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High Wind Warning 2, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

December 26, 2007La Salle County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this high wind warning at Dec 26, 2007, 10:17 AM CST for La Salle County, Texas. It was in force for 103 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
Dec 26, 2007, 10:17 AM CST (16:17 UTC)
Expired
Dec 26, 2007, 12:00 PM CST
In force
103 min
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX

County La Salle County, TX

The radar

The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 154 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:20 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, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 186 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 2007-12-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 885 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 2007-12-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 298 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
885 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-279 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
561 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
298 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
422 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
WWUS74 KCRP 261617
NPWCRP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1017 AM CST WED DEC 26 2007

TXZ229-270000-
/O.NEW.KCRP.HW.W.0002.071226T1617Z-071226T1800Z/
/O.EXT.KCRP.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-071227T0000Z/
LA SALLE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COTULLA...ENCINAL
1017 AM CST WED DEC 26 2007

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...
...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A HIGH
WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. 

UNTIL NOON...SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...WITH
GUSTS TO 58 MPH...ARE EXPECTED OVER LA SALLE COUNTY. RESIDENTS IN
LA SALLE COUNTY ARE URGED TO SEEK SHELTER AS OBJECTS WILL BE BLOWN
ABOUT BY THE WIND...RENDERING CONDITIONS UNSAFE OUTDOORS.
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WHILE THE HIGH
WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT.

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS
OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

$$

TXZ230>234-239>247-270000-
/O.CON.KCRP.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-071227T0000Z/
MCMULLEN-LIVE OAK-BEE-GOLIAD-VICTORIA-WEBB-DUVAL-JIM WELLS-
KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TILDEN...GEORGE WEST...THREE RIVERS...
BEEVILLE...SKIDMORE...GOLIAD...VICTORIA...LAREDO...RIO BRAVO...
FREER...BENAVIDES...SAN DIEGO...ALICE...PREMONT...KINGSVILLE...
CORPUS CHRISTI...ROBSTOWN...PORT ARANSAS...PORTLAND...INGLESIDE...
ARANSAS PASS...SINTON...MATHIS...ROCKPORT...REFUGIO...WOODSBORO...
PORT LAVACA...PORT OCONNOR...SEADRIFT
1017 AM CST WED DEC 26 2007

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

A COLD FRONT HAS MOVED OFFSHORE AND HAS RESULTED IN INCREASING
NORTHWEST WIND ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS. THIS AFTERNOON...SUSTAINED
WIND SPEEDS WILL RANGE FROM 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40
MPH. LAWN FURNITURE...GARBAGE CANS...OR OTHER OBJECTS THAT COULD
BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE STRONG WIND...SHOULD BE SECURED. MOTORISTS
IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD DRIVE WITH EXTREME CAUTION.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO 
BE 25 TO 35 MPH OR GUST NEAR OR ABOVE 40 MPH.

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 26, 4:16 AM CSTWind AdvisoryCRPAransas, Bee, Calhoun, Duval, Goliad, Jim Wells and 9 more12 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.