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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

May 27, 2014Jim Wells County, Kleberg County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this tornado warning at May 27, 2014, 7:50 PM CDT for Jim Wells County, Kleberg County, Texas. It was in force for 25 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 27, 2014, 7:50 PM CDT (00:50 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 2014, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Jim Wells County, TX, Kleberg County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 27, 3:40 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 90 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 00:00Z on 2014-05-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1431 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 00:00Z on 2014-05-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 102 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
1431 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-84 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
837 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
102 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
167 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.0
Supercell composite
3.8

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The text

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

448 
WFUS54 KCRP 280050
TORCRP
TXC249-273-280115-
/O.NEW.KCRP.TO.W.0013.140528T0050Z-140528T0115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
750 PM CDT TUE MAY 27 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EXTREME SOUTHERN JIM WELLS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PREMONT...
  SOUTHWESTERN KLEBERG COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 745 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS HAVE
  DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
  PREMONT...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LA GLORIA...

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

&&

LAT...LON 2726 9817 2738 9819 2742 9806 2726 9801
TIME...MOT...LOC 0049Z 338DEG 17KT 2731 9810

$$

CB
1 follow-up statement
769 
WWUS54 KCRP 280110
SVSCRP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
810 PM CDT TUE MAY 27 2014

TXC249-273-280120-
/O.EXP.KCRP.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140528T0115Z/
JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-
810 PM CDT TUE MAY 27 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN KLEBERG AND SOUTHERN JIM 
WELLS COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 815 PM CDT...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

LAT...LON 2726 9817 2738 9819 2742 9806 2726 9801
TIME...MOT...LOC 0110Z 359DEG 16KT 2719 9812

$$

CB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 27, 7:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPDuval, Jim Wells, Kleberg47 min
May 27, 8:13 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningCRPVictoria4 days
May 28, 11:24 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP81 min
May 28, 12:39 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP2 hr
May 28, 1:04 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningCRPLive Oak24 hr

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.