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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

April 16, 2012Aransas County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 16, 2012, 10:58 AM CDT for Aransas County, Texas. It was in force for 32 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: Apr 16, 2012, 10:58 AM CDT (15:58 UTC)
Expired: Apr 16, 2012, 11:30 AM CDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Aransas County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:01 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.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 16, 8:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 48 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: 2418 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 450 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 121 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 131 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.0
Supercell composite: 5.0

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The text

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

504 
WFUS54 KCRP 161558
TORCRP
TXC007-161630-
/O.NEW.KCRP.TO.W.0008.120416T1558Z-120416T1630Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1058 AM CDT MON APR 16 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL ARANSAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

* UNTIL 1130 AM CDT

* AT 1053 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR PALM
  HARBOR...OR NEAR ROCKPORT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ROCKPORT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CDT MONDAY
AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS.

&&

LAT...LON 2800 9691 2796 9699 2802 9698 2804 9701
      2799 9706 2794 9705 2795 9703 2794 9704
      2790 9712 2802 9721 2806 9716 2805 9715
      2813 9704 2810 9701 2804 9701 2803 9698
      2804 9695
TIME...MOT...LOC 1558Z 239DEG 4KT 2800 9708

$$

HART

1 follow-up statement

657 
WWUS54 KCRP 161624
SVSCRP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1124 AM CDT MON APR 16 2012

TXC007-161634-
/O.EXP.KCRP.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-120416T1630Z/
ARANSAS-
1124 AM CDT MON APR 16 2012

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL ARANSAS COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 1130
AM CDT...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CDT MONDAY
AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS.

LAT...LON 2800 9691 2796 9699 2802 9698 2804 9701
      2799 9706 2794 9705 2795 9703 2794 9704
      2790 9712 2802 9721 2806 9716 2805 9715
      2813 9704 2810 9701 2804 9701 2803 9698
      2804 9695
TIME...MOT...LOC 1624Z 239DEG 4KT 2801 9705

$$

HART

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 15, 7:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Victoria	63 min
Apr 15, 7:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Goliad, Refugio, Victoria	36 min
Apr 15, 8:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Duval, Jim Wells, Kleberg	49 min
Apr 15, 10:00 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	Calhoun	2 hr
Apr 15, 11:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Bee, Goliad, Refugio	50 min
Apr 15, 11:25 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	Refugio	65 min
Apr 16, 12:11 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Refugio	3 hr
Apr 16, 1:31 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		119 min
Apr 16, 1:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Aransas, Calhoun, Refugio	57 min
Apr 16, 1:56 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	Aransas, Calhoun	2 hr
Apr 16, 2:33 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	CRP	Refugio	18 hr
Apr 16, 3:34 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		56 min
Apr 16, 5:05 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Aransas, Refugio	115 min
Apr 16, 5:28 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	San Patricio	32 min
Apr 16, 5:32 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	San Patricio	118 min
Apr 16, 5:58 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	Aransas, San Patricio	32 min
Apr 16, 6:31 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	Aransas, San Patricio	29 min
Apr 16, 7:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	McMullen	37 min
Apr 16, 7:19 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Aransas, San Patricio	41 min
Apr 16, 7:22 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Aransas, San Patricio	113 min
Apr 16, 7:27 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	Aransas, San Patricio	33 min
Apr 16, 8:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Aransas, San Patricio	45 min
Apr 16, 8:08 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		52 min
Apr 16, 8:54 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Kleberg	51 min
Apr 16, 8:59 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	Kleberg	31 min
Apr 16, 9:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Aransas, Refugio, San Patricio	43 min
Apr 16, 9:17 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Aransas, Refugio, San Patricio	118 min
Apr 16, 9:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Aransas, San Patricio	37 min
Apr 16, 9:29 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	Kleberg	31 min
Apr 16, 9:41 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		64 min
Apr 16, 9:43 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio	2 hr
Apr 16, 9:46 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Aransas, Refugio, San Patricio	44 min
Apr 16, 10:31 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	Nueces	59 min
Apr 16, 10:39 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		81 min
Apr 16, 10:50 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	CRP	Aransas, Calhoun, Kleberg, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio	5 hr
Apr 16, 10:50 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Kleberg, Nueces	115 min
Apr 16, 11:08 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Aransas, Calhoun, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio	112 min
Apr 16, 11:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Nueces	33 min
Apr 16, 12:01 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		59 min
Apr 16, 12:09 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Kleberg, Nueces	111 min
Apr 16, 12:39 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Kleberg, Nueces	2 hr
Apr 16, 12:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Kleberg, Nueces	36 min
Apr 16, 12:53 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		82 min
Apr 16, 1:23 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	CRP	Aransas, San Patricio	6 hr
Apr 16, 1:50 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		85 min
Apr 16, 2:53 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		52 min
Apr 16, 4:08 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		101 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.