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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

April 17, 2015Nueces County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 17, 2015, 8:44 PM CDT for Nueces County, Texas. It was in force for 31 min. 1 report 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
Apr 17, 2015, 8:44 PM CDT (01:44 UTC)
Expired
Apr 17, 2015, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Nueces County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 17, 9:06 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUD6 Nw Driscoll, TXSPOTTER REPORTS FUNNEL STILL ASSOCIATED WITH STORM.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 17, 6:57 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 49 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 00:00Z on 2015-04-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1803 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 00:00Z on 2015-04-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 129 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1803 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-44 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
771 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
129 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
130 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.6
Supercell composite
9.1

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The text

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

272 
WFUS54 KCRP 180144
TORCRP
TXC355-180215-
/O.NEW.KCRP.TO.W.0013.150418T0144Z-150418T0215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
844 PM CDT FRI APR 17 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI  HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN NUECES COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

* UNTIL 915 PM CDT
    
* AT 842 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO JUST 
  EAST OF ALICE. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADO MOVING TO THE 
  EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

  IN ADDITION...WIND GUSTS TO 65 MPH AND HAIL TO THE SIZE OF GOLF 
  BALLS WILL OCCUR WITH THIS STORM.  
  
 
ENTER LOCATION 
**! WITH THIS STORM. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ROBSTOWN...DRISCOLL...BISHOP...BANQUETE...AGUA DULCE AND NORTH SAN
  PEDRO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A TORNADO HAS BEEN CONFIRMED BY STORM SPOTTERS. TAKE
COVER NOW. MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE HOME OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 2764 9794 2788 9793 2786 9765 2757 9771
TIME...MOT...LOC 0142Z 283DEG 20KT 2777 9796 

$$

TMT
1 follow-up statement
617 
WWUS54 KCRP 180201
SVSCRP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
901 PM CDT FRI APR 17 2015

TXC355-180215-
/O.CON.KCRP.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-150418T0215Z/
NUECES TX-
901 PM CDT FRI APR 17 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN NUECES COUNTY...
    
AT 901 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER 
BANQUETE...OR 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF DRISCOLL...MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST 
AT 30 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ROBSTOWN...DRISCOLL...BISHOP...BANQUETE...AGUA DULCE AND NORTH SAN
PEDRO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE
HOME OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 2764 9794 2788 9793 2786 9765 2757 9771
TIME...MOT...LOC 0201Z 276DEG 26KT 2778 9780 

$$

TMT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 17, 7:09 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPBee, Goliad, Refugio36 min
Apr 17, 7:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPVictoria30 min
Apr 17, 7:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPDuval28 min
Apr 17, 7:36 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPBee, Goliad, Refugio24 min
Apr 17, 7:42 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPDuval33 min
Apr 17, 7:56 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPRefugio34 min
Apr 17, 8:00 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPDuval, Jim Wells30 min
Apr 17, 8:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPSan Patricio26 min
Apr 17, 8:27 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPJim Wells33 min
Apr 17, 8:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPSan Patricio38 min
Apr 17, 8:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPCalhoun31 min
Apr 17, 8:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPWebb17 min
Apr 17, 9:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPDuval26 min
Apr 17, 9:14 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPNueces31 min
Apr 17, 9:26 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP2 hr
Apr 17, 9:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPNueces, San Patricio34 min
Apr 17, 10:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPWebb52 min
Apr 17, 10:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPAransas, Nueces, San Patricio37 min
Apr 17, 10:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPAransas, Nueces, San Patricio33 min
Apr 17, 10:17 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPSan Patricio28 min
Apr 17, 10:39 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP96 min
Apr 17, 10:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPAransas32 min
Apr 17, 10:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPNueces27 min
Apr 17, 10:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPLa Salle25 min
Apr 17, 10:52 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPAransas23 min
Apr 17, 11:26 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP64 min
Apr 17, 11:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPNueces25 min
Apr 18, 12:08 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP97 min
Apr 18, 1:00 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningCRPVictoria4 days
Apr 18, 1:40 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP50 min
Apr 18, 2:58 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningCRPGoliad, Victoria22 hr
Apr 18, 10:28 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningCRPCalhoun, Goliad, Refugio, Victoria4 days
Apr 18, 2:03 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCRPBee, Live Oak, San Patricio3 hr
Apr 18, 2:46 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningCRPVictoria30 hr
Apr 18, 3:49 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCRPAransas, San Patricio56 min
Apr 18, 4:15 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP60 min
Apr 18, 4:46 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningCRPNueces41 hr

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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.