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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this wind advisory at Apr 2, 2009, 10:26 AM CDT for 15 counties in Texas. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 2, 2009, 10:26 AM CDT (15:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 2, 2009, 6:00 PM CDT
- 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 15:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 3.4 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 930 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -308 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 817 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 455 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 444 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS74 KCRP 021526 NPWCRP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1026 AM CDT THU APR 2 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH MID AFTERNOON... .A FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS BRINGING MUCH DRIER AIR AND WINDY CONDITIONS TO SOUTH TEXAS. WINDS WILL DECREASE LATER THIS AFTERNOON AS HIGH PRESSURE SETTLES INTO THE AREA. TXZ229>234-239>247-022100- /O.NEW.KCRP.WI.Y.0013.090402T1526Z-090402T2100Z/ LA SALLE-MCMULLEN-LIVE OAK-BEE-GOLIAD-VICTORIA-WEBB-DUVAL- JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COTULLA...ENCINAL...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 1026 AM CDT THU APR 2 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR ALL OF SOUTH TEXAS. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED FROM 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 MPH OR HIGHER ARE EXPECTED THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. THIS WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR PEOPLE IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES OR AT CONSTRUCTION SITES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE 25 TO 39 MPH OR HAVE GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH OR HIGHER. SECURE LAWN FURNITURE...GARBAGE CANS...OR OTHER OBJECTS THAT COULD BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE STRONG WINDS. && $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS74 KCRP 022008 AAA NPWCRP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 308 PM CDT THU APR 2 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH THE AFTERNOON... .A FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS BRINGING MUCH DRIER AIR AND WINDY CONDITIONS TO SOUTH TEXAS. WINDS WILL DECREASE BY EARLY EVENING AS HIGH PRESSURE SETTLES INTO THE AREA AND DAYTIME HEATING ENDS. TXZ231>234-241>247-022300- /O.EXT.KCRP.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-090402T2300Z/ LIVE OAK-BEE-GOLIAD-VICTORIA-JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES- SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GEORGE WEST...THREE RIVERS...BEEVILLE... SKIDMORE...GOLIAD...VICTORIA...ALICE...PREMONT...KINGSVILLE... CORPUS CHRISTI...ROBSTOWN...PORT ARANSAS...PORTLAND...INGLESIDE... ARANSAS PASS...SINTON...MATHIS...ROCKPORT...REFUGIO...WOODSBORO... PORT LAVACA...PORT OCONNOR...SEADRIFT 308 PM CDT THU APR 2 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED FROM 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 MPH OR HIGHER ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THIS WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR PEOPLE IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES OR AT CONSTRUCTION SITES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE 25 TO 39 MPH OR HAVE GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH OR HIGHER. SECURE LAWN FURNITURE...GARBAGE CANS...OR OTHER OBJECTS THAT COULD BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE STRONG WINDS. && $$ TXZ229-230-239-240-022115- /O.CON.KCRP.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-090402T2100Z/ LA SALLE-MCMULLEN-WEBB-DUVAL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COTULLA...ENCINAL...TILDEN...LAREDO... RIO BRAVO...FREER...BENAVIDES...SAN DIEGO 308 PM CDT THU APR 2 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED FROM 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 MPH OR HIGHER ARE EXPECTED THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. THIS WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR PEOPLE IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES OR AT CONSTRUCTION SITES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE 25 TO 39 MPH OR HAVE GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH OR HIGHER. SECURE LAWN FURNITURE...GARBAGE CANS...OR OTHER OBJECTS THAT COULD BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE STRONG WINDS. && $$ 86/85
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 7:54 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | CRP | 22 hr | |
| Apr 1, 8:00 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | CRP | Aransas, Bee, Calhoun, Duval, Goliad, Jim Wells and 9 more | 22 hr |
Nearby
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.