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Tornado Warning 61, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

November 3, 2012Goliad County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this tornado warning at Nov 3, 2012, 4:45 PM CDT for Goliad County, Texas. It was in force for 45 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
Nov 3, 2012, 4:45 PM CDT (21:45 UTC)
Expired
Nov 3, 2012, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Goliad County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:44 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, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 92 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 12:00Z on 2012-11-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1930 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 2012-11-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -28 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1930 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
637 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

521 
WFUS54 KCRP 032145
TORCRP
TXC175-032230-
/O.NEW.KCRP.TO.W.0061.121103T2145Z-121103T2230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
445 PM CDT SAT NOV 3 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL GOLIAD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 444 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER EAST
  CENTRAL GOLIAD COUNTY...OR 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GOLIAD...MOVING
  SOUTH AT 5 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RURAL SOUTHEASTERN GOLIAD COUNTY...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST
DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 2857 9734 2864 9727 2856 9716 2846 9729
TIME...MOT...LOC 2145Z 338DEG 3KT 2855 9727

$$

CB
1 follow-up statement
228 
WWUS54 KCRP 032207
SVSCRP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
507 PM CDT SAT NOV 3 2012

TXC175-032230-
/O.CON.KCRP.TO.W.0061.000000T0000Z-121103T2230Z/
GOLIAD-
507 PM CDT SAT NOV 3 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN GOLIAD COUNTY...

AT 503 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS STORM WITH 
A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTHEASTERN GOLIAD COUNTY...OR 
12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GOLIAD...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RURAL SOUTHEASTERN GOLIAD COUNTY...

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.

&&

LAT...LON 2858 9724 2854 9719 2846 9729 2853 9732
TIME...MOT...LOC 2206Z 338DEG 3KT 2853 9726

$$

CB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 3, 9:55 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP65 min
Nov 3, 4:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPGoliad51 min
Nov 3, 5:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPBee43 min
Nov 3, 5:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPGoliad, Refugio47 min
Nov 3, 5:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPKleberg36 min
Nov 3, 5:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPBee, San Patricio62 min
Nov 3, 5:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPBee, Goliad, Refugio49 min
Nov 3, 5:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPKleberg32 min
Nov 3, 6:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPKleberg46 min
Nov 3, 6:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPRefugio, San Patricio48 min
Nov 3, 6:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPSan Patricio45 min

Nearby

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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.