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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

April 16, 2015Aransas County, Refugio County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 16, 2015, 2:43 PM CDT for Aransas County, Refugio County, Texas. It was in force for 32 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 16, 2015, 2:43 PM CDT (19:43 UTC)
Expired: Apr 16, 2015, 3:15 PM CDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Aransas County, TX, Refugio County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:46 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
Apr 16, 2:52 PM CDT	TORNADO	8 E Refugio, TX	BRIEF RAIN WRAPPED TORNADO TOUCHDOWN. SHED IN BACKYARD DAMAGED...TWO TREES DOWN.

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
Apr 16, 2:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 88 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: 1748 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -62 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 554 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 82 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 211 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.5
Supercell composite: 8.9

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The text

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

503 
WFUS54 KCRP 161943
TORCRP
TXC007-391-162015-
/O.NEW.KCRP.TO.W.0002.150416T1943Z-150416T2015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
243 PM CDT THU APR 16 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI  HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN ARANSAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
  NORTHEASTERN REFUGIO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

* UNTIL 315 PM CDT
    
* AT 242 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED
  OVER QUINTANA...OR 8 MILES EAST OF REFUGIO...AND MOVING EAST AT 30
  MPH.

AT 241 PM CDT THE SHERRIFF'S OFFICE REPORTED A BRIEF TOUCHDOWN 6 
MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF REFUGIIO.

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  TIVOLI AROUND 315 PM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
AUSTWELL.

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 2830 9681 2823 9720 2841 9727 2851 9701
      2850 9699 2850 9695 2849 9692 2849 9691
      2851 9691 2851 9689 2847 9686 2847 9685
      2843 9683 2843 9685 2841 9686 2837 9681
      2833 9679
TIME...MOT...LOC 1942Z 256DEG 25KT 2834 9714 

$$

TE

1 follow-up statement

926 
WWUS54 KCRP 161953
SVSCRP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
253 PM CDT THU APR 16 2015

TXC007-391-162015-
/O.CON.KCRP.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150416T2015Z/
ARANSAS TX-REFUGIO TX-
253 PM CDT THU APR 16 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN ARANSAS AND NORTHEASTERN REFUGIO COUNTIES...

AT 250 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM  
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS TORNADIC STORM WAS LOCATED OVER 
QUINTANA...OR 9 MILES EAST OF REFUGIO...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

AT 241 PM CDT THE SHERRIFF'S OFFICE REPORTED A BRIEF TOUCHDOWN 6 
MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF REFUGIIO. 

IN ADDITION...HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND WIND GUSTS TO 70 
MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

THIS TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  TIVOLI AROUND 315 PM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
AUSTWELL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A TORNADO HAS BEEN SIGHTED. TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE...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 2830 9681 2823 9720 2841 9727 2851 9701
      2850 9699 2850 9695 2849 9692 2849 9691
      2851 9691 2851 9689 2847 9686 2847 9685
      2843 9683 2843 9685 2841 9686 2837 9681
      2833 9679
TIME...MOT...LOC 1950Z 250DEG 29KT 2836 9712 

$$

TE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 16, 12:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Refugio	30 min
Apr 16, 1:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Goliad	33 min
Apr 16, 1:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Bee	31 min
Apr 16, 1:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Bee	29 min
Apr 16, 1:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Goliad	23 min
Apr 16, 1:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Refugio	28 min
Apr 16, 1:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Victoria	33 min
Apr 16, 2:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Bee, Goliad, Refugio	45 min
Apr 16, 2:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	Refugio	32 min
Apr 16, 3:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Victoria	25 min
Apr 16, 3:06 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Refugio	114 min
Apr 16, 3:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	Calhoun, Refugio, Victoria	31 min
Apr 16, 3:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	Calhoun, Refugio	35 min
Apr 16, 3:45 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		45 min
Apr 16, 4:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Calhoun, Victoria	48 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.