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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

May 31, 2016Kleberg County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this tornado warning at May 31, 2016, 7:14 PM CDT for Kleberg County, Texas. It was in force for 19 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 31, 2016, 7:14 PM CDT (00:14 UTC)
Expired: May 31, 2016, 7:33 PM CDT
In force: 19 min
Issued by: NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 2.75 in

County Kleberg County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:14 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
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 00:00Z, 0.2 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.

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: 1373 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 876 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 57 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 1.6

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The text

As transmitted.

814 
WFUS54 KCRP 010014
TORCRP
TXC273-010045-
/O.NEW.KCRP.TO.W.0016.160601T0014Z-160601T0045Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL KLEBERG COUNTY IN SOUTHERN TEXAS...

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT
    
* AT 713 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
  WAS LOCATED OVER RICARDO...OR NEAR KINGSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  10 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND BASEBALL 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...
  RICARDO AROUND 720 PM CDT. 
  KINGSVILLE AROUND 745 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 9783 2737 9797 2752 9789 2744 9771
TIME...MOT...LOC 0013Z 219DEG 7KT 2741 9788 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.75IN

$$

HEAVENER

1 follow-up statement

162 
WWUS54 KCRP 010033
SVSCRP

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

TXC273-010042-
/O.CAN.KCRP.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-160601T0045Z/
KLEBERG TX-
733 PM CDT TUE MAY 31 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL KLEBERG COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED AND THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED. HOWEVER...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS REMAIN LIKELY AND
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING STILL REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN KLEBERG COUNTY.

LAT...LON 2734 9783 2737 9797 2752 9789 2744 9771
TIME...MOT...LOC 0031Z 219DEG 7KT 2744 9785 

$$

HEAVENER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 31, 7:24 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	La Salle, McMullen	3 hr
May 31, 7:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Kleberg	44 min
May 31, 7:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Jim Wells, Kleberg	37 min
May 31, 7:41 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		94 min
May 31, 7:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Webb	54 min
May 31, 7:55 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Jim Wells, Kleberg	2 hr
May 31, 7:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Goliad, Jim Wells, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio	62 min
May 31, 8:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Kleberg	30 min
May 31, 8:22 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	Bee, Goliad, Refugio	53 min
May 31, 8:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Kleberg	51 min
May 31, 8:29 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	Bee, Goliad, Live Oak	3 hr
May 31, 9:04 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	Aransas, Calhoun, Goliad, Refugio, Victoria	3 hr
May 31, 10:00 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	CRP	Jim Wells, Kleberg	6 hr
Jun 1, 12:12 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		93 min
Jun 1, 1:03 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		87 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.