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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this tornado warning at Jul 26, 2020, 10:38 AM CDT for Duval County, Jim Wells County, Texas. It was in force for 22 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 26, 2020, 10:38 AM CDT (15:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 26, 2020, 11:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 22 min
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Duval County, TX, Jim Wells County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:38 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 7:51 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 14 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 91 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
- 393 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 681 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
672
WFUS54 KCRP 261538
TORCRP
TXC131-249-261600-
/O.NEW.KCRP.TO.W.0021.200726T1538Z-200726T1600Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
1038 AM CDT Sun Jul 26 2020
The National Weather Service in Corpus Christi has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
East central Duval County in south central Texas...
Western Jim Wells County in south central Texas...
* Until 1100 AM CDT.
* At 1038 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
tornado was located over San Diego, moving northwest at 30 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.
* Locations impacted include...
San Diego and Rosita.
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 9815 2764 9825 2777 9846 2795 9830
TIME...MOT...LOC 1538Z 138DEG 26KT 2774 9824
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
LS1 follow-up statement
392
WWUS54 KCRP 261552
SVSCRP
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
1052 AM CDT Sun Jul 26 2020
TXC131-249-261600-
/O.CON.KCRP.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-200726T1600Z/
Duval TX-Jim Wells TX-
1052 AM CDT Sun Jul 26 2020
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM CDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL DUVAL AND WESTERN JIM WELLS COUNTIES...
At 1051 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 7 miles south of Ben Bolt, or 11 miles west of
Kingsville, moving northwest at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
San Diego.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 2772 9815 2764 9825 2781 9842 2792 9829
TIME...MOT...LOC 1551Z 138DEG 26KT 2755 9805
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
LSThe 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, 9:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Bee, Jim Wells, San Patricio | 30 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, 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.