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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
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 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 1:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Refugio | 38 min |
| Apr 29, 1:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Refugio, San Patricio | 44 min |
| Apr 29, 1:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Victoria | 36 min |
| Apr 29, 2:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Refugio | 41 min |
| Apr 29, 2:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Refugio | 43 min |
| Apr 29, 3:07 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | Goliad, Victoria | 83 min |
| Apr 29, 4:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Live Oak | 34 min |
| Apr 29, 4:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Bee, Live Oak | 38 min |
| Apr 29, 4:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Bee, Live Oak | 50 min |
| Apr 29, 5:31 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | Bee, Goliad, Live Oak | 59 min |
| Apr 29, 6:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Nueces, San Patricio | 44 min |
| Apr 29, 6:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Bee, Refugio | 34 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.