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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 3:40 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 8:31 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | CRP | Calhoun, Refugio, Victoria | 7 days |
| May 26, 9:26 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | CRP | Goliad, Victoria | 26 hr |
| May 27, 6:12 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | CRP | 4 hr | |
| May 27, 9:11 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 3 hr | |
| May 27, 3:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Bee, Live Oak | 45 min |
| May 27, 4:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Live Oak | 35 min |
| May 27, 4:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Live Oak | 35 min |
| May 27, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Live Oak | 45 min |
| May 27, 5:09 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | Live Oak | 51 min |
| May 27, 5:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Jim Wells, Live Oak, Nueces | 34 min |
| May 27, 6:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Jim Wells, Kleberg, Nueces | 31 min |
| May 27, 6:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Duval, Jim Wells | 61 min |
| May 27, 6:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Jim Wells, Kleberg | 33 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.