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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

May 29, 2017Kleberg County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this tornado warning at May 29, 2017, 3:18 AM CDT for Kleberg County, Texas. It was in force for 27 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: May 29, 2017, 3:18 AM CDT (08:18 UTC)
Expired: May 29, 2017, 3:45 AM CDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Kleberg County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:17 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 28, 7:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 31 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: 2745 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -174 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1028 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 63 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.0

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The text

As transmitted.

425 
WFUS54 KCRP 290818
TORCRP
TXC273-290845-
/O.NEW.KCRP.TO.W.0009.170529T0818Z-170529T0845Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
318 AM CDT MON MAY 29 2017

The National Weather Service in Corpus Christi has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  East central Kleberg County in south central Texas...

* Until 345 AM CDT
    
* At 317 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Malaquite Beach, or 19 miles southeast of Corpus
  Christi, moving northeast at 15 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. 

* This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  east central Kleberg 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 2738 9726 2743 9735 2755 9729 2755 9718
TIME...MOT...LOC 0817Z 221DEG 14KT 2750 9727 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

TMT

1 follow-up statement

625 
WWUS54 KCRP 290841
SVSCRP

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
341 AM CDT MON MAY 29 2017

TXC273-290851-
/O.EXP.KCRP.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-170529T0845Z/
Kleberg TX-
341 AM CDT MON MAY 29 2017

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL KLEBERG COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
345 AM CDT...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore the warning will be allowed to expire.

A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 400 AM CDT for
south central Texas.

LAT...LON 2738 9726 2743 9735 2755 9729 2755 9718
TIME...MOT...LOC 0841Z 221DEG 14KT 2756 9721 

$$

GW

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 28, 7:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Dimmit	42 min
May 28, 7:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Webb	52 min
May 28, 7:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Webb	40 min
May 28, 8:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Webb	27 min
May 28, 8:54 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	Webb	2 hr
May 28, 9:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	La Salle	29 min
May 28, 9:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	La Salle	36 min
May 28, 10:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	La Salle	31 min
May 28, 10:30 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	La Salle	2 hr
May 28, 11:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	La Salle	30 min
May 28, 11:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Webb	29 min
May 28, 11:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Webb	51 min
May 28, 11:48 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	Webb	117 min
May 29, 12:03 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	McMullen	27 min
May 29, 12:09 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Goliad	36 min
May 29, 12:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Duval, Webb	49 min
May 29, 12:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Webb	16 min
May 29, 12:54 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Duval, Jim Wells, Webb	36 min
May 29, 1:17 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	Duval	17 min
May 29, 1:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Duval, Jim Wells, Kleberg	41 min
May 29, 1:33 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	Duval, Jim Wells	117 min
May 29, 1:38 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	CRP	Jim Wells, Kleberg, Nueces, San Patricio	4 hr
May 29, 1:41 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	San Patricio	34 min
May 29, 1:50 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Nueces	25 min
May 29, 1:59 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	Kleberg, Nueces	2 hr
May 29, 2:08 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Jim Wells, Kleberg	37 min
May 29, 2:14 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		61 min
May 29, 2:19 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Nueces	3 hr
May 29, 2:19 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Duval, Jim Wells, Kleberg, Nueces	41 min
May 29, 2:26 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Nueces, San Patricio	34 min
May 29, 2:30 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		60 min
May 29, 2:34 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Kleberg	3 hr
May 29, 2:34 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Kleberg, Nueces, San Patricio	41 min
May 29, 2:54 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	CRP	Nueces	35 hr
May 29, 2:58 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		2 hr
May 29, 3:01 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Kleberg	29 min
May 29, 3:11 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		34 min
May 29, 3:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CRP	Kleberg, Nueces, San Patricio	45 min
May 29, 3:37 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		53 min
May 29, 4:16 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		89 min
May 29, 4:31 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		59 min
May 29, 5:15 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	CRP	Nueces	2 hr
May 29, 5:42 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		63 min
May 29, 7:56 AM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	CRP		42 min
May 29, 8:35 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	CRP	Aransas, Calhoun, Kleberg, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio	3 hr
May 29, 8:38 AM CDT	Gale Warning	CRP		2 hr
May 29, 8:38 AM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	CRP		7 hr
May 29, 9:02 AM CDT	Coastal Flood Warning	CRP	Aransas, Calhoun, Kleberg, Nueces	4 hr
May 29, 9:02 AM CDT	Rip Current Statement	CRP	Aransas, Calhoun, Kleberg, Nueces	9 hr
May 29, 11:23 AM CDT	Gale Warning	CRP		97 min
May 29, 11:23 AM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	CRP		4 hr

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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.