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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this tornado warning at May 9, 2014, 6:18 PM CDT for Duval County, Jim Wells County, Kleberg County, Texas. It was in force for 42 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, 6:18 PM CDT (23:18 UTC)
- Expired
- May 9, 2014, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Duval County, TX, Jim Wells County, TX, Kleberg County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:20 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, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 85 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.
067
WFUS54 KCRP 092318
TORCRP
TXC131-249-273-100000-
/O.NEW.KCRP.TO.W.0003.140509T2318Z-140510T0000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
618 PM CDT FRI MAY 9 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL DUVAL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
SOUTHERN JIM WELLS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
NORTHWESTERN KLEBERG COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
* UNTIL 700 PM CDT
* AT 615 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS HAVE
DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
PALITO BLANCO...OR 9 MILES SOUTH OF SAN DIEGO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
15 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PALITO BLANCO...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
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 TEXAS.
&&
LAT...LON 2752 9797 2739 9819 2754 9835 2764 9838
2773 9822
TIME...MOT...LOC 2318Z 317DEG 15KT 2762 9824
$$
HART2 follow-up statements
387
WWUS54 KCRP 092334
SVSCRP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
634 PM CDT FRI MAY 9 2014
TXC131-249-273-100000-
/O.CON.KCRP.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140510T0000Z/
DUVAL-JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-
634 PM CDT FRI MAY 9 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN KLEBERG...CENTRAL JIM WELLS AND EAST CENTRAL DUVAL
COUNTIES...
AT 629 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR PALITO BLANCO...OR
10 MILES SOUTH OF SAN DIEGO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PALITO BLANCO...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW! IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
FRIDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH TEXAS.
&&
LAT...LON 2755 9832 2762 9831 2766 9820 2752 9797
2739 9819
TIME...MOT...LOC 2333Z 317DEG 15KT 2761 9821
$$
HART716
WWUS54 KCRP 092350
SVSCRP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
650 PM CDT FRI MAY 9 2014
TXC131-249-273-100000-
/O.CAN.KCRP.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140510T0000Z/
DUVAL-JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-
650 PM CDT FRI MAY 9 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN KLEBERG...CENTRAL JIM WELLS
AND EAST CENTRAL DUVAL COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
FRIDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH TEXAS.
LAT...LON 2755 9832 2762 9831 2766 9820 2752 9797
2739 9819
TIME...MOT...LOC 2350Z 317DEG 15KT 2756 9816
$$
HARTThe 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, 6:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Webb | 37 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.