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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

July 25, 2020Bee County, Jim Wells County, San Patricio County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this tornado warning at Jul 25, 2020, 9:15 PM CDT for Bee County, Jim Wells County, San Patricio County, Texas. It was in force for 30 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: Jul 25, 2020, 9:15 PM CDT (02:15 UTC)
Expired: Jul 25, 2020, 9:45 PM CDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.0 in

Counties Bee County, TX, Jim Wells County, TX, San Patricio County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:18 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, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 52 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: 573 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 576 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 98 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 94 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 1.7

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The text

As transmitted.

019 
WFUS54 KCRP 260215
TORCRP
TXC025-249-409-260245-
/O.NEW.KCRP.TO.W.0013.200726T0215Z-200726T0245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
915 PM CDT Sat Jul 25 2020

The National Weather Service in Corpus Christi has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northwestern San Patricio County in south central Texas...
  Northeastern Jim Wells County in south central Texas...
  South central Bee County in south central Texas...

* Until 945 PM CDT.
    
* At 915 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located over Sinton, moving west 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.

* This dangerous storm will be near...
  West Sinton around 925 PM CDT.
  Tynan around 935 PM CDT.
  Mathis around 940 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 2800 9791 2825 9778 2808 9745 2798 9749
TIME...MOT...LOC 0215Z 111DEG 40KT 2805 9753 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN

$$

JCP

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 25, 7:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	Jim Wells, Kleberg, Nueces	37 min
Jul 25, 7:24 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	Duval, Jim Wells, Kleberg	51 min
Jul 25, 7:54 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	San Patricio	36 min
Jul 25, 8:26 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	CRP	Nueces	15 hr
Jul 25, 9:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	Aransas, San Patricio	35 min
Jul 25, 9:20 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		25 min
Jul 25, 9:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	Nueces, San Patricio	30 min
Jul 25, 9:49 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	Bee, Live Oak, San Patricio	26 min
Jul 25, 10:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	Live Oak, San Patricio	33 min
Jul 25, 10:31 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	Jim Wells, Live Oak, Nueces, San Patricio	3 hr
Jul 25, 10:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	Duval, Jim Wells, Live Oak, McMullen	48 min
Jul 25, 11:14 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		46 min
Jul 25, 11:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	Duval, Jim Wells, Live Oak, McMullen	35 min
Jul 26, 1:20 AM CDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	CRP	Aransas, Calhoun, Kleberg, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio	24 hr
Jul 26, 4:35 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	CRP	Duval, Jim Wells, Kleberg, Nueces, Webb	7 hr
Jul 26, 4:45 AM CDT	Coastal Flood Warning	CRP	Kleberg, Nueces, San Patricio	13 hr
Jul 26, 4:45 AM CDT	Rip Current Statement	CRP	Aransas, Calhoun, Kleberg, Nueces	20 hr
Jul 26, 4:49 AM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	CRP		20 hr
Jul 26, 8:38 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	Bee, Goliad, Refugio	22 min
Jul 26, 9:02 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	Goliad	14 min
Jul 26, 10:38 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	Duval, Jim Wells	22 min
Jul 26, 11:00 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	Duval	15 min
Jul 26, 12:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	Jim Wells	31 min
Jul 26, 12:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	Duval, Jim Wells	36 min
Jul 26, 1:14 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	Duval, Jim Wells, Kleberg	3 hr
Jul 26, 1:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	Duval, Jim Wells	29 min
Jul 26, 1:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	Duval, Jim Wells	33 min
Jul 26, 3:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	Duval, Jim Wells, Live Oak, McMullen	21 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.