Alert archive / Texas / Wind Advisories in 2009
Wind Advisory 21, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this wind advisory at May 8, 2009, 1:14 PM CDT for 9 counties in Texas. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 8, 2009, 1:14 PM CDT (18:14 UTC)
- Expired
- May 8, 2009, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Counties Aransas County, TX, Bee County, TX, Calhoun County, TX, Goliad County, TX, Kleberg County, TX, Nueces County, TX, Refugio County, TX, San Patricio County, TX, Victoria County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:11 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, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 53 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
- 1973 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -239 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 698 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 184 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS74 KCRP 081814 NPWCRP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 114 PM CDT FRI MAY 8 2009 TXZ232>234-242>247-082300- /O.NEW.KCRP.WI.Y.0021.090508T1814Z-090508T2300Z/ BEE-GOLIAD-VICTORIA-KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO- CALHOUN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEEVILLE...SKIDMORE...GOLIAD... VICTORIA...KINGSVILLE...CORPUS CHRISTI...ROBSTOWN... PORT ARANSAS...PORTLAND...INGLESIDE...ARANSAS PASS...SINTON... MATHIS...ROCKPORT...REFUGIO...WOODSBORO...PORT LAVACA... PORT OCONNOR...SEADRIFT 114 PM CDT FRI MAY 8 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF AROUND 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. WINDS WILL DECREASE BY EARLY EVENING AS DAYTIME HEATING ENDS. 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. THE STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO CAUSE PROBLEMS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND FOR UNSUPPORTED WALLS AT CONSTRUCTION SITES. && $$ TXZ239>241-090000- /O.CON.KCRP.HT.Y.0001.090508T1900Z-090509T0000Z/ WEBB-DUVAL-JIM WELLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAREDO...RIO BRAVO...FREER... BENAVIDES...SAN DIEGO...ALICE...PREMONT 114 PM CDT FRI MAY 8 2009 ...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND VERY HOT TEMPERATURES OF 102 TO 108 DEGREES WILL LEAD TO HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 108 TO 114 DEGREES ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA THIS AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HEAT ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN THE HEAT INDEX IS FORECAST TO REACH 110 DEGREES OR HIGHER FOR TWO HOURS OR MORE. RESIDENTS SHOULD REDUCE OR ELIMINATE OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES. DRINK PLENTY OF WATER OR OTHER NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES. WEAR LIGHT COLORED AND LIGHTWEIGHT CLOTHING. ALSO IF POSSIBLE...SPEND MORE TIME IN AN AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENT. && $$ TE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 4:08 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | CRP | 41 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.