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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this tornado warning at Feb 14, 2017, 7:48 AM CST for Aransas County, Calhoun County, Refugio County, Texas. It was in force for 27 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
- Feb 14, 2017, 7:48 AM CST (13:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 14, 2017, 8:15 AM CST
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Aransas County, TX, Calhoun County, TX, Refugio County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 14, 8:10 AM CST | MARINE TSTM WIND 52 | 1 Wsw Aransas Nwr, TX | ARANSAS WILDLIFE REFUGE RAWS MEASURED A GUST TO 45 KNOTS. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 14, 5:09 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 126 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
- 1811 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 495 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 209 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 308 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.2
- Supercell composite
- 16.1
The text
As transmitted.
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WFUS54 KCRP 141348
TORCRP
TXC007-057-391-141415-
/O.NEW.KCRP.TO.W.0003.170214T1348Z-170214T1415Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
748 AM CST TUE FEB 14 2017
The National Weather Service in Corpus Christi has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Calhoun County in south Texas...
Northeastern Aransas County in south central Texas...
Northeastern Refugio County in south central Texas...
* Until 815 AM CST
* At 746 AM CST, line of strong thunderstorms capable of producing
brief tornadoes was located along a line extending from near Green
Lake to 9 miles north of Holiday Beach, moving east at 45 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
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.
* These dangerous storms will be near...
Green Lake around 750 AM CST.
Port Lavaca, Aransas National Wildlife Refuge and Alamo Beach
around 800 AM CST.
Point Comfort around 805 AM CST.
Seadrift, Olivia and Long Mott around 810 AM CST.
Port Alto and Schicke Point around 815 AM CST.
Other locations impacted by these tornadic storms include Austwell.
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 2855 9652 2845 9640 2840 9637 2824 9650
2821 9709 2864 9680 2867 9663 2864 9661
2868 9656 2871 9641 2868 9642 2867 9641
2864 9642 2863 9639 2863 9636 2865 9636
2867 9639 2867 9632 2864 9632
TIME...MOT...LOC 1346Z 250DEG 39KT 2861 9677 2830 9698
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
PZThe office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 14, 6:15 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Bee, Goliad, Refugio | 45 min |
| Feb 14, 6:24 AM CST | Tornado Warning | CRP | Bee, Goliad, Refugio, San Patricio | 21 min |
| Feb 14, 6:33 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Victoria | 27 min |
| Feb 14, 6:48 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 117 min | |
| Feb 14, 7:00 AM CST | Tornado Warning | CRP | Goliad, Refugio, Victoria | 30 min |
| Feb 14, 7:29 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Aransas, Calhoun, Nueces, Refugio | 61 min |
| Feb 14, 8:12 AM CST | Tornado Warning | CRP | Aransas, Calhoun | 18 min |
| Feb 14, 8:42 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 93 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.