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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

May 13, 2015Jim Wells County, Live Oak County, San Patricio County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this tornado warning at May 13, 2015, 9:56 AM CDT for Jim Wells County, Live Oak County, San Patricio County, Texas. It was in force for 21 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 13, 2015, 9:56 AM CDT (14:56 UTC)
Expired: May 13, 2015, 10:17 AM CDT
In force: 21 min
Issued by: NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon

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

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:00 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.

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 13, 9:52 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 64 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: 187 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -130 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 798 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 124 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 203 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

110 
WFUS54 KCRP 131456
TORCRP
TXC249-297-409-131530-
/O.NEW.KCRP.TO.W.0021.150513T1456Z-150513T1530Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
956 AM CDT WED MAY 13 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI  HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN SAN PATRICIO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
  NORTHEASTERN JIM WELLS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN LIVE OAK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

* UNTIL 1030 AM CDT
    
* AT 955 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED
  OVER SANDIA...OR 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MATHIS...AND MOVING NORTH AT
  15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MATHIS...ORANGE GROVE...LAKE CITY...ARGENTA...LAGARTO...SANDIA...
  LAKESIDE...LAKE CORPUS CHRISTI AND PERNITAS POINT.

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 2799 9781 2793 9794 2814 9803 2818 9783
TIME...MOT...LOC 1455Z 173DEG 13KT 2798 9788 

$$

TJ

1 follow-up statement

882 
WWUS54 KCRP 131517
SVSCRP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1017 AM CDT WED MAY 13 2015

TXC249-297-409-131526-
/O.CAN.KCRP.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-150513T1530Z/
SAN PATRICIO TX-JIM WELLS TX-LIVE OAK TX-
1017 AM CDT WED MAY 13 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN SAN PATRICIO...NORTHEASTERN
JIM WELLS AND SOUTHEASTERN LIVE OAK COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS TO BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 2799 9781 2793 9794 2814 9803 2818 9783
TIME...MOT...LOC 1200Z 173DEG 13KT 1112 9582 

$$

TJ

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 13, 1:43 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		47 min
May 13, 4:16 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	Nueces	59 min
May 13, 5:15 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		90 min
May 13, 5:19 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Kleberg, Nueces	116 min
May 13, 5:35 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Nueces	40 min
May 13, 6:09 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Aransas, Nueces, San Patricio	2 hr
May 13, 6:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Nueces	35 min
May 13, 6:29 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	Nueces	16 min
May 13, 6:43 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		62 min
May 13, 7:11 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Kleberg, Nueces, San Patricio	3 hr
May 13, 7:42 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Bee	3 hr
May 13, 8:03 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Jim Wells	3 hr
May 13, 8:34 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	La Salle	56 min
May 13, 9:26 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	Jim Wells, Nueces	34 min
May 13, 10:04 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Duval, McMullen	116 min
May 13, 10:22 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	Live Oak	53 min
May 13, 10:40 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	La Salle	65 min
May 13, 10:46 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Duval	59 min
May 13, 11:03 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	McMullen	57 min
May 13, 11:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Duval, McMullen	37 min
May 13, 11:10 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	Live Oak	3 hr
May 13, 11:13 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	Duval	32 min
May 13, 11:43 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	Duval	32 min
May 13, 12:02 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Duval, Live Oak, McMullen	118 min
May 13, 12:04 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	McMullen	116 min
May 13, 1:08 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	McMullen	82 min
May 13, 1:51 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Live Oak	114 min
May 13, 1:54 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	Duval	36 min
May 13, 2:00 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Duval, McMullen	90 min
May 13, 2:23 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	McMullen	22 min
May 13, 2:30 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	McMullen	60 min
May 13, 3:19 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	Goliad	26 min
May 13, 3:25 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Goliad	95 min
May 13, 3:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Webb	41 min
May 13, 3:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	La Salle, Webb	34 min
May 13, 4:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	Victoria	35 min
May 13, 4:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	La Salle, Webb	45 min
May 13, 4:40 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	CRP	Bee	43 hr
May 13, 4:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Webb	32 min
May 13, 5:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Webb	49 min
May 13, 5:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Webb	40 min
May 13, 6:15 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	CRP	Jim Wells, Nueces	24 hr
May 13, 6:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Duval, Webb	47 min
May 13, 6:34 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	Webb	26 min
May 13, 6:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	Webb	16 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.