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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

May 31, 2016Bee County, Live Oak County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this tornado warning at May 31, 2016, 5:47 PM CDT for Bee County, Live Oak County, Texas. It was in force for 28 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 31, 2016, 5:47 PM CDT (22:47 UTC)
Expired: May 31, 2016, 6:15 PM CDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Observed
Hail: 1.0 in

Counties Bee County, TX, Live Oak County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:48 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, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 115 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: 2719 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 624 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 8 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

941 
WFUS54 KCRP 312247
TORCRP
TXC025-297-312315-
/O.NEW.KCRP.TO.W.0011.160531T2247Z-160531T2315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
547 PM CDT TUE MAY 31 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN LIVE OAK COUNTY IN SOUTHERN TEXAS...
  NORTHWESTERN BEE COUNTY IN SOUTHERN TEXAS...

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 546 PM CDT...SPOTTER REPORTED A TORNADO 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  THREE RIVERS... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. ANOTHER POSSIBLE
  TORNADO COULD FORM SOUTHWEST OF NELL...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

  HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO. 

  IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT 
           SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. 
           DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR.  TREE 
           DAMAGE IS LIKELY. 

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  RAY POINT AROUND 550 PM CDT. 
  THREE RIVERS AND SIMMONS AROUND 555 PM CDT. 
  OAKVILLE AROUND 600 PM CDT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A
BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY
BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A MOBILE HOME...OR IN
A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 2852 9781 2826 9826 2851 9833 2854 9833
      2871 9808
TIME...MOT...LOC 2246Z 335DEG 20KT 2850 9822 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

TMT

1 follow-up statement

502 
WWUS54 KCRP 312254
SVSCRP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
554 PM CDT TUE MAY 31 2016

TXC025-297-312315-
/O.CON.KCRP.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-160531T2315Z/
LIVE OAK TX-BEE TX-
554 PM CDT TUE MAY 31 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN LIVE OAK AND NORTHWESTERN BEE COUNTIES...
    
AT 553 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER PAWNEE...OR 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KENEDY...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE ROTATION WITH THE STORM NORTHWEST OF THREE
RIVERS APPEARS TO HAVE WEAKENED.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. 

IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT 
         SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE 
         TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR.  TREE DAMAGE IS 
         LIKELY. 

THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MINERAL AROUND 615 PM CDT. 

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 OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER
AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 2852 9781 2826 9826 2851 9833 2854 9833
      2871 9808
TIME...MOT...LOC 2253Z 295DEG 24KT 2865 9802 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN

$$

TMT

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 30, 8:58 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	CRP	Victoria	12 days
May 31, 3:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	McMullen	27 min
May 31, 3:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	McMullen	46 min
May 31, 3:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	McMullen	47 min
May 31, 4:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Jim Wells	41 min
May 31, 4:24 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	McMullen	2 hr
May 31, 4:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	McMullen	47 min
May 31, 4:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Jim Wells, Nueces	46 min
May 31, 4:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	La Salle	57 min
May 31, 4:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Jim Wells	63 min
May 31, 4:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	La Salle	23 min
May 31, 4:52 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	McMullen	83 min
May 31, 4:55 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	Jim Wells, Nueces	2 hr
May 31, 5:02 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	La Salle, McMullen	118 min
May 31, 5:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Duval, Live Oak, McMullen	43 min
May 31, 5:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	La Salle	38 min
May 31, 5:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	La Salle	37 min
May 31, 5:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Jim Wells, Kleberg, Nueces	43 min
May 31, 5:19 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	CRP	Aransas, Bee, Calhoun, Duval, Goliad, Jim Wells and 9 more	4 days
May 31, 5:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Live Oak	60 min
May 31, 5:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Bee, Live Oak	37 min
May 31, 5:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Duval, La Salle, McMullen	46 min
May 31, 5:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Duval	40 min
May 31, 5:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Kleberg	47 min
May 31, 6:02 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	Bee	28 min
May 31, 6:07 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	Kleberg, Nueces	113 min
May 31, 6:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Bee, Live Oak	38 min
May 31, 6:08 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	La Salle, McMullen	82 min
May 31, 6:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Duval, Jim Wells	32 min
May 31, 6:19 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	Kleberg	26 min
May 31, 6:21 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Jim Wells, Kleberg, Nueces	114 min
May 31, 6:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Duval, Webb	49 min
May 31, 6:27 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	Duval, Jim Wells, Webb	3 hr
May 31, 6:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	Bee	16 min
May 31, 6:29 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	Bee, Goliad, Live Oak	2 hr
May 31, 6:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Duval	15 min
May 31, 6:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Kleberg	50 min
May 31, 6:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Aransas, Bee, Goliad, Jim Wells, Kleberg, Nueces and 3 more	54 min
May 31, 6:51 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	Kleberg	24 min
May 31, 6:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Duval	40 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.