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Wind Advisory 21, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

April 23, 20084 counties in Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this wind advisory at Apr 23, 2008, 5:49 PM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 23, 2008, 5:49 PM CDT (22:49 UTC)
Expired
Apr 23, 2008, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
3 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 22:55 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, 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 12:00Z on 2008-04-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1700 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 2008-04-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -3 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
1700 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-156 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
612 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
66 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.4

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The text

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

000 
WWUS74 KCRP 232249
NPWCRP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
549 PM CDT WED APR 23 2008


TXZ241>244-240200-
/O.NEW.KCRP.WI.Y.0021.080423T2249Z-080424T0200Z/
JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALICE...PREMONT...KINGSVILLE...
CORPUS CHRISTI...ROBSTOWN...PORT ARANSAS...PORTLAND...INGLESIDE...
ARANSAS PASS...SINTON...MATHIS
549 PM CDT WED APR 23 2008

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN COASTAL BEND
DUE TO A DEEPENING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE ACROSS WEST TEXAS. WIND
SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED
THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS.

MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...SHOULD DRIVE WITH
CAUTION TODAY. THE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT AT
TIMES. RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO 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 35 MPH.

$$

TE
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS74 KCRP 240130
NPWCRP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
830 PM CDT WED APR 23 2008


TXZ241>244-240230-
/O.CAN.KCRP.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-080424T0200Z/
JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALICE...PREMONT...KINGSVILLE...
CORPUS CHRISTI...ROBSTOWN...PORT ARANSAS...PORTLAND...INGLESIDE...
ARANSAS PASS...SINTON...MATHIS
830 PM CDT WED APR 23 2008

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS CANCELED THE
WIND ADVISORY. 

SOUTHEAST WINDS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN COASTAL BEND HAVE DECREASED
TO BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA...THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY HAS
BEEN CANCELED. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THROUGH TONIGHT TO AROUND
10 TO 15 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.