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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

April 17, 2016La Salle County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 17, 2016, 6:58 PM CDT for La Salle County, Texas. It was in force for 32 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: Apr 17, 2016, 6:58 PM CDT (23:58 UTC)
Expired: Apr 17, 2016, 7:30 PM CDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

County La Salle County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 157 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:02 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
Apr 17, 7:24 PM CDT	TORNADO	16 Sw Fowlerton, TX	SPOTTER REPORTED BRIEF TOUCHDOWN, RAIN WRAPPED TORNADO.

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, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 175 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: 2152 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -48 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 501 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 50 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 79 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

305 
WFUS54 KCRP 172358
TORCRP
TXC283-180030-
/O.NEW.KCRP.TO.W.0003.160417T2358Z-160418T0030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
658 PM CDT SUN APR 17 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI  HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL LA SALLE COUNTY IN SOUTHERN TEXAS...

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT
    
* AT 657 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
  WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTH OF LOS ANGELES...OR 16 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  COTULLA...AND NEARLY STATIONARY.

  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 TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
  EAST CENTRAL LA SALLE COUNTY.

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 2828 9908 2842 9901 2837 9887 2822 9894
TIME...MOT...LOC 2357Z 288DEG 5KT 2833 9899 

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

$$

HEAVENER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 17, 2:38 AM CDT	Coastal Flood Warning	CRP	Calhoun	19 hr
Apr 17, 2:38 AM CDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	CRP	Aransas, Calhoun, Kleberg, Nueces, San Patricio	3 days
Apr 17, 2:38 AM CDT	Rip Current Statement	CRP	Aransas, Calhoun, Kleberg, Nueces	3 days
Apr 17, 3:38 AM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	CRP		55 hr
Apr 17, 2:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Live Oak	45 min
Apr 17, 2:54 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	Live Oak, McMullen	3 hr
Apr 17, 3:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	McMullen	41 min
Apr 17, 3:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Live Oak, McMullen	22 min
Apr 17, 3:25 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	CRP	Aransas, Bee, Calhoun, Duval, Goliad, Jim Wells and 9 more	29 hr
Apr 17, 4:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	La Salle	30 min
Apr 17, 4:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	La Salle	33 min
Apr 17, 4:46 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	CRP	Calhoun, Goliad, Refugio, Victoria	24 hr
Apr 17, 4:46 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	CRP	Goliad, Victoria	43 hr
Apr 17, 4:46 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	CRP	Victoria	6 days
Apr 17, 4:46 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	CRP	Calhoun, Refugio, Victoria	11 days
Apr 17, 5:30 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	La Salle	3 hr
Apr 17, 6:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	La Salle	33 min
Apr 17, 6:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	La Salle	40 min
Apr 17, 6:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	La Salle	23 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.