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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 3:40 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Duval, Jim Wells, Kleberg | 47 min |
| May 27, 8:13 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | CRP | Victoria | 4 days |
| May 28, 11:24 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 81 min | |
| May 28, 12:39 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 2 hr | |
| May 28, 1:04 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | CRP | Live Oak | 24 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.