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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

April 6, 200611 counties in Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this wind advisory at Apr 6, 2006, 12:54 PM CDT for 11 counties in Texas. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 6, 2006, 12:54 PM CDT (17:54 UTC)
Expired
Apr 6, 2006, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX

Counties Aransas County, TX, Bee County, TX, Calhoun County, TX, Goliad County, TX, Jim Wells County, TX, Kleberg County, TX, Live Oak County, TX, Nueces County, TX, Refugio County, TX, San Patricio County, TX, Victoria County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 12:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 50 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 12:00Z on 2006-04-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 16 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 2006-04-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 177 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
16 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-953 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
991 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
177 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
205 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS74 KCRP 061754
NPWCRP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1254 PM CDT THU APR 6 2006


TXZ231>234-241>247-062000-
/O.NEW.KCRP.WI.Y.0013.060406T1754Z-060406T2000Z/
LIVE OAK-BEE-GOLIAD-VICTORIA-JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES-
SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GEORGE WEST...THREE RIVERS...BEEVILLE...
SKIDMORE...GOLIAD...VICTORIA...ALICE...PREMONT...KINGSVILLE...
CORPUS CHRISTI...ROBSTOWN...PORT ARANSAS...PORTLAND...INGLESIDE...
ARANSAS PASS...SINTON...MATHIS...ROCKPORT...REFUGIO...WOODSBORO...
PORT LAVACA...PORT OCONNOR...SEADRIFT
1254 PM CDT THU APR 6 2006

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. 

SOUTHERLY WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO 25 TO 35 MPH ACROSS MANY
LOCATIONS EAST OF AN ALICE TO THREE RIVERS LINE AND EXTENDING TO
THE COAST. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.

MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...SHOULD DRIVE WITH
CAUTION TODAY. THE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT AT
TIMES. SECURE LAWN FURNITURE...GARBAGE CANS...OR OTHER OBJECTS
THAT COULD BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE STRONG WINDS.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO
BE 25 TO 39 MPH.

$$

TE
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS74 KCRP 061939
NPWCRP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
239 PM CDT THU APR 6 2006

TXZ231>234-241>247-062300-
/O.EXT.KCRP.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-060406T2300Z/
LIVE OAK-BEE-GOLIAD-VICTORIA-JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES-
SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GEORGE WEST...THREE RIVERS...BEEVILLE...
SKIDMORE...GOLIAD...VICTORIA...ALICE...PREMONT...KINGSVILLE...
CORPUS CHRISTI...ROBSTOWN...PORT ARANSAS...PORTLAND...INGLESIDE...
ARANSAS PASS...SINTON...MATHIS...ROCKPORT...REFUGIO...WOODSBORO...
PORT LAVACA...PORT OCONNOR...SEADRIFT
239 PM CDT THU APR 6 2006

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON 
ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTH TEXAS...

A POTENT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS THE PLAINS IS RESULTING
IN A STRONG SOUTHERLY WIND. WIND SPEEDS CONTINUE 25 TO 35 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO 40 MPH AT TIMES ACROSS MANY LOCATIONS EAST OF AN ALICE
TO THREE RIVERS LINE AND EXTENDING TO THE COAST. WINDS ARE
EXPECTED TO DECREASE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS.

MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...SHOULD DRIVE WITH
CAUTION TODAY. THE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT AT
TIMES. SECURE LAWN FURNITURE...GARBAGE CANS...OR OTHER OBJECTS
THAT COULD BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE STRONG WINDS.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO
BE 25 TO 39 MPH.

$$

TE

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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.