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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 4:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 12:51 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | Kleberg, Nueces | 114 min |
| May 9, 1:27 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | Bee, Live Oak | 2 hr |
| May 9, 2:10 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | Live Oak | 80 min |
| May 9, 3:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | La Salle, McMullen | 51 min |
| May 9, 3:28 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | La Salle, McMullen | 2 hr |
| May 9, 3:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Duval, La Salle, Live Oak, McMullen | 62 min |
| May 9, 4:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Duval | 63 min |
| May 9, 5:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Webb | 59 min |
| May 9, 5:02 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | Duval, Jim Wells, La Salle, Live Oak, McMullen, Webb | 118 min |
| May 9, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Duval, Webb | 61 min |
| May 9, 5:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Duval, Jim Wells | 34 min |
| May 9, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Webb | 62 min |
| May 9, 6:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Webb | 58 min |
| May 9, 6:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Duval, Jim Wells, Kleberg | 42 min |
| May 9, 6:37 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | Duval, Jim Wells, Kleberg, Nueces, Webb | 113 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.