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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this tornado warning at Nov 7, 2016, 6:08 PM CST for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 36 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
- Nov 7, 2016, 6:08 PM CST (00:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 7, 2016, 6:44 PM CST
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.25 in
Counties Duval County, TX, Jim Wells County, TX, Live Oak County, TX, McMullen County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 105 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
- 1605 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 796 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted.
897
WFUS54 KCRP 080008
TORCRP
TXC131-249-297-311-080100-
/O.NEW.KCRP.TO.W.0018.161108T0008Z-161108T0100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
608 PM CST MON NOV 7 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN LIVE OAK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
NORTHEASTERN DUVAL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
NORTHWESTERN JIM WELLS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
SOUTHEASTERN MCMULLEN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
* UNTIL 700 PM CST
* AT 608 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF CLEGG...OR 21 MILES NORTHEAST
OF FREER...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
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...
CLEGG AROUND 630 PM CST.
RANCHO DE LA PARITA AROUND 640 PM CST.
ANNAROSE AROUND 650 PM CST.
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 2805 9846 2824 9842 2826 9813 2790 9817
TIME...MOT...LOC 0008Z 277DEG 17KT 2811 9839
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN
$$
GW2 follow-up statements
022
WWUS54 KCRP 080031
SVSCRP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
631 PM CST MON NOV 7 2016
TXC311-080040-
/O.CAN.KCRP.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-161108T0100Z/
MCMULLEN TX-
631 PM CST MON NOV 7 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MCMULLEN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE...THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
SMALL HAIL MAY STILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 645 PM.
LAT...LON 2805 9846 2806 9846 2806 9834 2813 9833
2812 9814 2790 9817
TIME...MOT...LOC 0030Z 312DEG 21KT 2802 9831
$$
TXC131-249-297-080100-
/O.CON.KCRP.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-161108T0100Z/
LIVE OAK TX-DUVAL TX-JIM WELLS TX-
631 PM CST MON NOV 7 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CST FOR
SOUTHWESTERN LIVE OAK...NORTHEASTERN DUVAL AND NORTHWESTERN JIM WELLS
COUNTIES...
AT 630 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR RANCHO DE LA PARITA...OR 18 MILES NORTH OF SAN
DIEGO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE TORNADIC SIGNITURE HAS
DIMINISHED...BUT A TORNADO MAY STILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH LARGE
HAIL.
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...
RANCHO DE LA PARITA AROUND 640 PM CST.
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.
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 2805 9846 2806 9846 2806 9834 2813 9833
2812 9814 2790 9817
TIME...MOT...LOC 0030Z 312DEG 21KT 2802 9831
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
GW604
WWUS54 KCRP 080044
SVSCRP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
644 PM CST MON NOV 7 2016
TXC131-249-297-080054-
/O.CAN.KCRP.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-161108T0100Z/
LIVE OAK TX-DUVAL TX-JIM WELLS TX-
644 PM CST MON NOV 7 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN LIVE OAK...NORTHEASTERN DUVAL
AND NORTHWESTERN JIM WELLS COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...DOES NOT SHOW STRONG ROTATION...AND HAS EXITED THE WARNED
AREA. THEREFORE...THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER SMALL
HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS
THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 2805 9846 2806 9846 2806 9834 2813 9833
2812 9814 2790 9817
TIME...MOT...LOC 0042Z 277DEG 17KT 2801 9824
$$
GWThe office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 7, 6:05 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Duval | 55 min |
| Nov 7, 6:47 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Duval | 43 min |
| Nov 7, 7:21 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | CRP | La Salle | 54 min |
| Nov 7, 9:01 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Webb | 59 min |
| Nov 7, 9:37 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | Webb | 3 hr |
| Nov 7, 10:04 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Webb | 56 min |
| Nov 8, 1:20 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Zapata | 40 min |
| Nov 8, 5:34 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Live Oak | 41 min |
| Nov 8, 6:22 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Bee | 23 min |
| Nov 8, 9:03 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | Aransas, Refugio | 117 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.