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Tornado Warning 60, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this tornado warning at Sep 29, 2012, 6:46 PM CDT for Calhoun County, Texas. It was in force for 14 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
- Sep 29, 2012, 6:46 PM CDT (23:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 29, 2012, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 14 min
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Calhoun County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 117 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
- 1751 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 449 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 139 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 134 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 4.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
096
WFUS54 KCRP 292346
TORCRP
TXC057-300000-
/O.NEW.KCRP.TO.W.0060.120929T2346Z-120930T0000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
646 PM CDT SAT SEP 29 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
* UNTIL 700 PM CDT
* AT 642 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 2 MILES SOUTH
OF INDIANOLA...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
INDIANOLA...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 2838 9657 2851 9662 2854 9650 2853 9650
2849 9642 2846 9640 2845 9639 2844 9640
TIME...MOT...LOC 2345Z 254DEG 10KT 2848 9649
$$
TMTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 28, 9:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Webb | 62 min |
| Sep 28, 9:54 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | Webb | 111 min |
| Sep 28, 10:39 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Webb | 3 hr |
| Sep 28, 11:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Webb | 56 min |
| Sep 29, 12:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | La Salle, Webb | 49 min |
| Sep 29, 1:12 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | La Salle, Webb | 48 min |
| Sep 29, 1:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | La Salle, Live Oak, McMullen | 53 min |
| Sep 29, 1:29 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Webb | 91 min |
| Sep 29, 2:04 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | CRP | Webb | 67 hr |
| Sep 29, 2:05 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | Duval, La Salle, Live Oak, McMullen, Webb | 55 min |
| Sep 29, 2:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Bee, Live Oak, McMullen | 51 min |
| Sep 29, 2:36 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Live Oak, McMullen | 96 min |
| Sep 29, 2:56 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | Bee, Duval, Jim Wells, Live Oak, McMullen, Webb | 64 min |
| Sep 29, 3:26 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | Bee, Goliad, Live Oak | 64 min |
| Sep 29, 4:06 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 84 min | |
| Sep 29, 5:17 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | CRP | Goliad, Victoria | 117 min |
| Sep 29, 5:27 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 93 min | |
| Sep 29, 6:59 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 61 min | |
| Sep 29, 2:43 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | Live Oak | 62 min |
| Sep 29, 3:11 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | CRP | 40 hr | |
| Sep 29, 3:50 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 25 min | |
| Sep 29, 4:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Calhoun | 54 min |
| Sep 29, 4:09 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 51 min | |
| Sep 29, 4:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Calhoun | 38 min |
| Sep 29, 5:02 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 43 min | |
| Sep 29, 5:08 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 37 min | |
| Sep 29, 5:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Calhoun | 34 min |
| Sep 29, 5:38 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | Calhoun | 52 min |
| Sep 29, 5:45 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 30 min | |
| Sep 29, 5:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Calhoun | 54 min |
| Sep 29, 6:32 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | Calhoun | 58 min |
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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.