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Tornado Warning 48, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

May 10, 2012Aransas County, Refugio County, San Patricio County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this tornado warning at May 10, 2012, 10:28 PM CDT for Aransas County, Refugio County, San Patricio County, Texas. It was in force for 32 min. 2 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, 10:28 PM CDT (03:28 UTC)
Expired: May 10, 2012, 11:00 PM CDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Aransas County, TX, Refugio County, TX, San Patricio County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:27 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 10, 10:32 PM CDT	TORNADO 1	5 Ese Sinton, TX	TOUCHED DOWN 2 MI WEST OF TAFT ALONG HWY 181. STRUCK AND PARTIALLY COLLAPSED A GRAIN ELEVATOR, SNAPPED 3 UTILITY POLES AS IT CROSSED CR 73 ABOUT 1 MILE N OF TAFT AND THEN DISSIPATED IN A FIELD AFTER CROSSING FM 631. TORNADO WAS ON THE GROUND FOR APPROX 7.5 MIL
May 10, 10:32 PM CDT	TORNADO	4 Se Sinton, TX	GRAIN ELEVATOR AND HOUSES DAMAGED ALONG 181 BETWEEN SINTON AND TAFT.

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, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 37 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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.

361 
WFUS54 KCRP 110328
TORCRP
TXC007-391-409-110400-
/O.NEW.KCRP.TO.W.0048.120511T0328Z-120511T0400Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1028 PM CDT THU MAY 10 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL ARANSAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
  EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN REFUGIO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
  CENTRAL SAN PATRICIO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT

* AT 1023 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR SINTON...
  MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  TAFT...
  BAYSIDE...

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 2795 9717 2797 9757 2813 9754 2812 9717
      2811 9717 2809 9720 2807 9719 2806 9715
      2805 9714
TIME...MOT...LOC 0327Z 271DEG 16KT 2807 9747

$$

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, 8:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	Bee, Live Oak, San Patricio	59 min
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, 10:41 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.