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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

April 29, 2013Refugio County, San Patricio County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 29, 2013, 1:14 PM CDT for Refugio County, San Patricio County, Texas. It was in force for 31 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 29, 2013, 1:14 PM CDT (18:14 UTC)
Expired
Apr 29, 2013, 1:45 PM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Refugio County, TX, San Patricio County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:14 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, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 45 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 2013-04-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 758 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 2013-04-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -2 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
758 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
664 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
14 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.4

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The text

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

568 
WFUS54 KCRP 291814
TORCRP
TXC391-409-291845-
/O.NEW.KCRP.TO.W.0002.130429T1814Z-130429T1845Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
114 PM CDT MON APR 29 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN REFUGIO COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS...
  EAST CENTRAL SAN PATRICIO COUNTY IN SOUTH TEXAS...

* UNTIL 145 PM CDT

* AT 108 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO 8 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF BONNIE VIEW...OR 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF TAFT...MOVING
  NORTH AT 10 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BONNIE VIEW...

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 2823 9740 2821 9719 2800 9732 2802 9741
TIME...MOT...LOC 1814Z 191DEG 8KT 2808 9735

$$

JR
1 follow-up statement
535 
WWUS54 KCRP 291827
SVSCRP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
127 PM CDT MON APR 29 2013

TXC391-409-291845-
/O.CON.KCRP.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130429T1845Z/
REFUGIO-SAN PATRICIO-
127 PM CDT MON APR 29 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN REFUGIO AND EAST CENTRAL SAN PATRICIO COUNTIES...

AT 126 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO.  THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BONNIE VIEW...OR 8 MILES
NORTH OF TAFT...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BONNIE VIEW...

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.

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 2823 9740 2821 9719 2800 9732 2802 9741
TIME...MOT...LOC 1826Z 191DEG 8KT 2811 9734

$$

MB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 29, 1:37 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPRefugio38 min
Apr 29, 1:46 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPRefugio, San Patricio44 min
Apr 29, 1:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPVictoria36 min
Apr 29, 2:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPRefugio41 min
Apr 29, 2:32 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPRefugio43 min
Apr 29, 3:07 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCRPGoliad, Victoria83 min
Apr 29, 4:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPLive Oak34 min
Apr 29, 4:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPBee, Live Oak38 min
Apr 29, 4:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPBee, Live Oak50 min
Apr 29, 5:31 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCRPBee, Goliad, Live Oak59 min
Apr 29, 6:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPNueces, San Patricio44 min
Apr 29, 6:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPBee, Refugio34 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.