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Small Craft Advisory 101, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

October 26, 2009

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this small craft advisory at Oct 26, 2009, 4:20 AM CDT. It took effect at Oct 26, 2009, 10:38 AM CDT. It was in force for 24 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 26, 2009, 4:20 AM CDT (09:20 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 26, 2009, 10:38 AM CDT
Expired
Oct 27, 2009, 11:00 AM CDT
In force
24 hr
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this small craft advisory 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 small craft advisory went out at Oct 25, 11:51 PM CDT, 4 hours 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 25, 11:51 PM CDT, 4 hours 29 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 25, 5:41 AM CDT, 22 hours 39 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
541 AM CDT SUN OCT 25 2009

GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-TXZ229>234-239>247-261100-
BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS-
BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO PORT OCONNOR-
COASTAL WATERS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL OUT
20 NM-WATERS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL FROM 20 TO
60 NM-LA SALLE-MCMULLEN-LIVE OAK-BEE-GOLIAD-VICTORIA-WEBB-DUVAL-
JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN-
541 AM CDT SUN OCT 25 2009

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

MODERATE TO STRONG ONSHORE FLOW...RESULTING IN SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY
CONDITIONS...IS EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING ACROSS THE
MIDDLE TEXAS WATERS. NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT
THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS ON MONDAY...PRODUCING
NUMEROUS TO WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. IT DOES APPEAR
SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG OVER THE COASTAL BEND...
VICTORIA CROSSROADS AND MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS...PRODUCING
STRONG STRAIGHT-LINE WIND GUSTS AND SMALL HAIL. SOME COMPUTER
MODELS ARE INDICATING A STRONGER UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND SHEAR
MOVING ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS WITH THE COLD FRONT. IF THIS OCCURS THEN
SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE ACROSS THIS REGION. STAY
TUNED TO FUTURE FORECASTS AS THE EXACT FORECAST OF THE WEATHER
PATTERN MATERIALIZES. IN ADDITION...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE
POSSIBLE ALONG AND NORTHEAST OF INTERSTATE 37...WHERE 1 TO 2
INCHES OF RAIN WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS UP TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE.
BETWEEN 1/2 AND 1 INCH OF RAIN IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE BRUSH
COUNTRY AND RIO GRANDE PLAINS.

STRONG OFFSHORE FLOW WILL BRIEFLY DEVELOP BEHIND THE COLD FRONT
MONDAY EVENING THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. A MODERATE TO STRONG
ONSHORE FLOW WITH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED
WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AHEAD OF A SECOND COLD FRONT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTH TEXAS
MONDAY.

JR/WC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 26, 2:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPCalhoun32 min
Oct 26, 10:30 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP3 hr
Oct 26, 11:50 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP3 hr
Oct 26, 12:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPKleberg, Nueces, San Patricio66 min
Oct 26, 12:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPAransas, Nueces, San Patricio52 min
Oct 26, 1:10 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningCRP3 hr

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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.