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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

May 25, 2013Goliad County, Victoria County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this tornado warning at May 25, 2013, 3:09 PM CDT for Goliad County, Victoria County, Texas. It was in force for 36 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
May 25, 2013, 3:09 PM CDT (20:09 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 2013, 3:45 PM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Goliad County, TX, Victoria County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:09 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 nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 119 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 2013-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1868 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2013-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 14 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
1868 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
612 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
44 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.

133 
WFUS54 KCRP 252009
TORCRP
TXC175-469-252045-
/O.NEW.KCRP.TO.W.0013.130525T2009Z-130525T2045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
309 PM CDT SAT MAY 25 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN GOLIAD COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS...
  WEST CENTRAL VICTORIA COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS...

* UNTIL 345 PM CDT

* AT 304 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR COLETO
  CREEK PARK...OR 12 MILES EAST OF GOLIAD...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SCHROEDER...
  MISSION VALLEY...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

&&

LAT...LON 2884 9707 2862 9710 2864 9730 2888 9730
      2893 9716
TIME...MOT...LOC 2009Z 186DEG 11KT 2872 9719

$$

GW
2 follow-up statements
496 
WWUS54 KCRP 252024
SVSCRP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
324 PM CDT SAT MAY 25 2013

TXC175-469-252045-
/O.CON.KCRP.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-130525T2045Z/
GOLIAD-VICTORIA-
324 PM CDT SAT MAY 25 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM CDT FOR WEST
CENTRAL VICTORIA AND NORTHEASTERN GOLIAD COUNTIES...

AT 318 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR COLETO CREEK 
PARK...OR 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VICTORIA...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. 
THIS STORM IS STILL SHOWING SIGNS OF ROTATION AS IT MOVES NORTH. AT 
THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THAT THE BEST PART OF THE STORM WILL STAY 
WEST OF THE CITY OF VICTORIA. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SCHROEDER...
  MISSION VALLEY...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

LAT...LON 2884 9707 2862 9710 2864 9730 2888 9730
      2893 9716
TIME...MOT...LOC 2023Z 186DEG 11KT 2876 9718

$$

GW
908 
WWUS54 KCRP 252038
SVSCRP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
338 PM CDT SAT MAY 25 2013

TXC175-469-252047-
/O.EXP.KCRP.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-130525T2045Z/
GOLIAD-VICTORIA-
338 PM CDT SAT MAY 25 2013

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL VICTORIA AND NORTHEASTERN
GOLIAD COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 345 PM CDT...

THE STORM HAS WEAKENED AND HAS LOST ITS ROTATION...SO THE WARNING 
WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MISSION VALLEY...

LAT...LON 2884 9707 2862 9710 2864 9730 2888 9730
      2893 9716
TIME...MOT...LOC 2037Z 186DEG 11KT 2882 9718

$$

GW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 25, 4:13 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCRPBee, Refugio, San Patricio92 min
May 25, 6:28 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCRPBee, Goliad92 min
May 25, 6:48 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCRPDuval87 min
May 25, 7:41 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCRPBee, Goliad, Live Oak64 min
May 25, 8:44 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCRPBee, Goliad, Live Oak91 min
May 25, 9:05 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPBee, Live Oak85 min
May 25, 9:18 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPBee, Goliad87 min
May 25, 9:46 AM CDTTornado WarningCRPBee, Live Oak44 min
May 25, 10:28 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPBee, Live Oak92 min
May 25, 11:55 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPBee, Goliad65 min
May 25, 1:58 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPVictoria32 min
May 25, 2:25 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPVictoria35 min
May 25, 2:53 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPGoliad, Refugio37 min
May 25, 3:46 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCRPVictoria59 min
May 25, 4:14 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPBee, Goliad, Refugio46 min
May 25, 4:41 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPVictoria3 hr

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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.