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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

April 17, 2015Nueces County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 17, 2015, 9:14 PM CDT for Nueces County, Texas. It was in force for 31 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: Apr 17, 2015, 9:14 PM CDT (02:14 UTC)
Expired: Apr 17, 2015, 9:45 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), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this tornado warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 17, 6:57 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 34 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: 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

808 
WFUS54 KCRP 180214
TORCRP
TXC355-180245-
/O.NEW.KCRP.TO.W.0014.150418T0214Z-150418T0245Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI  HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 945 PM CDT
    
* AT 912 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 
  SOUTH OF BANQUETE...OR 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ROBSTOWN. A TORNADO 
  MAY DEVELOP AT ANY TIME. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS DANGEROUS STORM 
  MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CORPUS CHRISTI...ROBSTOWN...DRISCOLL...CORPUS CHRISTI INTERNATIONAL
  AIRPORT...CLARKWOOD...BANQUETE...PETRONILA...TULOSO 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 2766 9785 2786 9781 2781 9746 2762 9746
TIME...MOT...LOC 0212Z 275DEG 19KT 2776 9774 

$$

TMT

1 follow-up statement

991 
WWUS54 KCRP 180235
SVSCRP

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

TXC355-180245-
/O.CON.KCRP.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-150418T0245Z/
NUECES TX-
935 PM CDT FRI APR 17 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN NUECES COUNTY...
    
AT 934 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 3 
MILES SOUTH OF ROBSTOWN...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CORPUS CHRISTI...ROBSTOWN...DRISCOLL...CORPUS CHRISTI INTERNATIONAL 
AIRPORT...CLARKWOOD...PETRONILA...TULOSO 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 2766 9785 2786 9781 2781 9746 2762 9746
TIME...MOT...LOC 0234Z 277DEG 11KT 2775 9767 

$$

TMT

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Corpus Christi, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Apr 17, 7:29 PM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 17, 7:29 PM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
729 PM CDT FRI APR 17 2015

.DISCUSSION...NOTE AVIATION DISCUSSION BELOW.

&&

.AVIATION...PREDOMINATE MVFR/VFR CONDITIONS WITH IFR/LIFR
CONDITIONS LIKELY DURING/NEAR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS
EVENING/TONIGHT. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTH
TEXAS UNTIL 07Z SAT. ANTICIPATE ADDITIONAL AT LEAST ISOLD/SCT
SHOWERS DRG THE APPROXIMATELY 06-12Z SATURDAY PERIOD ALONG WITH
MVFR VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. EXPECT PREDOMINATE MVFR/VFR CEILINGS
DRG THE MID/LATE MORNING HOURS ALONG WITH POSSIBLE MVFR/IFR
CONDITIONS DRG SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 341 PM CDT FRI APR 17 2015/

SHORT TERM...(TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY)...SEVERE CONVECTION
ONGOING ACRS THE FAR NORTHERN CWA THIS AFTN ALONG THERMAL/MSTR
BNDRY. CONVECTION HAS SO FAR REMAINED CONFINED TO THE IMMEDIATE
BNDRY ITSELF DESPITE 3000-4000 J/KG CAPES AND 40+ 0-6 KM SHEAR AS
THERE REMAINS A BIT OF A CAP AROUND 800 MB. EXPECT SVR CONVECTION
TO AFFECT MAINLY THE NORTHERN CWFA THRU 00Z AS CONVECTIVE COMPLEX
PROPAGATES EAST AND ADDITIONAL CELLS DVLP AHEAD OF THE LINE.
DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT ALTHOUGH WE
HAVE SEEN PERIODS OF RELATIVE STRONG ROTATION DVLP SO A TORNADO
CANNOT BE RULED OUT. OTHER CLUSTERS OF STORMS COULD DVLP ANY TIME
LATER THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT AND SOME COULD BE SEVERE.
INITIAL STORM CLUSTER PRODUCED 1-2 INCHES OF RAIN VERY QUICKLY IN
THE NORTH AND WITH AN ADDITIONAL CONVECTIVE COMPLEX PSBL TNGT WILL
EXTEND THE FFA BACK WEST TO COTULLA AND CONTINUE IT THRU 12Z.

ANOTHER POTENTIALLY ACTIVE SEVERE WEATHER DAY SATURDAY WITH
PLENTIFUL SHEAR AND INSTABILITY IN PLACE. SPC HAS THE ENTIRE AREA
OUTLOOKED IN A SLIGHT RISK. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL LOOKS TO
BE THE MAIN THREAT.

LONG TERM (SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY)...UNSETTLED WEATHER
PATTERN CONTINUES THROUGH THE EXTENDED. MODELS FORECAST A SLIGHT
LULL IN THE ACTION ON SUNDAY AS UPPER FORCING EDGES EAST OF THE
COASTAL BEND...BUT RAIN CHANCES INCREASE THROUGH THE FIRST PART OF
NEXT WEEK AS WEAK RIPPLES IN THE UPPER FLOW INTERACT WITH A
PERSISTENT SURFACE BOUNDARY AND LOTS OF AVAILABLE MOISTURE. WILL NOT
ATTEMPT TO TIME ANY OF THESE IMPULSES...INSTEAD INCLUDING SLIGHT
CHANCE TO CHANCE POPS THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE EXTENDED PERIOD.

TEMPERATURES TO REMAIN NEAR OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THE
PERIOD.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
CORPUS CHRISTI    71  82  67  86  68  /  70  50  30  20  20
VICTORIA          68  80  65  85  63  /  80  50  30  10  20
LAREDO            69  88  66  90  67  /  50  30  20  10  30
ALICE             70  84  66  89  67  /  70  50  30  10  20
ROCKPORT          71  77  69  81  69  /  70  50  30  20  20
COTULLA           65  85  64  90  64  /  80  40  20  10  20
KINGSVILLE        71  84  67  88  68  /  70  50  30  20  20
NAVY CORPUS       72  77  68  80  70  /  70  50  30  20  20

&&

.CRP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES: ARANSAS...BEE...CALHOUN...GOLIAD...LA SALLE...LIVE
     OAK...MCMULLEN...REFUGIO...VICTORIA.

GM...NONE.

&&

WC/87...AVIATION

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 17, 4:57 PM CDT, 4 hours 17 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
457 PM CDT FRI APR 17 2015

GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-TXZ229>234-239>247-182200-
BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS-
BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO PORT O'CONNOR-
COASTAL WATERS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL OUT
20 NM-WATERS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL FROM 20 TO
60 NM-LA SALLE-MCMULLEN-LIVE OAK-BEE-GOLIAD-VICTORIA-WEBB-DUVAL-
JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN-
457 PM CDT FRI APR 17 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS AND THE MIDDLE
TEXAS COASTAL WATERS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR WEBB...LA SALLE AND
MCMULLEN COUNTIES UNTIL 7 PM CDT AND FOR ARANSAS...CALHOUN...
GOLIAD...REFUGIO...SAN PATRICIO AND VICTORIA COUNTIES UNTIL 10
PM.

THERE IS AN ENHANCED RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT ACROSS
ALL OF SOUTH TEXAS. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE
MAJOR THREATS. HOWEVER...AN ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR AREAS FROM COTULLA
THROUGH GEORGE WEST INTO VICTORIA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THERE IS AN SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER SATURDAY AND A MARGINAL
RISK ON SUNDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOST LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON
AND EVENING HOURS EACH DAY WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS
BEING THE PRIMARY THREATS. AN ISOLATED TORNADO CAN NOT BE RULED
OUT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

DUE TO THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...SPOTTER ACTIVATION
MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT AND SATURDAY.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 17, 8:35 PM CDT, 39 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
835 PM CDT FRI APR 17 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0833 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     ALICE                   27.76N 98.07W
04/17/2015                   JIM WELLS          TX   PUBLIC

            PUBLIC REPORTED FUNNEL CLOUD JUST NORTH OF WALMART IN
            ALICE ON THE NORTHEAST PART OF TOWN.

&&

LKEYS

Local storm report, Apr 17, 8:40 PM CDT, 34 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
840 PM CDT FRI APR 17 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0836 PM     TORNADO          E ALICE                 27.76N 98.07W
04/17/2015                   JIM WELLS          TX   PUBLIC

            STORM CHASER REPORTS TORNADO TOUCHDOWN IN OPEN
            FIELD...SPOTTED NORTH OF HIGHWAY 44 JUST EAST OF ALICE.

&&

LKEYS

Local storm report, Apr 17, 8:47 PM CDT, 27 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
847 PM CDT FRI APR 17 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0842 PM     TORNADO          4 E ALICE               27.76N 98.00W
04/17/2015                   JIM WELLS          TX   PUBLIC

            STORM CHASER REPORTING TORNADO ON GROUND.

&&

LKEYS

Special weather statement, Apr 17, 8:59 PM CDT, 15 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
859 PM CDT FRI APR 17 2015

TXZ246-247-180230-
REFUGIO-CALHOUN-
859 PM CDT FRI APR 17 2015

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN CALHOUN COUNTY...

AT 858 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER GREEN LAKE...OR 8
MILES NORTHWEST OF SEADRIFT...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND HALF INCH HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PORT LAVACA...POINT COMFORT...POINT COMFORT...LONG MOTT...OLIVIA...
INDIANOLA...MAGNOLIA BEACH...ALAMO BEACH...KAMAY AND GREEN LAKE.

LAT...LON 2855 9652 2848 9645 2847 9652 2851 9649
      2851 9650 2848 9656 2848 9655 2847 9653
      2842 9675 2847 9679 2841 9677 2843 9684
      2839 9686 2857 9690 2871 9649 2864 9645
      2857 9652 2863 9645 2858 9647 2860 9643
TIME...MOT...LOC 0158Z 251DEG 28KT 2850 9681

TMT

Special weather statement, Apr 17, 9:04 PM CDT, 10 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
904 PM CDT FRI APR 17 2015

TXZ240-180230-
DUVAL-
904 PM CDT FRI APR 17 2015

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EAST CENTRAL DUVAL COUNTY...

AT 904 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS 8 MILES WEST OF
BENAVIDES...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND DIME SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BENAVIDES AND SAN JOSE.

LAT...LON 2754 9862 2772 9860 2771 9826 2744 9828
TIME...MOT...LOC 0204Z 280DEG 12KT 2763 9854

TMT

Local storm report, Apr 17, 9:10 PM CDT, 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
910 PM CDT FRI APR 17 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0906 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     6 NW DRISCOLL           27.73N 97.82W
04/17/2015                   NUECES             TX   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SPOTTER REPORTS FUNNEL STILL ASSOCIATED WITH STORM.

&&

LKEYS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 17, 7:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	Bee, Goliad, Refugio	36 min
Apr 17, 7:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Victoria	30 min
Apr 17, 7:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Duval	28 min
Apr 17, 7:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	Bee, Goliad, Refugio	24 min
Apr 17, 7:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	Duval	33 min
Apr 17, 7:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	Refugio	34 min
Apr 17, 8:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	Duval, Jim Wells	30 min
Apr 17, 8:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	San Patricio	26 min
Apr 17, 8:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	Jim Wells	33 min
Apr 17, 8:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	Nueces	31 min
Apr 17, 8:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	San Patricio	38 min
Apr 17, 8:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Calhoun	31 min
Apr 17, 8:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Webb	17 min
Apr 17, 9:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Duval	26 min
Apr 17, 9:26 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		2 hr
Apr 17, 9:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Nueces, San Patricio	34 min
Apr 17, 10:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Webb	52 min
Apr 17, 10:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Aransas, Nueces, San Patricio	37 min
Apr 17, 10:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Aransas, Nueces, San Patricio	33 min
Apr 17, 10:17 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	San Patricio	28 min
Apr 17, 10:39 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		96 min
Apr 17, 10:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Aransas	32 min
Apr 17, 10:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Nueces	27 min
Apr 17, 10:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	La Salle	25 min
Apr 17, 10:52 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	Aransas	23 min
Apr 17, 11:26 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		64 min
Apr 17, 11:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Nueces	25 min
Apr 18, 12:08 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		97 min
Apr 18, 1:00 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	CRP	Victoria	4 days
Apr 18, 1:40 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		50 min
Apr 18, 2:58 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	CRP	Goliad, Victoria	22 hr
Apr 18, 10:28 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	CRP	Calhoun, Goliad, Refugio, Victoria	4 days
Apr 18, 2:03 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	Bee, Live Oak, San Patricio	3 hr
Apr 18, 2:46 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	CRP	Victoria	30 hr
Apr 18, 3:49 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	Aransas, San Patricio	56 min
Apr 18, 4:15 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		60 min
Apr 18, 4:46 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	CRP	Nueces	41 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.