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Tornado Warning 49, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

June 17, 2015Aransas County, Refugio County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 17, 2015, 3:38 PM CDT for Aransas County, Refugio County, Texas. It was in force for 37 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
Jun 17, 2015, 3:38 PM CDT (20:38 UTC)
Expired
Jun 17, 2015, 4:15 PM CDT
In force
37 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), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:39 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 nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 2015-06-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1655 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 2015-06-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 22 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1655 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
699 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
102 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

061 
WFUS54 KCRP 172038
TORCRP
TXC007-391-172115-
/O.NEW.KCRP.TO.W.0049.150617T2038Z-150617T2115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
338 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI  HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 415 PM CDT
    
* AT 337 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 
  MILES NORTHWEST OF HOLIDAY BEACH...OR 12 MILES NORTH OF 
  ROCKPORT...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
  NORTH CENTRAL ARANSAS AND EAST CENTRAL REFUGIO COUNTIES.

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 2819 9702 2820 9702 2819 9703 2817 9707
      2819 9713 2839 9706 2835 9687
TIME...MOT...LOC 2037Z 206DEG 15KT 2822 9705 

$$

JM
1 follow-up statement
138 
WWUS54 KCRP 172048
SVSCRP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
348 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2015

TXC007-391-172115-
/O.CON.KCRP.TO.W.0049.000000T0000Z-150617T2115Z/
ARANSAS TX-REFUGIO TX-
348 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL ARANSAS AND CENTRAL REFUGIO COUNTIES...
    
AT 346 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
QUINTANA...OR 12 MILES EAST OF REFUGIO...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.

THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTH CENTRAL ARANSAS AND CENTRAL REFUGIO COUNTIES.

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 2820 9701 2820 9704 2819 9713 2839 9706
      2837 9697 2825 9696
TIME...MOT...LOC 2046Z 168DEG 16KT 2827 9708 

$$

JM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 16, 8:51 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP114 min
Jun 16, 10:45 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP2 hr
Jun 16, 11:30 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP60 min
Jun 17, 12:39 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP111 min
Jun 17, 1:54 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPJim Wells66 min
Jun 17, 2:41 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP2 hr
Jun 17, 3:10 AM CDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryCRPAransas, Calhoun, Kleberg, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio12 hr
Jun 17, 3:19 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCRPCalhoun, Victoria116 min
Jun 17, 4:40 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPVictoria3 hr
Jun 17, 4:47 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP88 min
Jun 17, 6:12 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP2 hr
Jun 17, 8:11 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP94 min
Jun 17, 9:19 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCRPVictoria56 min
Jun 17, 9:38 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP67 min
Jun 17, 10:03 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPVictoria87 min
Jun 17, 10:14 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPRefugio31 min
Jun 17, 10:43 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP62 min
Jun 17, 11:04 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPCalhoun, Victoria86 min
Jun 17, 11:28 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPVictoria62 min
Jun 17, 11:40 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP65 min
Jun 17, 11:51 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPGoliad, Refugio3 hr
Jun 17, 12:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPNueces33 min
Jun 17, 12:20 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP40 min
Jun 17, 12:34 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPAransas, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio3 hr
Jun 17, 12:34 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPVictoria116 min
Jun 17, 12:48 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP42 min
Jun 17, 1:39 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPAransas36 min
Jun 17, 1:41 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPCalhoun3 hr
Jun 17, 1:56 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP49 min
Jun 17, 2:18 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPBee, Goliad3 hr
Jun 17, 2:32 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPVictoria3 hr
Jun 17, 3:03 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningCRPGoliad, Victoria35 hr
Jun 17, 3:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPBee27 min
Jun 17, 3:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPWebb38 min
Jun 17, 3:34 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPJim Wells, San Patricio3 hr
Jun 17, 3:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPSan Patricio31 min
Jun 17, 4:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPJim Wells33 min
Jun 17, 4:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPKleberg47 min
Jun 17, 5:00 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningCRPVictoria50 hr
Jun 17, 5:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPDuval27 min
Jun 17, 5:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPMcMullen49 min
Jun 17, 5:18 PM CDTFlash Flood Warning EmergencyCRPJim Wells3 hr
Jun 17, 5:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPJim Wells, Nueces41 min
Jun 17, 5:28 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPJim Wells, Kleberg32 min
Jun 17, 5:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPDuval, Webb43 min
Jun 17, 5:39 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPJim Wells, Nueces20 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.