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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

October 13, 2021Webb County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this tornado warning at Oct 13, 2021, 8:41 PM CDT for Webb County, Texas. It was in force for 34 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: Oct 13, 2021, 8:41 PM CDT (01:41 UTC)
Expired: Oct 13, 2021, 9:15 PM CDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Webb County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 159 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:41 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, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 175 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: 1651 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -85 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 867 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 97 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 95 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.7
Supercell composite: 7.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

153 
WFUS54 KCRP 140141
TORCRP
TXC479-140215-
/O.NEW.KCRP.TO.W.0017.211014T0141Z-211014T0215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
841 PM CDT Wed Oct 13 2021

The National Weather Service in Corpus Christi has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Southeastern Webb County in south central Texas...

* Until 915 PM CDT.
    
* At 840 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Aguilares, or 22 miles east of Laredo, 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 dangerous storm will be near...
  Oilton and Mirando City around 910 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.

Tornadoes are extremely difficult to see and confirm at night. Do not
wait to see or hear the tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!

&&

LAT...LON 2743 9916 2751 9919 2765 9902 2746 9895
TIME...MOT...LOC 0140Z 236DEG 14KT 2748 9912 

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

$$

EMF

2 follow-up statements

995 
WWUS54 KCRP 140159
SVSCRP

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
859 PM CDT Wed Oct 13 2021

TXC479-140215-
/O.CON.KCRP.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-211014T0215Z/
Webb TX-
859 PM CDT Wed Oct 13 2021

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL WEBB COUNTY...
    
At 859 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Aguilares, or 26 miles east of Laredo, 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 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.

Tornadoes are extremely difficult to see and confirm at night. Do not
wait to see or hear the tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!

&&

LAT...LON 2754 9907 2758 9911 2765 9902 2756 9899
TIME...MOT...LOC 0159Z 236DEG 14KT 2752 9905 

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

$$

EMF

077 
WWUS54 KCRP 140206
SVSCRP

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
906 PM CDT Wed Oct 13 2021

TXC479-140216-
/O.EXP.KCRP.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-211014T0215Z/
Webb TX-
906 PM CDT Wed Oct 13 2021

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL WEBB COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
915 PM CDT...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.

LAT...LON 2754 9907 2758 9911 2765 9902 2756 9899
TIME...MOT...LOC 0206Z 236DEG 14KT 2753 9903 

$$

EMF

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 13, 7:20 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	Webb	115 min
Oct 13, 8:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Webb	48 min
Oct 13, 8:53 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	La Salle, Webb	5 hr
Oct 13, 9:08 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	Webb	112 min
Oct 13, 10:24 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	CRP	Webb	36 min
Oct 14, 2:06 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	CRP	Victoria	7 days
Oct 14, 2:10 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	CRP	Calhoun, Refugio, Victoria	11 days
Oct 14, 4:37 AM CDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	CRP	Kleberg, Nueces	24 hr
Oct 14, 6:45 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CRP	Bee, Goliad, Live Oak	105 min
Oct 14, 7:35 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Bee, Goliad, Live Oak, Refugio, Victoria	5 hr
Oct 14, 8:04 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	San Patricio	41 min
Oct 14, 8:05 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Refugio, San Patricio	3 hr
Oct 14, 8:47 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Refugio	43 min
Oct 14, 9:50 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Nueces, San Patricio	40 min
Oct 14, 10:02 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Aransas, Calhoun, Refugio, San Patricio, Victoria	3 hr
Oct 14, 10:11 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Kleberg, Nueces, San Patricio	3 hr
Oct 14, 10:32 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Aransas, Nueces	58 min
Oct 14, 10:48 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Aransas	42 min
Oct 14, 10:55 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		65 min
Oct 14, 11:27 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Aransas	33 min
Oct 14, 11:43 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	CRP		47 min
Oct 14, 12:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Nueces	43 min
Oct 14, 1:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	CRP	Kleberg	59 min
Oct 14, 1:10 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	CRP	Kleberg, Nueces	110 min
Oct 14, 3:27 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	CRP	Refugio	23 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.