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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 18, 2016, 3:55 PM CDT for Webb County, Texas. It was in force for 35 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 18, 2016, 3:55 PM CDT (20:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 18, 2016, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.5 in
County Webb County, TX
The radar
The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 185 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 18, 3:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 211 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
- 2403 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 614 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 186 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 3.2
The text
As transmitted.
630
WFUS54 KCRP 182055
TORCRP
TXC479-182130-
/O.NEW.KCRP.TO.W.0008.160418T2055Z-160418T2130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
355 PM CDT MON APR 18 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL WEBB COUNTY IN SOUTHERN TEXAS...
* UNTIL 430 PM CDT
* AT 354 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER BOTINES...OR 16 MILES NORTH OF LAREDO...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND PING PONG BALL 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...
BOTINES AROUND 410 PM CDT.
UNITEC INDUSTRIAL PARK AROUND 415 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 2772 9960 2789 9950 2783 9933 2763 9941
TIME...MOT...LOC 2054Z 294DEG 9KT 2777 9949
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
MB1 follow-up statement
735
WWUS54 KCRP 182110
SVSCRP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
410 PM CDT MON APR 18 2016
TXC479-182130-
/O.CON.KCRP.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160418T2130Z/
WEBB TX-
410 PM CDT MON APR 18 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
WEBB COUNTY...
AT 409 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER BOTINES...OR 16 MILES NORTH OF LAREDO...MOVING EAST AT
15 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
CENTRAL WEBB COUNTY.
LAT...LON 2774 9953 2789 9950 2783 9933 2767 9939
TIME...MOT...LOC 2109Z 277DEG 15KT 2776 9940
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
MBThe 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 | 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, 8:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Webb | 22 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, 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.