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Red Flag Warning 23, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

November 14, 200815 counties in Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this red flag warning at Nov 14, 2008, 2:34 PM CST for 15 counties in Texas. It took effect at Nov 15, 2008, 8:00 AM CST. It was in force for 8 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 14, 2008, 2:34 PM CST (20:34 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 15, 2008, 8:00 AM CST
Expired
Nov 15, 2008, 4:00 PM CST
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX

Counties Aransas County, TX, Bee County, TX, Calhoun County, TX, Duval County, TX, Goliad County, TX, Jim Wells County, TX, Kleberg County, TX, La Salle County, TX, Live Oak County, TX, McMullen County, TX, Nueces County, TX, Refugio County, TX, San Patricio County, TX, Victoria County, TX, Webb County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:40 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, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 66 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 2008-11-14Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 2008-11-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -4 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
817 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
11 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this red flag warning went out, 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 this red flag warning went out at Nov 14, 11:42 AM CST, 2 hours 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 14, 11:42 AM CST, 2 hours 52 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 14, 5:43 AM CST, 8 hours 51 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
543 AM CST FRI NOV 14 2008

GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-TXZ229>234-239>247-151145-
BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS-
BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO PORT OCONNOR-
COASTAL WATERS BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS PORT ARANSAS TO MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL OUT 20 NM-
WATERS BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS 20 TO 60 NM-
WATERS PORT ARANSAS TO MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL 20 TO 60 NM-
LA SALLE-MCMULLEN-LIVE OAK-BEE-GOLIAD-VICTORIA-WEBB-DUVAL-
JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN-
543 AM CST FRI NOV 14 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS AND THE MIDDLE
TEXAS COASTAL WATERS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT OVER THE
COASTAL WATERS. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE BAYS AND
COASTAL WATERS SATURDAY WITH GUSTS NEAR GALE FORCE.

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE MID MORNING THROUGH
AFTERNOON PERIOD SATURDAY...OVER THE COASTAL BEND. OTHERWISE...
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

87/19

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 13, 6:05 PM CSTMarine Weather StatementCRP115 min
Nov 14, 4:06 AM CSTFire Weather WatchCRPAransas, Bee, Calhoun, Duval, Goliad, Jim Wells and 9 more10 hr
Nov 14, 9:38 AM CSTSmall Craft AdvisoryCRP46 hr
Nov 14, 3:27 PM CSTGale WarningCRP20 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.