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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this tornado warning at May 31, 2016, 6:51 PM CDT for Kleberg County, Texas. It was in force for 24 min. 3 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, 6:51 PM CDT (23:51 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 2016, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 2.0 in
County Kleberg County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 7:07 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | Ricardo, TX | IMAGES SUBMITTED OF FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR RICARDO. |
| May 31, 7:07 PM CDT | HAIL 2.75 | Ricardo, TX | PICTURES OF BASEBALL SIZE HAIL RECEIVED IN REAL TIME. |
| May 31, 7:15 PM CDT | TORNADO | 3 Sw Ricardo, TX | AN EF-0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN AN OPEN FIELD SOUTHWEST OF RICARDO. THE TORNADO WAS CAPTURED IN A PHOTO BY A TRAINED SPOTTER. THE LOCATION WAS ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR. |
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, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 62 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
130
WFUS54 KCRP 312351
TORCRP
TXC273-010015-
/O.NEW.KCRP.TO.W.0015.160531T2351Z-160601T0015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
651 PM CDT TUE MAY 31 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WESTERN KLEBERG COUNTY IN SOUTHERN TEXAS...
* UNTIL 715 PM CDT
* AT 651 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR RICARDO...OR 8 MILES SOUTH OF KINGSVILLE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND HAIL UP TO TWO INCHES IN DIAMETER.
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...
RICARDO AROUND 700 PM CDT.
KINGSVILLE AROUND 710 PM CDT.
KINGSVILLE NAVAL AIR STATION AROUND 715 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 2730 9788 2739 9798 2756 9783 2740 9764
TIME...MOT...LOC 2351Z 232DEG 16KT 2739 9789
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN
$$
HEAVENERThe 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, 5:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Bee, Live Oak | 28 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, 6:54 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.