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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 18, 2016, 4:21 PM CDT for Webb County, Texas. It was in force for 24 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, 4:21 PM CDT (21:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 18, 2016, 4:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.75 in
County Webb County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 182 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:21 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, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 198 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.
183
WFUS54 KCRP 182121
TORCRP
TXC479-182145-
/O.NEW.KCRP.TO.W.0009.160418T2121Z-160418T2145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
421 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 445 PM CDT
* AT 420 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 2 MILES EAST OF BOTINES...OR 16 MILES
NORTHEAST OF LAREDO...MOVING SOUTHEAST 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.
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 2771 9948 2788 9944 2783 9913 2755 9925
TIME...MOT...LOC 2120Z 285DEG 14KT 2774 9936
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
MB1 follow-up statement
108
WWUS54 KCRP 182133
SVSCRP
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
433 PM CDT MON APR 18 2016
TXC479-182145-
/O.CON.KCRP.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160418T2145Z/
WEBB TX-
433 PM CDT MON APR 18 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
WEBB COUNTY...
AT 433 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF RANCHITOS LAS LOMAS...OR 16 MILES
NORTHEAST OF LAREDO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CALLAGHAN.
LAT...LON 2770 9945 2788 9941 2783 9913 2755 9925
TIME...MOT...LOC 2133Z 302DEG 17KT 2770 9930
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
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, 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, 4:41 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.