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Tornado Warning 61, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 3, 9:55 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 65 min | |
| Nov 3, 4:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Goliad | 51 min |
| Nov 3, 5:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Bee | 43 min |
| Nov 3, 5:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Goliad, Refugio | 47 min |
| Nov 3, 5:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Kleberg | 36 min |
| Nov 3, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Bee, San Patricio | 62 min |
| Nov 3, 5:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Bee, Goliad, Refugio | 49 min |
| Nov 3, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Kleberg | 32 min |
| Nov 3, 6:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Kleberg | 46 min |
| Nov 3, 6:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Refugio, San Patricio | 48 min |
| Nov 3, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | San Patricio | 45 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.