Tornadoes · United States · Texas · 2012
EF1 tornado, Sodville to Taft, Texas, May 10, 2012
From Sodville to Taft, this EF1 tornado ran 7.5 miles across San Patricio County on May 10, 2012, touching down at 10:30 PM CDT and reaching 150 yards wide. It killed nobody, and did $500,000 of property damage.
The rating scale
Tracks are drawn in the color of the rating. The Enhanced Fujita scale rates the damage rather than measuring the wind: the speeds are what that damage is taken to imply.
EF065 to 85 mph
Light damage. Surface peeled off some roofs, gutters and siding damaged, branches broken, shallow-rooted trees pushed over.
EF186 to 110 mphthis tornado
Moderate damage. Roofs badly stripped, mobile homes overturned or badly damaged, exterior doors lost, windows broken.
EF2111 to 135 mph
Considerable damage. Roofs torn off well-built houses, frame homes shifted on their foundations, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted, cars lifted off the ground.
EF3136 to 165 mph
Severe damage. Whole stories of well-built houses destroyed, large buildings badly damaged, trains overturned, trees debarked, heavy cars lifted and thrown.
EF4166 to 200 mph
Devastating damage. Well-built houses leveled, structures with weak foundations moved some distance, cars thrown and large missiles generated.
EF5over 200 mph
Incredible damage. Strong frame houses swept off their foundations, car-sized missiles thrown more than 100 meters, steel-reinforced concrete badly damaged, high-rise buildings deformed.
Unrated
The survey recorded a tornado but could not put a number on it, most often because it crossed open country and damaged nothing a rating can be read from.
The record
- Rating
- EF1
- Date
- May 10, 2012
- Touchdown
- 10:30 PM CDT (03:30 UTC)
- Lifted
- 10:39 PM CDT (03:39 UTC)
- On the ground
- 9 minutes
- Path length
- 7.5 miles (12.0 km)
- Path width
- 150 yards (137 m)
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $500,000
- County
- San Patricio County
- Touchdown point
- 28.001, -97.467
- Lift-off point
- 28.023, -97.347
- Record number
- 1205102130-01
What the Weather Service recorded
A strongly unstable air mass developed over South Texas in advance of a stalled frontal boundary over south-central Texas on May 10th. As a strong upper level low pressure system over northern Mexico approached the region providing strong shear in the atmosphere, an outbreak of supercell thunderstorms occurred across South Texas producing an unprecedented 16 tornadoes. The number of tornadoes is a record for a single day for a non-tropical event in South Texas. All of the tornadoes were weak with the strongest tornado collapsing a grain elevator west of Taft and damaging several homes in a subdivision north of Taft in the evening.||Severe storms started early in the morning in the western Brush Country. Several long track supercell storms moved across the Brush Country and portions of the Coastal Bend during the day. Most of the tornadoes occurred with these storms in the afternoon and early evening. The storms evolved into a large squall line that moved across the Coastal Plains during the evening hours. The squall line produced winds of 70 to 90 mph causing extensive tree damage and localized property damage. The episode of severe weather ended over the Gulf of Mexico after midnight. Damage estimates from the severe weather episode were in the millions of dollars for South Texas.||Several storms moved across the same area for hours during the event. Very heavy rainfall produced flash flooding near Cotulla and in the cities of Kingsville, Beeville, and Freer.
NWS storm survey indicated a tornado touched down 5 miles west northwest of Taft along Highway 181. The tornado struck and collapsed a grain elevator. The tornado crossed Highway 181 knocking over a utility pole and caused tree damage. The tornado snapped 3 utility poles as it crossed County Road 73 about 1 mile north of Taft. The tornado continued for another couple of miles passing through a subdivision near the intersection of County Road 98 and County Roads 77A and 77B, about 3 miles north northeast of Taft. An 18 wheeler was flipped. Large trees were snapped and nearly 20 homes were damaged in that subdivision. The tornado dissipated in a field northeast of the subdivision. Maximum winds were estimated to be around 90 mph.
From NOAA NCEI's Storm Events Database, the narrative the local forecast office wrote for Storm Data.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the tornado touched down, 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 the tornado touched down at May 10, 8:21 PM CDT, 2 hours 9 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 10, 8:21 PM CDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
821 PM CDT THU MAY 10 2012
.DISCUSSION...WILL UPDATE ZFP/CWF TO ACCOUNT FOR NEW TORNADO
WATCH FOR THE CWA/BAYS/NEARSHORE WATERS UNTIL 08Z FRIDAY
(INCREASING UPPER DYNAMICS/RECENT PROXIMITY SOUNDINGS INDICATE
BRN VERTICAL SHEAR IN THE SUPERCELLULAR RANGE/QUASI-STATIONARY
APPROXIMATELY E-W BOUNDARY AND NEARLY PARALLEL TO STORM
MOVEMENT/LOW LFC VALUES.) ALSO UPDATED SYNOPTIC SCALE/PREVAILING
WIND. INCREASING UPPER DYNAMICS AND PERSISTENT QUASI-STATIONARY
SFC FORCING/COPIOUS MSTR/0-2.5KM WARM (ABOVE FREEZING) MOIST LAYER
TO SUPPORT COLLISION COALESCENCE ALSO SUGGEST CONTINUED HEAVY
RAINFALL/PSBL FLOODING AND WILL MAINTAIN THE FFA.
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 635 PM CDT THU MAY 10 2012/
DISCUSSION...NOTE AVIATION DISCUSSION BELOW.
AVIATION...PREVAILING MVFR CEILINGS EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH
MID MORNING FRIDAY. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF TONIGHT. SOME THUNDERSTORMS
OVERNIGHT MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND AS
PRIMARY THREATS. IN ADDITION...INDIVIDUAL CELLS MAY GENERATE HEAVY
RAINFALL WITH PSBL FLASH FLOODING. EXPECT THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TO
END GENERALLY WEST OF STATE ROAD 16 AROUND 12Z FRIDAY.
ELSEWHERE...ADDITIONAL SCT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP
OVER THE COASTAL BEND/VICTORIA CROSSROADS REGIONS FRIDAY AFTN.
PREDOMINANT MVFR CEILINGS MAY PERSIST EAST OF US 281 YET TO THE
WEST...A TRANSITION FROM MVFR TO VFR CEILINGS ANTICIPATED.
PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 342 PM CDT THU MAY 10 2012/
SHORT TERM (TONIGHT)...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 8
PM. MAY SEE A BREIF RESPITE FROM THE RAIN BY LATE
AFTERNOON...HOWEVER AM EXPECTING ANOTHER ROUND BEGINNING LATER THIS
EVENING. A POTENT UPPER LOW MOVING ACROSS THE BIG BEND AREA IS
EJECTING EMBEDDED SHORT WAVES ACROSS S TX WITH ANOTHER SHORT WAVE
EXPECTED TONIGHT AS THE MAIN LOW MOVES ACROSS N TX. THE LOW WILL
CONTINUE TO PROVIDE A SPLIT FLOW ALOFT WITH A 75-80KT JET NOSING
INTO THE AREA. LARGE HELICITY VALUES...LITTLE TO NO CIN AND MODERATE
TO LARGE CAPE WILL BE IN PLACE. PLENTY OF MOISTURE WITH PWAT'S FROM
1.5 TO 1.8 INCHES. AN ILL-DEFINED BDRY IS NEARLY STATIONARY ACROSS
THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA WHICH WILL PROVIDE FOCUS FOR THE
HEAVIEST RAINFALL. THE COMBINATION OF THESE INGREDIENTS WILL LEAD TO
ADDITIONAL SHRA/TSRA'S THROUGH TONIGHT. DUE TO ALREADY COPIOUS
AMOUNTS OF RAIN ACROSS LASALLE AND MCMULLEN COUNTIES AND ADDITIONAL
RAIN EXPECTED OVERNIGHT WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL EXPECTED ACROSS
THE NRN CWA ALONG THE BDRY...HAVE GONE WITH A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM
LASALLE TO VICTORIA COUNTIES.
MARINE...ONSHORE FLOW WILL GENERALLY BE 15 TO 20 KNOTS...HOWEVER
WINDS WILL BE VARIABLE AND GUSTY IN AND NEAR STORMS THROUGHOUT
THE NIGHT.
LONG TERM (FRIDAY THROUGH THURSDAY)...MAIN ISSUE IS HOW LONG TO
KEEP THE RAIN GOING DURING THE PERIOD. MODELS ARE CONSISTENT IN
MOVING UPPER LOW EAST OF THE AREA BY SATURDAY MORNING...AND BRINGING
SOME PRETTY GOOD MID LEVEL DRY AIR ACROSS ON SATURDAY. WILL KEEP
LIKELY POPS IN FOR FRIDAY...ALTHOUGH CONCERN IS THAT IF ANY MCS
COMES ACROSS LATE TONIGHT...THINGS MAY STABILIZE ENOUGH THAT THINGS
MAY GO QUIET BY LATE FRIDAY MORNING. THUS...ALTHOUGH LOWER
RESOLUTION MODELS ARE SHOWING POTENTIAL FOR CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT
ALONG THE COAST DURING THE AFTERNOON. SO WAS THE 06Z TEXAS TECH 4 KM
MODEL (WHICH DID NOT DO TOO BAD AT LEAST FOR THE CONVECTION UP TO
THE NORTH). MODEL HAS BEGUN TO BACK OFF JUST A BIT (STILL CONVECTION
BUT NOT AS MUCH). IN SHORT...WILL KEEP AT LEAST CHANCE POPS ALL
AREAS FRIDAY MORNING (LIKELY EASTERN HALF)...THEN BEGIN TO TAPER
THEM FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE AFTERNOON. WILL KEEP CHANCE POPS
THE NORTHEAST AND WATERS FRIDAY NIGHT...THEN ONLY MENTION RAIN
NORTHEAST AND WATERS SATURDAY (AND CONFIDENCE IS NOT HIGH). SHOULD
BE DRY SUNDAY AND MONDAY. GFS AND ECMWF ARE NOT AGREEING ON HANDLING
OF NEXT SYSTEM/MOISTURE FIELDS TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...WITH GFS
STRONGER WITH TROUGH AND MORE MOIST. BOTH MODEL SHOW A POSITIVELY
TILTED TROUGH THOUGH...SO THINK THE CONCERN FOR A LOT OF PRECIP/HIGH
CHANCE POPS A BIT TOO HIGH. FOR NOW...WILL MAINTAIN SLIGHT CHANCE
POPS TUESDAY AND EXTEND THEM INTO WEDNESDAY (IN LINE WITH OTHER
SURROUNDING OFFICES). TROUGH EXPECTED TO BE EAST OF AREA BY
THURSDAY. SO DRY. GENERALLY WENT WITH A CONSENSUS FORECAST FOR
GUIDANCE...BUT DID GO A BIT COOLER FOR THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK AS
EXPECTING AT LEAST SOME CLOUDS.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
CORPUS CHRISTI 72 83 68 84 65 / 100 70 20 10 10
VICTORIA 69 79 66 82 63 / 100 70 30 20 10
LAREDO 68 88 69 89 68 / 80 40 10 10 10
ALICE 70 85 67 86 65 / 100 60 20 10 10
ROCKPORT 74 82 69 82 67 / 100 70 30 10 10
COTULLA 67 84 65 86 63 / 80 40 10 10 10
KINGSVILLE 71 84 68 86 65 / 100 70 20 10 10
NAVY CORPUS 74 82 72 82 69 / 100 70 20 10 10
&&
.CRP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: BEE...GOLIAD...LA SALLE...LIVE OAK...MCMULLEN...
VICTORIA.
GM...NONE.
&&
WC/87...SHORT TERMHazardous weather outlook, May 10, 12:07 PM CDT, 10 hours 23 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1207 PM CDT THU MAY 10 2012 TXZ229>234-239>247-111715- LA SALLE-MCMULLEN-LIVE OAK-BEE-GOLIAD-VICTORIA-WEBB-DUVAL- JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN- 1207 PM CDT THU MAY 10 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS AND THE MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT MOST OF SOUTH TEXAS UNTIL 8 PM FOR SOUTH TEXAS AND THE ADJACENT NEARSHORE WATERS. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES WILL BE MAIN THREATS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN POSSIBLE...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG ON FRIDAY WITH SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. THERE IS ALSO A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED TODAY ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS. GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-111715- BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS- BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO PORT O'CONNOR- COASTAL WATERS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL OUT 20 NM-WATERS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS FROM 20 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL FROM 20 TO 60 NM- 1207 PM CDT THU MAY 10 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS AND THE MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE BAYS AND NEAR SHORE WATERS UNTIL 8 PM. DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES WILL BE THE MAIN HAZARDS. THE THREAT FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON FRIDAY WITH SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED TODAY ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS. TE
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 10, 10:04 PM CDT, 26 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1004 PM CDT THU MAY 10 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0853 PM TORNADO LAGARTO 28.09N 97.93W
05/10/2012 LIVE OAK TX PUBLIC
POSSIBLE TORNADO...SEVERAL RESIDENTS CLAIM THERE WAS A
BRIEF TOUCHDOWN.
&&
DVOGELSALocal storm report, May 10, 10:05 PM CDT, 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1005 PM CDT THU MAY 10 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0520 AM HAIL 3 WNW ORVIL 27.65N 99.54W
05/10/2012 E0.75 INCH WEBB TX COCORAHS
0615 AM HAIL 14 SSE ENCINAL 27.86N 99.26W
05/10/2012 E0.75 INCH WEBB TX COCORAHS
HAIL FELL FOR 10 MINUTES AT CALLAHAN RANCH
1034 AM TSTM WND DMG SE WOODWARD 28.53N 99.29W
05/10/2012 LA SALLE TX EMERGENCY MNGR
MOBILE HOME FLIPPED NEAR WOODWARD ON RANCH RD 469.
POSSIBLE PEOPLE TRAPPED INSIDE.
1045 AM FLASH FLOOD 5 NW COTULLA 28.49N 99.29W
05/10/2012 LA SALLE TX EMERGENCY MNGR
ALONG FM468 NEAR THE WOODWARD AREA...TWO FEET DEEP WATER
OVER THE ROAD. ROAD IS NOW CLOSED.
1240 PM TORNADO RICARDO 27.42N 97.91W
05/10/2012 KLEBERG TX EMERGENCY MNGR
REPORT OF TORNADO NEAR RICARDO. MAGNITUDE UNKNOWN AT THIS
TIME.
1242 PM HAIL KINGSVILLE 27.51N 97.86W
05/10/2012 E1.00 INCH KLEBERG TX TRAINED SPOTTER
6TH AND KING STREET
1245 PM HAIL KINGSVILLE 27.51N 97.86W
05/10/2012 E1.00 INCH KLEBERG TX TRAINED SPOTTER
HAIL AT KINGSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL
1245 PM HAIL KINGSVILLE 27.51N 97.86W
05/10/2012 E1.00 INCH KLEBERG TX BROADCAST MEDIA
WEST SIDE OF KINGSVILLE
1252 PM FUNNEL CLOUD 12 S TILDEN 28.28N 98.54W
05/10/2012 MCMULLEN TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
DEPUTIES REPORTING FUNNEL CLOUD AND MONITORING
1252 PM FLASH FLOOD KINGSVILLE 27.51N 97.86W
05/10/2012 KLEBERG TX TRAINED SPOTTER
SOME INTERSECTIONS IN KINGSVILLE BECOMING IMPASSABLE.
WATER COMING UP OVER AREAS OF KING STREET.
1252 PM FUNNEL CLOUD 10 ESE KINGSVILLE 27.45N 97.71W
05/10/2012 KLEBERG TX NWS EMPLOYEE
0130 PM FUNNEL CLOUD 10 NNW THREE RIVERS 28.60N 98.24W
05/10/2012 LIVE OAK TX PUBLIC
LARGE RAPIDLY ROTATING WALL CLOUD...BETWEEN 130 AND 145
PM CDT
0135 PM FUNNEL CLOUD 10 SE BISHOP 27.49N 97.67W
05/10/2012 KLEBERG TX NWS EMPLOYEE
ROTATING STORM...STILL NO CONFIRMATION IF FUNNEL HAS
REACHED THE GROUND
0148 PM TORNADO 5 SE WHITSETT 28.58N 98.20W
05/10/2012 LIVE OAK TX TRAINED SPOTTER
REPORT OF TORNADO...UNCONFIRMED...MAGNITUDE UNKNOWN.
0151 PM TORNADO 8 NNW RAY POINT 28.58N 98.13W
05/10/2012 LIVE OAK TX TRAINED SPOTTER
SMALL ROPE TORNADO WAS DOWN FOR ABOUT A MINUTE...HAS
LIFTED
0152 PM HAIL 5 W CHAPMAN RANCH 27.58N 97.53W
05/10/2012 E0.50 INCH NUECES TX TRAINED SPOTTER
0152 PM TSTM WND GST 5 W CHAPMAN RANCH 27.58N 97.53W
05/10/2012 E60.00 MPH NUECES TX TRAINED SPOTTER
0155 PM TSTM WND DMG WHITSETT 28.62N 98.28W
05/10/2012 LIVE OAK TX FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
SHED BLOWN DOWN AND LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN AS WELL.
0206 PM HAIL CHAPMAN RANCH 27.58N 97.45W
05/10/2012 M1.00 INCH NUECES TX NWS EMPLOYEE
0206 PM FUNNEL CLOUD CHAPMAN RANCH 27.58N 97.45W
05/10/2012 NUECES TX NWS EMPLOYEE
FUNNEL REPORTED WITHIN A ROTATING STORM
0216 PM HAIL 2 N CHAPMAN RANCH 27.61N 97.45W
05/10/2012 M1.75 INCH NUECES TX NWS EMPLOYEE
0223 PM HAIL 1 N TILDEN 28.46N 98.54W
05/10/2012 E1.75 INCH MCMULLEN TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
GOLF BALL HAIL NEAR HIGHWAY 16.
0229 PM HAIL 8 SSE CORPUS CHRISTI 27.60N 97.24W
05/10/2012 M1.25 INCH NUECES TX NWS EMPLOYEE
REPORTED BY THE NWS CRP MIC.
0232 PM TORNADO 5 SSW NELL 28.63N 98.09W
05/10/2012 LIVE OAK TX TRAINED SPOTTER
BREIFLY ON GROUND
0248 PM HAIL 10 SE CORPUS CHRISTI 27.60N 97.18W
05/10/2012 E0.75 INCH GMZ250 TX PUBLIC
IN THE FLOUR BLUFF AREA EAST OF CORPUS CHRISTI.
0253 PM TSTM WND DMG CORPUS CHRISTI 27.71N 97.29W
05/10/2012 NUECES TX TRAINED SPOTTER
POWER OUTAGES NEAR SARATOGA AND RODDFIELD STREETS
0257 PM HAIL 10 ESE CC NAS 27.63N 97.13W
05/10/2012 E1.00 INCH GMZ250 TX OTHER FEDERAL
HAIL AT THE CORPUS CHRISTI NAVAL AIR STATION
0300 PM HEAVY RAIN 5 W FLOUR BLUFF 27.66N 97.38W
05/10/2012 M3.53 INCH NUECES TX TRAINED SPOTTER
FELL BETWEEN 2 AND 3 PM CDT. REPORT OF HAIL AS
WELL...SIZE UNKNOWN.
0308 PM WATER SPOUT 5 S CC NAS 27.61N 97.27W
05/10/2012 GMZ230 TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
SIGHTED OVER LAGUNA MADRE BY THE CORPUS CHRISTI POLICE.
0312 PM HAIL 6 ESE CC NAS 27.67N 97.19W
05/10/2012 E1.00 INCH NUECES TX PARK/FOREST SRVC
AT MUSTANG ISLAND STATE PARK
0324 PM HAIL 7 ESE CC NAS 27.65N 97.18W
05/10/2012 M1.25 INCH NUECES TX PARK/FOREST SRVC
LARGER HAIL NOW AT MUSTANG ISLAND STATE PARK.
0450 PM HAIL 10 SW GEORGE WEST 28.23N 98.23W
05/10/2012 E2.75 INCH LIVE OAK TX TRAINED SPOTTER
ISOLATED BASEBALL...MOSTLY GOLF BALL TO HEN EGG SIZE.
0458 PM HAIL 2 SSW GEORGE WEST 28.30N 98.13W
05/10/2012 E0.88 INCH LIVE OAK TX CO-OP OBSERVER
0505 PM HAIL GEORGE WEST 28.33N 98.12W
05/10/2012 E1.00 INCH LIVE OAK TX PUBLIC
AT GARZAS GROCERY IN GEORGE WEST
0548 PM HAIL 4 SW BEEVILLE 28.36N 97.80W
05/10/2012 E1.75 INCH BEE TX TRAINED SPOTTER
MOSTLY NICKEL SIZE WITH SOME LARGER CHUNKS AROUND GOLF
BALL SIZE.
0610 PM HAIL BEEVILLE 28.41N 97.75W
05/10/2012 E1.75 INCH BEE TX FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
AT THE CENTRAL FIRE STATION IN BEEVILLE
0622 PM FLASH FLOOD BEEVILLE 28.41N 97.75W
05/10/2012 BEE TX AMATEUR RADIO
STREET FLOODING AND ROADS CLOSED AROUND LOW SPOTS IN THE
CITY OF BEEVILLE
0645 PM FLASH FLOOD BEEVILLE 28.41N 97.75W
05/10/2012 BEE TX AMATEUR RADIO
HIGH WATER RESCUE BEING CONDUCTED BY BEEVILLE FIRE
DEPARTMENT. REPORTS OF 2 INCHES OR MORE OF HEAVY RAIN IN
A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
0658 PM TSTM WND GST 2 ESE CLEGG 28.12N 98.26W
05/10/2012 E65.00 MPH LIVE OAK TX TRAINED SPOTTER
0658 PM HAIL 2 ESE CLEGG 28.12N 98.26W
05/10/2012 E1.00 INCH LIVE OAK TX TRAINED SPOTTER
0720 PM TORNADO 8 ESE LOMA ALTA 28.04N 98.39W
05/10/2012 DUVAL TX TRAINED SPOTTER
OR ABOUT 6 MILES SW OF CLEGG
0726 PM FUNNEL CLOUD 18 NNE LAREDO 27.77N 99.37W
05/10/2012 WEBB TX TRAINED SPOTTER
SPOTTER IS AT MILE MARKER 18 ON INTERSTATE 35 WITH FUNNEL
CLOUD JUST TO THE WEST.
0800 PM HAIL CLEGG 28.12N 98.29W
05/10/2012 M1.25 INCH LIVE OAK TX TRAINED SPOTTER
0821 PM TSTM WND GST 30 SW FREER 27.57N 98.96W
05/10/2012 E60.00 MPH WEBB TX TRAINED SPOTTER
0836 PM HAIL 6 SW FREER 27.82N 98.69W
05/10/2012 E1.00 INCH DUVAL TX NWS EMPLOYEE
0850 PM HAIL 2 NE FANNIN 28.71N 97.19W
05/10/2012 E0.88 INCH GOLIAD TX TRAINED SPOTTER
0853 PM TORNADO LAGARTO 28.09N 97.93W
05/10/2012 LIVE OAK TX PUBLIC
POSSIBLE TORNADO...SEVERAL RESIDENTS CLAIM THERE WAS A
BRIEF TOUCHDOWN.
0855 PM FLASH FLOOD FREER 27.88N 98.62W
05/10/2012 DUVAL TX NWS EMPLOYEE
SIGNIFICANT STREET FLOODING IN THE LOWER LYING AREAS OF
INTERSECTIONS IN FREER.
0921 PM HAIL MATHIS 28.09N 97.82W
05/10/2012 E0.88 INCH SAN PATRICIO TX AMATEUR RADIO
0921 PM HAIL MATHIS 28.09N 97.82W
05/10/2012 M1.00 INCH SAN PATRICIO TX EMERGENCY MNGR
0922 PM HEAVY RAIN 3 NW MATHIS 28.12N 97.86W
05/10/2012 E1.74 INCH SAN PATRICIO TX PUBLIC
0922 PM HAIL 3 NW MATHIS 28.12N 97.86W
05/10/2012 E0.75 INCH SAN PATRICIO TX PUBLIC
&&
DVOGELSALocal storm report, May 10, 10:15 PM CDT, 15 minutes before
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</html>Local storm report, May 10, 10:17 PM CDT, 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1017 PM CDT THU MAY 10 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1015 PM NON-TSTM WND GST 5 NE ROBSTOWN 27.85N 97.60W
05/10/2012 E70 MPH NUECES TX TRAINED SPOTTER
EASILY 70 MPH AND SPLITTING TREES IN THE CALALLEN AREA
&&
DVOGELSALocal storm report, May 10, 10:19 PM CDT, 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1019 PM CDT THU MAY 10 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0520 AM HAIL 3 WNW ORVIL 27.65N 99.54W
05/10/2012 E0.75 INCH WEBB TX COCORAHS
0615 AM HAIL 14 SSE ENCINAL 27.86N 99.26W
05/10/2012 E0.75 INCH WEBB TX COCORAHS
HAIL FELL FOR 10 MINUTES AT CALLAHAN RANCH
1034 AM TSTM WND DMG SE WOODWARD 28.53N 99.29W
05/10/2012 LA SALLE TX EMERGENCY MNGR
MOBILE HOME FLIPPED NEAR WOODWARD ON RANCH RD 469.
POSSIBLE PEOPLE TRAPPED INSIDE.
1045 AM FLASH FLOOD 5 NW COTULLA 28.49N 99.29W
05/10/2012 LA SALLE TX EMERGENCY MNGR
ALONG FM468 NEAR THE WOODWARD AREA...TWO FEET DEEP WATER
OVER THE ROAD. ROAD IS NOW CLOSED.
1240 PM TORNADO RICARDO 27.42N 97.91W
05/10/2012 KLEBERG TX EMERGENCY MNGR
REPORT OF TORNADO NEAR RICARDO. MAGNITUDE UNKNOWN AT THIS
TIME.
1242 PM HAIL KINGSVILLE 27.51N 97.86W
05/10/2012 E1.00 INCH KLEBERG TX TRAINED SPOTTER
6TH AND KING STREET
1245 PM HAIL KINGSVILLE 27.51N 97.86W
05/10/2012 E1.00 INCH KLEBERG TX TRAINED SPOTTER
HAIL AT KINGSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL
1245 PM HAIL KINGSVILLE 27.51N 97.86W
05/10/2012 E1.00 INCH KLEBERG TX BROADCAST MEDIA
WEST SIDE OF KINGSVILLE
1252 PM FUNNEL CLOUD 12 S TILDEN 28.28N 98.54W
05/10/2012 MCMULLEN TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
DEPUTIES REPORTING FUNNEL CLOUD AND MONITORING
1252 PM FUNNEL CLOUD 10 ESE KINGSVILLE 27.45N 97.71W
05/10/2012 KLEBERG TX NWS EMPLOYEE
1252 PM FLASH FLOOD KINGSVILLE 27.51N 97.86W
05/10/2012 KLEBERG TX TRAINED SPOTTER
SOME INTERSECTIONS IN KINGSVILLE BECOMING IMPASSABLE.
WATER COMING UP OVER AREAS OF KING STREET.
0130 PM FUNNEL CLOUD 10 NNW THREE RIVERS 28.60N 98.24W
05/10/2012 LIVE OAK TX PUBLIC
LARGE RAPIDLY ROTATING WALL CLOUD...BETWEEN 130 AND 145
PM CDT
0135 PM FUNNEL CLOUD 10 SE BISHOP 27.49N 97.67W
05/10/2012 KLEBERG TX NWS EMPLOYEE
ROTATING STORM...STILL NO CONFIRMATION IF FUNNEL HAS
REACHED THE GROUND
0148 PM TORNADO 5 SE WHITSETT 28.58N 98.20W
05/10/2012 LIVE OAK TX TRAINED SPOTTER
REPORT OF TORNADO...UNCONFIRMED...MAGNITUDE UNKNOWN.
0151 PM TORNADO 8 NNW RAY POINT 28.58N 98.13W
05/10/2012 LIVE OAK TX TRAINED SPOTTER
SMALL ROPE TORNADO WAS DOWN FOR ABOUT A MINUTE...HAS
LIFTED
0152 PM HAIL 5 W CHAPMAN RANCH 27.58N 97.53W
05/10/2012 E0.50 INCH NUECES TX TRAINED SPOTTER
0152 PM TSTM WND GST 5 W CHAPMAN RANCH 27.58N 97.53W
05/10/2012 E60.00 MPH NUECES TX TRAINED SPOTTER
0155 PM TSTM WND DMG WHITSETT 28.62N 98.28W
05/10/2012 LIVE OAK TX FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
SHED BLOWN DOWN AND LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN AS WELL.
0206 PM FUNNEL CLOUD CHAPMAN RANCH 27.58N 97.45W
05/10/2012 NUECES TX NWS EMPLOYEE
FUNNEL REPORTED WITHIN A ROTATING STORM
0206 PM HAIL CHAPMAN RANCH 27.58N 97.45W
05/10/2012 M1.00 INCH NUECES TX NWS EMPLOYEE
0216 PM HAIL 2 N CHAPMAN RANCH 27.61N 97.45W
05/10/2012 M1.75 INCH NUECES TX NWS EMPLOYEE
0223 PM HAIL 1 N TILDEN 28.46N 98.54W
05/10/2012 E1.75 INCH MCMULLEN TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
GOLF BALL HAIL NEAR HIGHWAY 16.
0229 PM HAIL 8 SSE CORPUS CHRISTI 27.60N 97.24W
05/10/2012 M1.25 INCH NUECES TX NWS EMPLOYEE
REPORTED BY THE NWS CRP MIC.
0232 PM TORNADO 5 SSW NELL 28.63N 98.09W
05/10/2012 LIVE OAK TX TRAINED SPOTTER
BREIFLY ON GROUND
0248 PM HAIL 10 SE CORPUS CHRISTI 27.60N 97.18W
05/10/2012 E0.75 INCH GMZ250 TX PUBLIC
IN THE FLOUR BLUFF AREA EAST OF CORPUS CHRISTI.
0253 PM TSTM WND DMG CORPUS CHRISTI 27.71N 97.29W
05/10/2012 NUECES TX TRAINED SPOTTER
POWER OUTAGES NEAR SARATOGA AND RODDFIELD STREETS
0257 PM HAIL 10 ESE CC NAS 27.63N 97.13W
05/10/2012 E1.00 INCH GMZ250 TX OTHER FEDERAL
HAIL AT THE CORPUS CHRISTI NAVAL AIR STATION
0300 PM HEAVY RAIN 5 W FLOUR BLUFF 27.66N 97.38W
05/10/2012 M3.53 INCH NUECES TX TRAINED SPOTTER
FELL BETWEEN 2 AND 3 PM CDT. REPORT OF HAIL AS
WELL...SIZE UNKNOWN.
0308 PM WATER SPOUT 5 S CC NAS 27.61N 97.27W
05/10/2012 GMZ230 TX LAW ENFORCEMENT
SIGHTED OVER LAGUNA MADRE BY THE CORPUS CHRISTI POLICE.
0312 PM HAIL 6 ESE CC NAS 27.67N 97.19W
05/10/2012 E1.00 INCH NUECES TX PARK/FOREST SRVC
AT MUSTANG ISLAND STATE PARK
0324 PM HAIL 7 ESE CC NAS 27.65N 97.18W
05/10/2012 M1.25 INCH NUECES TX PARK/FOREST SRVC
LARGER HAIL NOW AT MUSTANG ISLAND STATE PARK.
0450 PM HAIL 10 SW GEORGE WEST 28.23N 98.23W
05/10/2012 E2.75 INCH LIVE OAK TX TRAINED SPOTTER
ISOLATED BASEBALL...MOSTLY GOLF BALL TO HEN EGG SIZE.
0458 PM HAIL 2 SSW GEORGE WEST 28.30N 98.13W
05/10/2012 E0.88 INCH LIVE OAK TX CO-OP OBSERVER
0505 PM HAIL GEORGE WEST 28.33N 98.12W
05/10/2012 E1.00 INCH LIVE OAK TX PUBLIC
AT GARZAS GROCERY IN GEORGE WEST
0548 PM HAIL 4 SW BEEVILLE 28.36N 97.80W
05/10/2012 E1.75 INCH BEE TX TRAINED SPOTTER
MOSTLY NICKEL SIZE WITH SOME LARGER CHUNKS AROUND GOLF
BALL SIZE.
0610 PM HAIL BEEVILLE 28.41N 97.75W
05/10/2012 E1.75 INCH BEE TX FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
AT THE CENTRAL FIRE STATION IN BEEVILLE
0622 PM FLASH FLOOD BEEVILLE 28.41N 97.75W
05/10/2012 BEE TX AMATEUR RADIO
STREET FLOODING AND ROADS CLOSED AROUND LOW SPOTS IN THE
CITY OF BEEVILLE
0645 PM FLASH FLOOD BEEVILLE 28.41N 97.75W
05/10/2012 BEE TX AMATEUR RADIO
HIGH WATER RESCUE BEING CONDUCTED BY BEEVILLE FIRE
DEPARTMENT. REPORTS OF 2 INCHES OR MORE OF HEAVY RAIN IN
A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
0658 PM TSTM WND GST 2 ESE CLEGG 28.12N 98.26W
05/10/2012 E65.00 MPH LIVE OAK TX TRAINED SPOTTER
0658 PM HAIL 2 ESE CLEGG 28.12N 98.26W
05/10/2012 E1.00 INCH LIVE OAK TX TRAINED SPOTTER
0720 PM TORNADO 8 ESE LOMA ALTA 28.04N 98.39W
05/10/2012 DUVAL TX TRAINED SPOTTER
OR ABOUT 6 MILES SW OF CLEGG
0726 PM FUNNEL CLOUD 18 NNE LAREDO 27.77N 99.37W
05/10/2012 WEBB TX TRAINED SPOTTER
SPOTTER IS AT MILE MARKER 18 ON INTERSTATE 35 WITH FUNNEL
CLOUD JUST TO THE WEST.
0800 PM HAIL CLEGG 28.12N 98.29W
05/10/2012 M1.25 INCH LIVE OAK TX TRAINED SPOTTER
0821 PM TSTM WND GST 30 SW FREER 27.57N 98.96W
05/10/2012 E60.00 MPH WEBB TX TRAINED SPOTTER
0836 PM HAIL 6 SW FREER 27.82N 98.69W
05/10/2012 E1.00 INCH DUVAL TX NWS EMPLOYEE
0850 PM HAIL 2 NE FANNIN 28.71N 97.19W
05/10/2012 E0.88 INCH GOLIAD TX TRAINED SPOTTER
0853 PM TORNADO LAGARTO 28.09N 97.93W
05/10/2012 LIVE OAK TX PUBLIC
POSSIBLE TORNADO...SEVERAL RESIDENTS CLAIM THERE WAS A
BRIEF TOUCHDOWN.
0855 PM FLASH FLOOD FREER 27.88N 98.62W
05/10/2012 DUVAL TX NWS EMPLOYEE
SIGNIFICANT STREET FLOODING IN THE LOWER LYING AREAS OF
INTERSECTIONS IN FREER.
0921 PM HAIL MATHIS 28.09N 97.82W
05/10/2012 M1.00 INCH SAN PATRICIO TX EMERGENCY MNGR
0921 PM HAIL MATHIS 28.09N 97.82W
05/10/2012 E0.88 INCH SAN PATRICIO TX AMATEUR RADIO
0922 PM HEAVY RAIN 3 NW MATHIS 28.12N 97.86W
05/10/2012 E1.74 INCH SAN PATRICIO TX PUBLIC
0922 PM HAIL 3 NW MATHIS 28.12N 97.86W
05/10/2012 E0.75 INCH SAN PATRICIO TX PUBLIC
1009 PM TSTM WND GST ROBSTOWN 27.80N 97.66W
05/10/2012 E60.00 MPH NUECES TX PUBLIC
1015 PM TSTM WND GST 5 NE ROBSTOWN 27.85N 97.60W
05/10/2012 E70.00 MPH NUECES TX TRAINED SPOTTER
EASILY 70 MPH AND SPLITTING TREES IN THE CALALLEN AREA
&&
DVOGELSALocal storm report, May 10, 10:28 PM CDT, 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1028 PM CDT THU MAY 10 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1027 PM HAIL 1 W CORPUS CHRISTI 27.77N 97.52W
05/10/2012 M1.00 INCH NUECES TX OFFICIAL NWS OBS
QUARTER SIZE HAIL FALLING AT NWS OFFICE.
&&
HARTThe air that afternoon
The radiosonde launches on either side of the tornado, from the nearest station that was launching then, drawn and analyzed the way Storm Lab does: the same diagram, the same parcel and shear definitions SPC's mesoanalysis uses.
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), 00:00Z
3.5 hours before the tornado, 32 km from the path. May 11, 2012.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2214 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Surface CAPE
- 2442 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 636 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 204 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 274 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.4
- Supercell composite
- 14.5
- 0-3 km lapse rate
- 5.7 K/km
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), 12:00Z
8.5 hours after it, 32 km from the path. May 11, 2012.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 234 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -248 J/kg
- Surface CAPE
- 572 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1140 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 136 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
- 0-3 km lapse rate
- 4.2 K/km
The surface observations
Ingleside (TFP), 22 km from the path, in the two hours either side.
| Time (UTC) | Temp (°F) | Dew point (°F) | Wind | Gust (kt) | Pressure (mb) | Weather |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00:00 UTC |
From the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of airport observations.
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 27 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the touchdown began at 03:27 UTC.
Open the radar archive at this moment, over the track
Reflectivity and velocity, decoded from the Level II archive in the browser. Volumes take a few seconds to open the first time.
This ground now
The live radar over the trackEvery 2012 tornado in TexasEvery tornado in Texas since 1950Warnings in force in Texas nowThe forecast where you are
The other tornadoes of May 10, 2012
18 more were confirmed in the United States that day.
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10 | 9:46 AM CDT | EF0 | La Salle, TX | 10.3 | 75 | 2 | $50,000 | |
| May 10 | 12:40 PM CDT | EF0 | Kleberg, TX | 0.1 | 50 | |||
| May 10 | 1:25 PM CDT | EF0 | Wilson, TX | 0.3 | 10 | |||
| May 10 | 1:46 PM CDT | EF0 | Live Oak, TX | 0.0 | 10 | |||
| May 10 | 2:04 PM CDT | EF0 | Live Oak, TX | 0.8 | 50 | $50,000 | ||
| May 10 | 2:08 PM CDT | EF0 | Live Oak, TX | 0.5 | 50 | |||
| May 10 | 2:20 PM CDT | EF0 | Live Oak, TX | 0.0 | 20 | |||
| May 10 | 3:56 PM CDT | EF0 | Bee, TX | 0.3 | 50 | |||
| May 10 | 3:58 PM CDT | EF0 | Bee, TX | 0.3 | 50 | |||
| May 10 | 4:02 PM CDT | EF0 | Bee, TX | 0.9 | 75 | |||
| May 10 | 4:10 PM CDT | EF0 | Live Oak, TX | 0.1 | 50 | |||
| May 10 | 5:30 PM CDT | EF2 | Colorado, TX | 0.6 | 150 | 8 | $500,000 | |
| May 10 | 7:14 PM CDT | EF0 | Live Oak, TX | 4.9 | 100 | |||
| May 10 | 8:45 PM CDT | EF0 | Live Oak, TX | 0.4 | 50 | |||
| May 10 | 10:20 PM CDT | EF0 | Nueces, TX | 1.7 | 75 | $100,000 | ||
| May 10 | 10:52 PM CDT | EF0 | Refugio, TX | 3.7 | 150 | $30,000 | ||
| May 10 | 11:17 PM CDT | EF0 | Aransas, TX | 1.1 | 50 | $2,000 | ||
| May 10 | 11:59 PM CDT | EF0 | Jim Hogg, TX | 0.1 | 10 |
What this means
Ratings are the survey's, read off the damage rather than measured; the rating scale is above. Tornado counts rise through the record as reporting improved, so a year in the 1950s is not comparable with one today except for the strongest tornadoes, which were always noticed.
Sources
NOAA Storm Prediction Center tornado database, 1950-2025, the official record kept by NOAA's Storm Prediction Center.