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Wind Advisory 21, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

December 28, 20064 counties in Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this wind advisory at Dec 28, 2006, 4:45 AM CST for 4 counties in Texas. It took effect at Dec 28, 2006, 10:00 AM CST. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 28, 2006, 4:45 AM CST (10:45 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 28, 2006, 10:00 AM CST
Expired
Dec 28, 2006, 6:00 PM CST
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX

Counties Jim Wells County, TX, Kleberg County, TX, Nueces County, TX, San Patricio County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:44 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 00:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 35 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 2006-12-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2006-12-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 34 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1224 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
159 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 281045
NPWCRP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
445 AM CST THU DEC 28 2006

TXZ241>244-290000-
/O.NEW.KCRP.WI.Y.0021.061228T1600Z-061229T0000Z/
JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALICE...PREMONT...KINGSVILLE...
CORPUS CHRISTI...ROBSTOWN...PORT ARANSAS...PORTLAND...INGLESIDE...
ARANSAS PASS...SINTON...MATHIS
445 AM CST THU DEC 28 2006

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST
THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY FOR THE SOUTHERN COASTAL BEND AND SOUTHERN COASTAL 
PLAINS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST
THIS AFTERNOON.

A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW APPROACHING FROM THE SOUTHWESTERN UNITED
STATES WILL CAUSE LOW PRESSURE TO DEEPEN OVER NEW MEXICO TODAY.
THIS WILL RESULT IN SOUTHEAST WINDS SUSTAINING BETWEEN 25 AND 35
MPH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH.

THE WINDS MAY POSE PROBLEMS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...SUCH AS
VANS AND TRUCKS AND UNSUPPORTED WALLS AT CONSTRUCTION SITES.
SECURE OUTDOOR LAWN FURNITURE SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS..OR OTHER
OBJECTS THAT COULD BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND. 

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

$$

BB
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS74 KCRP 282132
NPWCRP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
332 PM CST THU DEC 28 2006

TXZ246-282245-
/O.CAN.KCRP.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-061229T0000Z/
REFUGIO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REFUGIO...WOODSBORO
332 PM CST THU DEC 28 2006

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS CANCELLED THE
WIND ADVISORY FOR REFUGIO COUNTY. DUE TO THE COOLER WATERS NEAR
THE COASTLINE...WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY
CRITERION FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT.

$$

TXZ233-234-241>244-290000-
/O.CON.KCRP.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-061229T0000Z/
GOLIAD-VICTORIA-JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GOLIAD...VICTORIA...ALICE...PREMONT...
KINGSVILLE...CORPUS CHRISTI...ROBSTOWN...PORT ARANSAS...
PORTLAND...INGLESIDE...ARANSAS PASS...SINTON...MATHIS
332 PM CST THU DEC 28 2006

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. 

A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW APPROACHING FROM THE SOUTHWESTERN UNITED
STATES WILL CAUSE LOW PRESSURE TO DEEPEN OVER NEW MEXICO TODAY.
THIS WILL RESULT IN SOUTHEAST WINDS SUSTAINING BETWEEN 25 AND
35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH.

THE WINDS MAY POSE PROBLEMS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...SUCH AS
VANS AND TRUCKS AND UNSUPPORTED WALLS AT CONSTRUCTION SITES.
SECURE OUTDOOR LAWN FURNITURE SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS..OR OTHER
OBJECTS THAT COULD BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND.

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

$$

GW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 28, 3:23 PM CSTMarine Weather StatementCRP7 hr

Nearby

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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.