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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

May 31, 2016Kleberg County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this tornado warning at May 31, 2016, 6:19 PM CDT for Kleberg County, Texas. It was in force for 26 min. 4 reports 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 31, 2016, 6:19 PM CDT (23:19 UTC)
Expired
May 31, 2016, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
1.0 in

County Kleberg County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 31, 6:30 PM CDTTORNADO1 Sse Kingsville, TXNWS STORM SURVEY TEAM IDENTIFIED A SECOND TORNADO TRACK IN KINGSVILLE FROM THE STORMS ON MAY 31. AN EF-1 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN AT THE CORNER OF BRAHMA BLVD AND E GENERAL CAVAZOS BLVD TRAVELING NW ACROSS BUSINESS 77 NEAR OTIS AVE BEFORE LIFTING. WINDOWS WERE BRO
May 31, 6:39 PM CDTHAIL 1Ricardo, TXSOCIAL MEDIA VIDEO SUBMITTED OF HAIL FALLING IN RICARDO.
May 31, 6:40 PM CDTHAIL 0.886 Sse Kingsville, TX
May 31, 6:42 PM CDTHAIL 2Ricardo, TXPICTURE SUBMITTED OF LARGE HAIL THAT FELL NEAR RICARDO.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 57 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 2016-05-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2719 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2016-05-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 13 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
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.

404 
WFUS54 KCRP 312319
TORCRP
TXC273-312345-
/O.NEW.KCRP.TO.W.0013.160531T2319Z-160531T2345Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN KLEBERG COUNTY IN SOUTHERN TEXAS...

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT
    
* AT 618 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KINGSVILLE...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER 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...
  KINGSVILLE AROUND 635 PM CDT. 
  KINGSVILLE NAVAL AIR STATION AROUND 645 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 2734 9791 2748 9802 2762 9792 2759 9787
      2759 9786 2758 9786 2756 9784 2756 9781
      2746 9764
TIME...MOT...LOC 2318Z 234DEG 11KT 2746 9790 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

TMT
1 follow-up statement
133 
WWUS54 KCRP 312333
SVSCRP

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

TXC273-312345-
/O.CON.KCRP.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160531T2345Z/
KLEBERG TX-
633 PM CDT TUE MAY 31 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN KLEBERG COUNTY...
    
AT 632 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF KINGSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RICARDO WAS SHOWING
SIGNS OF STRENGTHENING ROTATION ALSO.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER 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...
  KINGSVILLE AROUND 635 PM CDT. 
  KINGSVILLE NAVAL AIR STATION AROUND 645 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 2734 9791 2748 9802 2762 9792 2759 9787
      2759 9786 2758 9786 2756 9784 2756 9781
      2746 9764
TIME...MOT...LOC 2332Z 234DEG 11KT 2749 9786 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

TMT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 30, 8:58 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningCRPVictoria12 days
May 31, 3:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPMcMullen27 min
May 31, 3:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPMcMullen46 min
May 31, 3:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPMcMullen47 min
May 31, 4:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPJim Wells41 min
May 31, 4:24 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCRPMcMullen2 hr
May 31, 4:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPMcMullen47 min
May 31, 4:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPJim Wells, Nueces46 min
May 31, 4:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPLa Salle57 min
May 31, 4:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPJim Wells63 min
May 31, 4:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPLa Salle23 min
May 31, 4:52 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPMcMullen83 min
May 31, 4:55 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCRPJim Wells, Nueces2 hr
May 31, 5:02 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCRPLa Salle, McMullen118 min
May 31, 5:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPDuval, Live Oak, McMullen43 min
May 31, 5:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPLa Salle38 min
May 31, 5:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPLa Salle37 min
May 31, 5:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPJim Wells, Kleberg, Nueces43 min
May 31, 5:19 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchCRPAransas, Bee, Calhoun, Duval, Goliad, Jim Wells and 9 more4 days
May 31, 5:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPLive Oak60 min
May 31, 5:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPBee, Live Oak37 min
May 31, 5:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPDuval, La Salle, McMullen46 min
May 31, 5:47 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedCRPBee, Live Oak28 min
May 31, 5:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPDuval40 min
May 31, 5:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPKleberg47 min
May 31, 6:02 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPBee28 min
May 31, 6:07 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCRPKleberg, Nueces113 min
May 31, 6:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPBee, Live Oak38 min
May 31, 6:08 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPLa Salle, McMullen82 min
May 31, 6:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPDuval, Jim Wells32 min
May 31, 6:21 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPJim Wells, Kleberg, Nueces114 min
May 31, 6:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPDuval, Webb49 min
May 31, 6:27 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCRPDuval, Jim Wells, Webb3 hr
May 31, 6:28 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPBee16 min
May 31, 6:29 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCRPBee, Goliad, Live Oak2 hr
May 31, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPDuval15 min
May 31, 6:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPKleberg50 min
May 31, 6:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPAransas, Bee, Goliad, Jim Wells, Kleberg, Nueces and 3 more54 min
May 31, 6:51 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPKleberg24 min
May 31, 6:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPDuval40 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.