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Wind Advisory 21, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

December 15, 2010Kleberg County, Nueces County, San Patricio County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this wind advisory at Dec 15, 2010, 3:56 AM CST for Kleberg County, Nueces County, San Patricio County, Texas. It took effect at Dec 15, 2010, 10:00 AM CST. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 15, 2010, 3:56 AM CST (09:56 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 15, 2010, 10:00 AM CST
Expired
Dec 15, 2010, 3:14 PM CST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX

Counties Kleberg County, TX, Nueces County, TX, San Patricio County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 9 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:53 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 00:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 22 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 00:00Z on 2010-12-15Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2010-12-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 130 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
1386 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
130 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
255 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

211 
WWUS74 KCRP 150956
NPWCRP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
356 AM CST WED DEC 15 2010

...STRONG SOUTH WINDS OVER THE SOUTHERN COASTAL BEND TODAY...

.SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE LATER TODAY AS AN AREA OF LOW
PRESSURE DEEPENS OVER WEST TEXAS. 

TXZ242>244-152300-
/O.NEW.KCRP.WI.Y.0021.101215T1600Z-101215T2300Z/
KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KINGSVILLE...CORPUS CHRISTI...
PORTLAND...INGLESIDE...ARANSAS PASS...SINTON...MATHIS
356 AM CST WED DEC 15 2010

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST
THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST
THIS AFTERNOON. 

SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS LATER
THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON.

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.

&&

$$

TMT
1 follow-up statement
696 
WWUS74 KCRP 152114 AAA
NPWCRP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
314 PM CST WED DEC 15 2010

...WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

.SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN BELOW 30 MPH AND WIND GUSTS GENERALLY
BELOW 35 MPH SO THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

TXZ242>244-152215-
/O.CAN.KCRP.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-101215T2300Z/
KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KINGSVILLE...CORPUS CHRISTI...
PORTLAND...INGLESIDE...ARANSAS PASS...SINTON...MATHIS
314 PM CST WED DEC 15 2010

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

ALTHOUGH INITIALLY WIND GUSTS APPROACHED OR EXCEEDED 40 MPH AT
TIMES OVER THE ADVISORY AREA THIS MORNING...WIND GUSTS HAVE
REMAINED BELOW 40 MPH FOR THE PAST FEW HOURS. SUSTAINED WINDS
ARE ALSO BELOW 30 MPH. WINDS SHOULD REMAIN BELOW THE
AFOREMENTIONED WIND ADVISORY CRITERION SO THE WIND ADVISORY HAS
BEEN CANCELLED.

$$

GW

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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.