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Tornado Warning 45, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this tornado warning at May 10, 2012, 8:16 PM CDT for Bee County, Live Oak County, San Patricio County, Texas. It was in force for 59 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, 8:16 PM CDT (01:16 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 2012, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bee County, TX, Live Oak County, TX, San Patricio County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 8:53 PM CDT | TORNADO | Lagarto, TX | POSSIBLE TORNADO...SEVERAL RESIDENTS CLAIM THERE WAS A BRIEF TOUCHDOWN. |
| May 10, 9:21 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | Mathis, TX | |
| May 10, 9:21 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Mathis, TX | |
| May 10, 9:22 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 3 Nw Mathis, TX |
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, 7:50 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 83 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
912 WFUS54 KCRP 110116 TORCRP TXC025-297-409-110215- /O.NEW.KCRP.TO.W.0045.120511T0116Z-120511T0215Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 816 PM CDT THU MAY 10 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTH CENTRAL BEE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... SOUTHERN LIVE OAK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... NORTHWESTERN SAN PATRICIO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... * UNTIL 915 PM CDT * AT 811 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR ANNAROSE... OR 14 MILES SOUTH OF GEORGE WEST...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ANAROSE... LAGARTO... MOUNT LUCAS... DINERO... LAKE CITY... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS. && LAT...LON 2834 9785 2806 9777 2806 9824 2820 9828 TIME...MOT...LOC 0115Z 268DEG 12KT 2813 9814 $$ PZ
1 follow-up statement
656 WWUS54 KCRP 110145 SVSCRP SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 845 PM CDT THU MAY 10 2012 TXC025-297-409-110215- /O.CON.KCRP.TO.W.0045.000000T0000Z-120511T0215Z/ BEE-LIVE OAK-SAN PATRICIO- 845 PM CDT THU MAY 10 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN SAN PATRICIO...SOUTH CENTRAL BEE AND SOUTHEASTERN LIVE OAK COUNTIES... AT 839 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF LAGARTO...OR 14 MILES WEST OF MATHIS...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... LAGARTO... DINERO... LAKE CORPUS CHRISTI... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS. && LAT...LON 2806 9817 2823 9818 2834 9785 2806 9777 TIME...MOT...LOC 0145Z 268DEG 12KT 2813 9803 $$ PZ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 7:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Duval, Jim Wells, Live Oak, McMullen | 40 min |
| May 10, 7:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | La Salle | 63 min |
| May 10, 7:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Bee, Goliad, Refugio | 48 min |
| May 10, 7:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Duval, McMullen | 35 min |
| May 10, 7:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Webb | 47 min |
| May 10, 7:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | La Salle | 42 min |
| May 10, 7:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Live Oak | 47 min |
| May 10, 7:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Goliad, Victoria | 54 min |
| May 10, 7:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Duval, Jim Wells, Live Oak, McMullen | 37 min |
| May 10, 7:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Duval, La Salle, McMullen, Webb | 34 min |
| May 10, 7:59 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Duval, La Salle, Live Oak, McMullen, Webb | 2 hr |
| May 10, 8:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Duval, Webb | 55 min |
| May 10, 8:13 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Bee, Duval, Live Oak, McMullen | 2 hr |
| May 10, 8:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Duval, Jim Wells, McMullen | 46 min |
| May 10, 8:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Goliad, Victoria | 64 min |
| May 10, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Duval, Jim Wells, Nueces, San Patricio, Webb | 46 min |
| May 10, 9:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Jim Wells, Nueces, San Patricio | 63 min |
| May 10, 9:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Duval, Jim Wells, Kleberg, Nueces, San Patricio, Webb | 51 min |
| May 10, 9:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | San Patricio | 41 min |
| May 10, 9:53 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 112 min | |
| May 10, 10:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Kleberg, Nueces, San Patricio | 54 min |
| May 10, 10:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Aransas, Nueces, San Patricio | 23 min |
| May 10, 10:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Aransas, Refugio, San Patricio | 32 min |
| May 10, 10:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Aransas, Nueces, San Patricio | 34 min |
| May 10, 10:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Aransas, Calhoun, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio | 45 min |
| May 10, 10:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Aransas, Refugio, San Patricio | 37 min |
| May 10, 10:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Aransas, Kleberg, Nueces, San Patricio | 47 min |
| May 10, 11:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Goliad, Victoria | 32 min |
| May 10, 11:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Aransas, Calhoun, Goliad, Refugio, Victoria | 61 min |
| May 10, 11:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Aransas, Calhoun, Refugio | 30 min |
| May 10, 11:25 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 3 hr | |
| May 10, 11:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Aransas, Calhoun, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio | 13 min |
| May 10, 11:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Calhoun | 24 min |
| May 10, 11:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Victoria | 16 min |
| May 11, 12:00 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Calhoun | 45 min |
| May 11, 12:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Calhoun | 24 min |
| May 11, 12:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Duval, Webb | 34 min |
| May 11, 1:26 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 64 min | |
| May 11, 2:27 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 2 hr | |
| May 11, 4:30 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 60 min | |
| May 11, 9:02 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | CRP | Calhoun, Victoria | 5 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.