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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

May 27, 20144 counties in Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this tornado warning at May 27, 2014, 5:25 PM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 35 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, 5:25 PM CDT (22:25 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 2014, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Duval County, TX, Jim Wells County, TX, Live Oak County, TX, San Patricio County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:25 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 27, 3:40 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 78 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 2014-05-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1370 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 2014-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 168 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
1370 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-47 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
803 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
168 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
252 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.9
Supercell composite
8.9

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The text

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

533 
WFUS54 KCRP 272225
TORCRP
TXC131-249-297-409-272300-
/O.NEW.KCRP.TO.W.0009.140527T2225Z-140527T2300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
525 PM CDT TUE MAY 27 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN DUVAL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
  NORTHERN JIM WELLS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
  SOUTHERN LIVE OAK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
  NORTHWESTERN SAN PATRICIO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MATHIS...

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT

* AT 520 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES         
  NORTHEAST OF ANNAROSE...OR 10 MILES SOUTH OF GEORGE WEST...MOVING  
  SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. RADAR IS SHOWING ADDITIONAL ROTATION NORTH OF 
  CLEGG. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ANNAROSE...
  LAGARTO...
  MIDWAY...
  LAKE CITY...
  WESTDALE...
  ORANGE GROVE...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

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 TEXAS.

&&

LAT...LON 2802 9774 2783 9830 2825 9832 2835 9802
TIME...MOT...LOC 2224Z 336DEG 25KT 2816 9810

$$

CB
1 follow-up statement
817 
WWUS54 KCRP 272235
SVSCRP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
535 PM CDT TUE MAY 27 2014

TXC131-249-297-409-272300-
/O.CON.KCRP.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140527T2300Z/
DUVAL-JIM WELLS-LIVE OAK-SAN PATRICIO-
535 PM CDT TUE MAY 27 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN SAN PATRICIO...SOUTHERN LIVE OAK...NORTHERN JIM WELLS
AND NORTHEASTERN DUVAL COUNTIES...

AT 529 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF
ANNAROSE...OR 13 MILES SOUTH OF GEORGE WEST...MOVING SOUTH AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ALONG HIGHWAY 281 NORTHEAST OF ANNAROSE...
  RANCHO DE LA PARITA...
  MIDWAY...
  SANDIA...
  WESTDALE...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
SOFTBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESSIVE 
OF 70 MPH.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING 
FOR SOUTH TEXAS.

&&

LAT...LON 2802 9774 2783 9830 2825 9832 2835 9802
TIME...MOT...LOC 2232Z 343DEG 27KT 2812 9809

$$

CB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 8:31 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningCRPCalhoun, Refugio, Victoria7 days
May 26, 9:26 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningCRPGoliad, Victoria26 hr
May 27, 6:12 AM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryCRP4 hr
May 27, 9:11 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP3 hr
May 27, 3:45 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPBee, Live Oak45 min
May 27, 4:25 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPLive Oak35 min
May 27, 4:55 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPLive Oak35 min
May 27, 5:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPLive Oak45 min
May 27, 5:09 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCRPLive Oak51 min
May 27, 5:56 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPJim Wells, Live Oak, Nueces34 min
May 27, 6:29 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPJim Wells, Kleberg, Nueces31 min
May 27, 6:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPDuval, Jim Wells61 min
May 27, 6:57 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPJim Wells, Kleberg33 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.