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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

June 20, 2024Duval County, Webb County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 20, 2024, 5:14 AM CDT for Duval County, Webb County, Texas. It was in force for 16 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 20, 2024, 5:14 AM CDT (10:14 UTC)
Expired
Jun 20, 2024, 5:30 AM CDT
In force
16 min
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
0.0 in

Counties Duval County, TX, Webb County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:16 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 19, 7:25 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC12 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 156 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2024-06-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1715 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2024-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 152 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1715 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
487 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
152 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
300 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.2
Supercell composite
10.5

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Corpus Christi, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Jun 20, 4:33 AM CDT, 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 20, 4:33 AM CDT, 41 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 20, 1:07 AM CDT, 4 hours 7 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
107 AM CDT Thu Jun 20 2024

TXZ229>231-239>241-200700-
Live Oak TX-Jim Wells TX-McMullen TX-Webb TX-Duval TX-La Salle TX-
107 AM CDT Thu Jun 20 2024

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHERN DUVAL...EAST CENTRAL
WEBB...SOUTHEASTERN LA SALLE...SOUTHERN MCMULLEN...NORTHWESTERN JIM
WELLS AND SOUTHWESTERN LIVE OAK COUNTIES THROUGH 200 AM CDT...

At 106 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong
thunderstorms near Rosita, or 11 miles northwest of San Diego, moving
west at 45 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
San Diego, Freer, Midway, Tecalote, Seven Sisters, Loma Alta,
Annarose, Rancho De La Parita, and Rosita.

This includes the following highways...
 US Highway 281 between mile markers 648 and 658.
 US Highway 59 between mile markers 742 and 792.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 700 AM CDT for south central
Texas.

&&

LAT...LON 2809 9806 2766 9816 2772 9897 2817 9886
TIME...MOT...LOC 0606Z 093DEG 37KT 2784 9840

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH

JCP
Special weather statement, Jun 20, 3:04 AM CDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 7:07 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPAransas, San Patricio18 min
Jun 19, 7:23 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP11 min
Jun 19, 7:44 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPBee, San Patricio16 min
Jun 19, 7:49 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP26 min
Jun 19, 7:54 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPAransas, Refugio21 min
Jun 19, 8:02 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP43 min
Jun 19, 8:08 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPDuval22 min
Jun 19, 8:11 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPAransas, Refugio19 min
Jun 19, 8:14 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP31 min
Jun 19, 8:25 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPAransas20 min
Jun 19, 8:30 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPLive Oak, McMullen30 min
Jun 19, 8:35 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPDuval25 min
Jun 19, 8:35 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPAransas, Refugio25 min
Jun 19, 8:48 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP27 min
Jun 19, 8:54 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP22 min
Jun 19, 9:02 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPRefugio, San Patricio28 min
Jun 19, 9:23 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPBee, Refugio, San Patricio22 min
Jun 19, 9:45 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP45 min
Jun 19, 10:06 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPKleberg24 min
Jun 19, 10:23 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPKleberg22 min
Jun 19, 10:42 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPJim Wells, Kleberg18 min
Jun 19, 10:59 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPDuval, Jim Wells16 min
Jun 20, 12:20 AM CDTTornado WarningCRPDuval, Jim Wells25 min
Jun 20, 12:23 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPDuval, Jim Wells, Kleberg, Live Oak, Nueces, San Patricio3 hr
Jun 20, 12:25 AM CDTTornado WarningCRPJim Wells20 min
Jun 20, 12:40 AM CDTTornado WarningCRPDuval20 min
Jun 20, 1:02 AM CDTTornado WarningCRPDuval, Jim Wells16 min
Jun 20, 1:07 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPDuval53 min
Jun 20, 2:51 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP24 min
Jun 20, 2:57 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPDuval, Jim Wells, La Salle, McMullen, Webb3 hr
Jun 20, 3:04 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPWebb56 min
Jun 20, 3:34 AM CDTTornado WarningCRPJim Wells, Kleberg26 min
Jun 20, 3:35 AM CDTWind AdvisoryCRPAransas, Calhoun, Kleberg, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio8 hr
Jun 20, 3:52 AM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryCRP39 hr
Jun 20, 4:34 AM CDTTornado WarningCRPDuval, Webb26 min
Jun 20, 4:51 AM CDTTornado WarningCRPDuval24 min
Jun 20, 7:29 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPKleberg, Nueces2 hr
Jun 20, 9:49 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPDuval, Jim Wells56 min
Jun 20, 10:06 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPKleberg, Nueces, San Patricio92 min
Jun 20, 2:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPDuval35 min
Jun 20, 3:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPDuval, La Salle, McMullen25 min
Jun 20, 3:29 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningCRPWebb17 hr
Jun 20, 3:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPLa Salle31 min
Jun 20, 4:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPLa Salle23 min
Jun 20, 4:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPLa Salle29 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.