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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this tornado warning at May 11, 2021, 8:32 PM CDT for Duval County, Texas. It was in force for 28 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 11, 2021, 8:32 PM CDT (01:32 UTC)
- Expired
- May 11, 2021, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
County Duval County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:32 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 3:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 106 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
- 2320 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -67 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 854 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 4.2
The text
As transmitted.
573
WFUS54 KCRP 120132
TORCRP
TXC131-120200-
/O.NEW.KCRP.TO.W.0006.210512T0132Z-210512T0200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
832 PM CDT Tue May 11 2021
The National Weather Service in Corpus Christi has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
East central Duval County in south central Texas...
* Until 900 PM CDT.
* At 832 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Rosita, or 10 miles southeast of Freer, moving
east at 20 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...
Rosita around 840 PM CDT.
San Diego around 900 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 2774 9854 2783 9852 2784 9824 2763 9824
TIME...MOT...LOC 0132Z 281DEG 17KT 2779 9848
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
PH2 follow-up statements
614
WWUS54 KCRP 120144
SVSCRP
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
844 PM CDT Tue May 11 2021
TXC131-120200-
/O.CON.KCRP.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-210512T0200Z/
Duval TX-
844 PM CDT Tue May 11 2021
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL DUVAL COUNTY...
At 843 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Rosita, or 11 miles west of San Diego, moving east
at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This dangerous storm will be near...
San Diego around 915 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
If a tornado or other severe weather is spotted, report it to the
National Weather Service or your local nearest law enforcement agency
who will send your report. This act may save lives of others in the
path of dangerous weather.
&&
LAT...LON 2771 9847 2783 9846 2784 9824 2763 9824
TIME...MOT...LOC 0143Z 281DEG 17KT 2778 9842
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
JCP875
WWUS54 KCRP 120156
SVSCRP
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
856 PM CDT Tue May 11 2021
TXC131-120205-
/O.EXP.KCRP.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-210512T0200Z/
Duval TX-
856 PM CDT Tue May 11 2021
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL DUVAL COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
900 PM CDT...
The rotation in 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.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for
south central Texas.
LAT...LON 2771 9847 2783 9846 2784 9824 2763 9824
TIME...MOT...LOC 0155Z 281DEG 17KT 2777 9836
$$
PHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 7:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Duval, McMullen | 45 min |
| May 11, 7:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Webb | 40 min |
| May 11, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | La Salle, Webb | 45 min |
| May 11, 7:19 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | Duval, Live Oak, McMullen | 3 hr |
| May 11, 7:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Duval, Jim Wells, Live Oak, McMullen | 49 min |
| May 11, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Webb | 52 min |
| May 11, 8:09 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | La Salle, McMullen | 3 hr |
| May 11, 8:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Duval, Jim Wells, Live Oak | 51 min |
| May 11, 8:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Duval, Jim Wells, Live Oak | 41 min |
| May 11, 8:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Webb | 43 min |
| May 11, 8:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Duval, Jim Wells, Live Oak, Nueces, San Patricio | 38 min |
| May 11, 9:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Duval | 44 min |
| May 11, 9:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Duval, Webb | 45 min |
| May 11, 9:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Duval | 39 min |
| May 11, 9:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Jim Wells | 47 min |
| May 11, 9:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Jim Wells, Kleberg, Nueces | 52 min |
| May 11, 9:43 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | Duval, Jim Wells, Live Oak, McMullen, San Patricio | 3 hr |
| May 11, 9:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Duval | 40 min |
| May 11, 10:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Duval, Jim Wells, Kleberg | 32 min |
| May 11, 10:14 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | Duval, Jim Wells, Kleberg, Nueces | 3 hr |
| May 11, 10:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Jim Wells, Kleberg | 34 min |
| May 11, 10:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Kleberg, Nueces, San Patricio | 44 min |
| May 11, 10:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Jim Wells, Kleberg | 45 min |
| May 11, 10:53 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 2 hr | |
| May 11, 10:55 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | Bee, Jim Wells, Live Oak, San Patricio | 110 min |
| May 11, 11:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | San Patricio | 39 min |
| May 11, 11:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Kleberg | 45 min |
| May 11, 11:25 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 95 min | |
| May 11, 11:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Nueces, San Patricio | 28 min |
| May 11, 11:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Nueces, San Patricio | 49 min |
| May 12, 12:08 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | Duval, Jim Wells, Kleberg, Nueces | 3 hr |
| May 12, 12:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Nueces | 31 min |
| May 12, 12:21 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CRP | Kleberg, Nueces, San Patricio | 3 hr |
| May 12, 12:57 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 93 min | |
| May 12, 12:59 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Nueces | 46 min |
| May 12, 1:00 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 60 min | |
| May 12, 1:06 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | CRP | Nueces | 114 min |
| May 12, 1:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | Nueces | 31 min |
| May 12, 1:48 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 117 min | |
| May 12, 10:38 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | CRP | 6 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.