815  
WFUS54 KCRP 221623  
TORCRP  
TXC249-297-355-409-221700-  
/O.NEW.KCRP.TO.W.0008.230822T1623Z-230822T1700Z/  
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED  
TORNADO WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX  
1123 AM CDT TUE AUG 22 2023  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A  
 
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...  
NORTHWESTERN NUECES COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...  
NORTHWESTERN SAN PATRICIO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...  
NORTHEASTERN JIM WELLS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...  
SOUTHEASTERN LIVE OAK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...  
 
* UNTIL NOON CDT.  
 
* AT 1122 AM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A  
TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER SINTON, MOVING WEST AT 55 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...  
WEST SINTON AND EDROY AROUND 1135 AM CDT.  
SAN PATRICIO AROUND 1140 AM CDT.  
MATHIS AND LAKE CITY AROUND 1145 AM CDT.  
SANDIA AROUND 1150 AM CDT.  
 
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE LAKE  
CORPUS CHRISTI, PERNITAS POINT AND LAKESIDE.  
 
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...  
INTERSTATE 37 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 20 AND 38.  
US HIGHWAY 181 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 618 AND 626.  
US HIGHWAY 77 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 642 AND 652.  
 
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 2809 9744 2800 9742 2787 9785 2815 9793  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1622Z 088DEG 48KT 2805 9750  
 
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN  
 

 
 
BF  
 
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