Calhoun, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio45 min
May 10, 10:53 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPAransas, Refugio, San Patricio37 min
May 10, 10:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPAransas, Kleberg, Nueces, San Patricio47 min
May 10, 11:13 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPGoliad, Victoria32 min
May 10, 11:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPAransas, Calhoun, Goliad, Refugio, Victoria61 min
May 10, 11:15 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPAransas, Calhoun, Refugio30 min
May 10, 11:25 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP3 hr
May 10, 11:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPAransas, Calhoun, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio13 min
May 10, 11:36 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPCalhoun24 min
May 10, 11:44 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPVictoria16 min
May 11, 12:00 AM CDTTornado WarningCRPCalhoun45 min
May 11, 12:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPCalhoun24 min
May 11, 12:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPDuval, Webb34 min
May 11, 1:26 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP64 min
May 11, 2:27 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP2 hr
May 11, 4:30 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP60 min
May 11, 9:02 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningCRPCalhoun, Victoria5 days

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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.