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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

May 26, 2014Bee County, San Patricio County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this tornado warning at May 26, 2014, 4:12 PM CDT for Bee County, San Patricio County, Texas. It was in force for 33 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: May 26, 2014, 4:12 PM CDT (21:12 UTC)
Expired: May 26, 2014, 4:45 PM CDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Bee County, TX, San Patricio County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 26, 4:20 PM CDT	TORNADO	6 W Sinton, TX	REPORTED AT INTERSECTION OF HWY 188 AND 630.
May 26, 4:25 PM CDT	TORNADO	2 Nw Tynan, TX	REPORT OF DAMAGE TO A GIN NEAR INTERSECTION OF 359 AND 796.
May 26, 4:25 PM CDT	TORNADO	2 Nw Tynan, TX	REPORT OF DAMAGE TO A GIN NEAR INTERSECTION OF 359 AND 796. ALSO VISUAL REPORT OF TORNADO LOOKING FROM 188 AND 630.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

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 26, 3:50 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 52 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1630 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 491 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 127 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.6
Supercell composite: 4.7

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The text

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

392 
WFUS54 KCRP 262112
TORCRP
TXC025-409-262145-
/O.NEW.KCRP.TO.W.0004.140526T2112Z-140526T2145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
412 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL BEE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
  NORTH CENTRAL SAN PATRICIO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SINTON...

* UNTIL 445 PM CDT

* AT 406 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR TYNAN...OR
  8 MILES EAST OF MATHIS...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PAPALOTE...
  ST. PAUL...
  SINTON...

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 900 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

&&

LAT...LON 2806 9777 2819 9777 2824 9749 2823 9749
      2817 9754 2815 9752 2817 9749 2817 9748
      2802 9748
TIME...MOT...LOC 2111Z 269DEG 21KT 2812 9767

$$

CB

1 follow-up statement

561 
WWUS54 KCRP 262129
SVSCRP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
429 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2014

TXC025-409-262145-
/O.CON.KCRP.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140526T2145Z/
BEE-SAN PATRICIO-
429 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL SAN PATRICIO AND SOUTHEASTERN BEE COUNTIES...

AT 425 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ST. PAUL...OR 9
MILES NORTHWEST OF SINTON...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ST. PAUL...
  ST. PAUL...
  SINTON...

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 900 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.

&&

LAT...LON 2802 9748 2805 9773 2819 9771 2824 9749
      2823 9749 2817 9754 2815 9752 2817 9749
      2817 9748
TIME...MOT...LOC 2128Z 277DEG 16KT 2812 9762

$$

CB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 26, 7:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Victoria	63 min
May 26, 9:45 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	Victoria	2 hr
May 26, 9:57 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Victoria	3 hr
May 26, 2:58 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	CRP	Bee, Goliad, Victoria	30 hr
May 26, 3:14 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	Victoria	2 hr
May 26, 4:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	Bee, Refugio, San Patricio	30 min
May 26, 5:27 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	Bee, San Patricio	93 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.