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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

April 17, 2016Webb County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 17, 2016, 8:38 PM CDT for Webb County, Texas. It was in force for 22 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: Apr 17, 2016, 8:38 PM CDT (01:38 UTC)
Expired: Apr 17, 2016, 9:00 PM CDT
In force: 22 min
Issued by: NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.25 in

County Webb County, TX

The radar

The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 173 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:40 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 202 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: 1949 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -53 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 558 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 104 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.6
Supercell composite: 3.5

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The text

As transmitted.

267 
WFUS54 KCRP 180138
TORCRP
TXC479-180200-
/O.NEW.KCRP.TO.W.0006.160418T0138Z-160418T0200Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI  HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL WEBB COUNTY IN SOUTHERN TEXAS...

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT
    
* AT 837 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
  WAS LOCATED NEAR ENCINAL...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 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...
  CALLAGHAN AROUND 900 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.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW!

&&

LAT...LON 2793 9947 2802 9939 2796 9924 2785 9933
      2788 9941
TIME...MOT...LOC 0137Z 303DEG 6KT 2798 9939 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN

$$

HEAVENER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 17, 7:03 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	La Salle	3 hr
Apr 17, 7:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	La Salle	48 min
Apr 17, 7:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	CRP	La Salle	33 min
Apr 17, 7:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	La Salle	23 min
Apr 17, 8:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	La Salle, Webb	41 min
Apr 17, 8:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	La Salle, Webb	32 min
Apr 17, 8:54 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	Webb	29 min
Apr 17, 9:07 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	La Salle, Webb	3 hr
Apr 17, 9:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Webb	64 min
Apr 17, 9:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Webb	55 min
Apr 17, 9:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Webb	58 min
Apr 17, 10:14 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	Webb	3 hr
Apr 17, 10:18 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Webb	3 hr
Apr 17, 10:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Webb	63 min
Apr 17, 10:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Webb	38 min
Apr 17, 11:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Webb	39 min
Apr 18, 12:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Dimmit	24 min
Apr 18, 1:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Dimmit	45 min
Apr 18, 2:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Dimmit	43 min
Apr 18, 2:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Nueces	55 min
Apr 18, 2:42 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	Kleberg, Nueces, San Patricio	2 hr
Apr 18, 2:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Webb	46 min
Apr 18, 2:49 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		41 min
Apr 18, 3:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Webb	45 min
Apr 18, 3:32 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		88 min
Apr 18, 3:50 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	Jim Wells, Kleberg, Live Oak, Nueces, San Patricio	115 min
Apr 18, 3:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	Webb	35 min
Apr 18, 4:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	San Patricio	34 min
Apr 18, 4:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	Webb	24 min
Apr 18, 4:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Jim Wells	34 min
Apr 18, 4:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	Webb	31 min
Apr 18, 4:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Duval	29 min
Apr 18, 5:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Jim Wells, Kleberg, Nueces	40 min
Apr 18, 5:13 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	Duval, Jim Wells	3 hr
Apr 18, 5:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Webb	35 min
Apr 18, 5:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Nueces	48 min
Apr 18, 5:50 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	Jim Wells, Kleberg, Nueces, San Patricio	115 min
Apr 18, 5:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Kleberg	64 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.