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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

May 9, 2014Webb County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this tornado warning at May 9, 2014, 6:08 PM CDT for Webb County, Texas. It was in force for 37 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 9, 2014, 6:08 PM CDT (23:08 UTC)
Expired
May 9, 2014, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Webb County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 172 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:10 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 9, 4:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 189 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 2014-05-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1727 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 2014-05-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 57 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1727 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-57 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
456 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
57 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
69 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
2.3

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The text

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

927 
WFUS54 KCRP 092308
TORCRP
TXC479-092345-
/O.NEW.KCRP.TO.W.0002.140509T2308Z-140509T2345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
608 PM CDT FRI MAY 9 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL WEBB COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT

* AT 606 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS HAVE
  DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
  CALLAGHAN...OR 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ENCINAL...MOVING EAST AT 20   
  MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  I-35 NEAR CALLAGHAN...

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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
FRIDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

&&

LAT...LON 2799 9905 2772 9905 2779 9956 2801 9955
TIME...MOT...LOC 2307Z 275DEG 19KT 2788 9944

$$

JM
2 follow-up statements
165 
WWUS54 KCRP 092328
SVSCRP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
628 PM CDT FRI MAY 9 2014

TXC479-092345-
/O.CON.KCRP.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140509T2345Z/
WEBB-
628 PM CDT FRI MAY 9 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
WEBB COUNTY...

AT 624 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO LOCATED OVER 
CENTRAL WEBB COUNTY...OR 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ENCINAL...MOVING EAST 
AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RURAL CENTRAL WEBB COUNTY...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST
DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
FRIDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

&&

LAT...LON 2779 9935 2798 9944 2796 9905 2772 9905
TIME...MOT...LOC 2328Z 275DEG 19KT 2787 9931

$$

JM
286 
WWUS54 KCRP 092341
SVSCRP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
641 PM CDT FRI MAY 9 2014

TXC479-092351-
/O.EXP.KCRP.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140509T2345Z/
WEBB-
641 PM CDT FRI MAY 9 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL WEBB COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 645 PM
CDT...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
FRIDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

LAT...LON 2779 9935 2798 9944 2796 9905 2772 9905
TIME...MOT...LOC 2341Z 275DEG 19KT 2786 9923

$$

JM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 9, 12:51 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCRPKleberg, Nueces114 min
May 9, 1:27 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCRPBee, Live Oak2 hr
May 9, 2:10 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCRPLive Oak80 min
May 9, 3:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPLa Salle, McMullen51 min
May 9, 3:28 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCRPLa Salle, McMullen2 hr
May 9, 3:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPDuval, La Salle, Live Oak, McMullen62 min
May 9, 4:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPDuval63 min
May 9, 5:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPWebb59 min
May 9, 5:02 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCRPDuval, Jim Wells, La Salle, Live Oak, McMullen, Webb118 min
May 9, 5:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPDuval, Webb61 min
May 9, 5:41 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPDuval, Jim Wells34 min
May 9, 5:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPWebb62 min
May 9, 6:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPWebb58 min
May 9, 6:18 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPDuval, Jim Wells, Kleberg42 min
May 9, 6:37 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCRPDuval, Jim Wells, Kleberg, Nueces, Webb113 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.