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Tornado Warning 43, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

May 25, 2015Live Oak County, McMullen County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this tornado warning at May 25, 2015, 9:17 PM CDT for Live Oak County, McMullen County, Texas. It was in force for 28 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: May 25, 2015, 9:17 PM CDT (02:17 UTC)
Expired: May 25, 2015, 9:45 PM CDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Live Oak County, TX, McMullen County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:19 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 25, 9:18 PM CDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	12 Sw Three Rivers, TX

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

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
May 25, 6:24 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 109 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: 3543 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 843 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 104 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 124 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 2.3
Supercell composite: 11.7

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

049 
WFUS54 KCRP 260217
TORCRP
TXC297-311-260245-
/O.NEW.KCRP.TO.W.0043.150526T0217Z-150526T0245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
917 PM CDT MON MAY 25 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI  HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL MCMULLEN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
  WEST CENTRAL LIVE OAK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

* UNTIL 945 PM CDT
    
* AT 916 PM CDT...HAM RADIO OPERATORS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR 
  SIMMONS...OR 10 MILES WEST OF GEORGE WEST. A TORNADO MAY DEVELOP 
  AT ANY TIME. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS DANGEROUS STORM MOVING EAST 
  AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  GEORGE WEST AND SIMMONS. 

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.

IF A TORNADO OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER IS SPOTTED...CONTACT THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...OR YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHO
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
CORPUS CHRISTI . THIS ACT MAY SAVE LIVES OF OTHERS IN THE PATH OF
DANGEROUS WEATHER.

&&

LAT...LON 2825 9809 2830 9844 2839 9838 2844 9811
TIME...MOT...LOC 0216Z 264DEG 17KT 2834 9830 

$$

HART

1 follow-up statement

085 
WWUS54 KCRP 260236
SVSCRP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
936 PM CDT MON MAY 25 2015

TXC311-260245-
/O.CAN.KCRP.TO.W.0043.000000T0000Z-150526T0245Z/
MCMULLEN TX-
936 PM CDT MON MAY 25 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL MCMULLEN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT 
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 2825 9809 2830 9834 2837 9833 2839 9833
      2844 9811
TIME...MOT...LOC 0235Z 263DEG 12KT 2835 9824 

$$

TXC297-260245-
/O.CON.KCRP.TO.W.0043.000000T0000Z-150526T0245Z/
LIVE OAK TX-
936 PM CDT MON MAY 25 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CDT FOR WEST
CENTRAL LIVE OAK COUNTY...
    
AT 935 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
SIMMONS...OR 7 MILES WEST OF GEORGE WEST...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING A FUNNEL CLOUD.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GEORGE WEST.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.

IF A TORNADO OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER IS SPOTTED...REPORT IT TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORECEMENT AGENCY WHO
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT. THIS ACT MAY SAVE THE LIVES OF OTHERS IN THE
PATH OF DANGEROUS WEATHER.

&&

LAT...LON 2825 9809 2830 9834 2837 9833 2839 9833
      2844 9811
TIME...MOT...LOC 0235Z 263DEG 12KT 2835 9824 

$$

HART

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 May 25, 8:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 25, 8:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
800 PM CDT MON MAY 25 2015

.DISCUSSION...JUST EXTENDED THE TORNADO WATCH TO INCLUDE LIVE
OAK...BEE...AND REFUGIO COUNTIES UNTIL 2AM PER DISCUSSION WITH SPC.
STORMS ARE BACK BUILDING INTO N LIVE OAK COUNTY AND COULD IMPACT
MUCH OF THE NORTHERN COASTAL BEND. CONVERGENCE IS ACTING ON STRONG
INSTABILITY AND COULD RESULT IN A FEW SEVERE STORMS WITH DAMAGING
WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND AN ISOLATED THREAT OF A FEW
TORNADOES. WILL UPDATE THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO MIRROR THE TORNADO
WATCH AREA UNTIL 2AM.

ALSO EXTENDED THE SCA'S FOR THE BAYS AND NEARSHORE WATERS UNTIL
AT LEAST 10 PM. BELIEVE INFLOW INTO STORMS WILL MAINTAIN STRONG
ONSHORE FLOW FOR AT LEAST A FEW MORE HOURS UNTIL DECOUPLING
OCCURS.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
CORPUS CHRISTI    76  88  76  88  78  /  30  10  10  10  10
VICTORIA          72  88  76  88  75  /  40  10  10  20  10
LAREDO            75  97  76  95  77  /  10  10  10  10  10
ALICE             74  92  76  92  77  /  30  10  10  10  10
ROCKPORT          76  85  78  86  80  /  40  10  10  20  10
COTULLA           73  93  74  92  75  /  10  10  10  20  10
KINGSVILLE        76  90  76  90  77  /  30  10  10  10  10
NAVY CORPUS       77  86  78  86  79  /  30  10  10  10  10

&&

.CRP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES: ARANSAS...CALHOUN...GOLIAD...REFUGIO...VICTORIA.

     HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE
     FOLLOWING ZONES: ARANSAS...CALHOUN...KLEBERG...NUECES...SAN
     PATRICIO.

GM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 8 AM CDT TUESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
     ZONES: 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.

     SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE
     FOLLOWING ZONES: COASTAL WATERS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT
     ARANSAS OUT 20 NM...COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO
     MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL OUT 20 NM.

&&

JM/75...SHORT TERM

Hazardous weather outlook, May 25, 5:52 AM CDT, 15 hours 25 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
552 AM CDT MON MAY 25 2015

TXZ229>234-239>247-261100-
LA SALLE-MCMULLEN-LIVE OAK-BEE-GOLIAD-VICTORIA-WEBB-DUVAL-
JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN-
552 AM CDT MON MAY 25 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR THE
COUNTIES OF ARANSAS...BEE...CALHOUN...GOLIAD...LIVE OAK...
MCMULLEN...NUECES...REFUGIO...SAN PATRICIO AND VICTORIA. RAINFALL
AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES
WILL BE POSSIBLE.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT
OVER ALL OF SOUTH TEXAS...WITH THE MAIN CONCERNING BEING DAMAGING
WIND AND HAIL.

THERE IS A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS ON GULF-FACING BEACHES
THROUGH MID EVENING DUE TO LONG-PERIOD SWELLS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS
EVENING FOR SEVERE STORMS. ANY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING REPORTS
WILL BE APPRECIATED.

GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-261100-
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-
552 AM CDT MON MAY 25 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE BAYS AND WATERWAYS
THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING.

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NEAR SHORE WATERS
THROUGH MID EVENING.

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE OFFSHORE WATERS
THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.

THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT COULD PRODUCE WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 34 KNOTS. A WATERSPOUT CANNOT BE RULED OUT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH THE
WEEK. NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME...BUT A
FEW STRONG STORMS COULD OCCUR ANY DAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS
EVENING FOR SEVERE STORMS.

GW/PZ

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 25, 8:46 PM CDT, 31 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
846 PM CDT MON MAY 25 2015

TXZ231-260230-
LIVE OAK-
846 PM CDT MON MAY 25 2015

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTH CENTRAL LIVE OAK COUNTY...

AT 846 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER NELL...OR 12 MILES
EAST OF CAMPBELLTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NELL AND ESSEVILLE.

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
TEXAS.

LAT...LON 2869 9801 2867 9807 2867 9808 2865 9808
      2862 9817 2870 9822 2879 9810
TIME...MOT...LOC 0146Z 240DEG 18KT 2872 9810

HART

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 25, 8:39 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	Live Oak	2 hr
May 25, 8:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Karnes	44 min
May 25, 8:55 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	Live Oak, McMullen	3 hr
May 25, 9:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Bee, Goliad	47 min
May 25, 9:42 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	Bee, Goliad	2 hr
May 25, 9:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	Live Oak	17 min
May 25, 9:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Live Oak	50 min
May 25, 10:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	Goliad, Victoria	37 min
May 25, 10:17 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	Bee, Live Oak	28 min
May 25, 10:20 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Bee, Live Oak	3 hr
May 25, 10:27 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	Goliad, Victoria	3 hr
May 25, 10:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	Bee, Live Oak	35 min
May 25, 10:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Goliad, Victoria	47 min
May 25, 10:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Live Oak	26 min
May 25, 10:55 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Goliad, Victoria	3 hr
May 25, 11:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Bee	37 min
May 25, 11:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Bee, Goliad, Refugio	44 min
May 25, 11:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Live Oak	25 min
May 25, 11:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Jackson	21 min
May 25, 11:45 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	Bee, Goliad, Refugio	3 hr
May 26, 12:50 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Refugio	25 min
May 26, 1:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Refugio	27 min
May 26, 1:22 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		113 min
May 26, 1:31 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	Aransas, Calhoun, Refugio	3 hr
May 26, 1:47 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Calhoun	28 min
May 26, 2:17 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Calhoun	58 min
May 26, 9:34 AM CDT	Rip Current Statement	CRP	Aransas, Calhoun, Kleberg, Nueces	14 hr
May 26, 9:44 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	CRP	Live Oak, McMullen	10 days
May 26, 9:44 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	CRP	Live Oak	50 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.