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Small Craft Advisory 1, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

December 31, 2010

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this small craft advisory at Dec 31, 2010, 8:46 PM CST. It took effect at Jan 1, 2011, 3:00 AM CST. It was in force for 39 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 31, 2010, 8:46 PM CST (02:46 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 1, 2011, 3:00 AM CST
Expired
Jan 2, 2011, 6:00 PM CST
In force
39 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 Dec 31, 5:53 PM CST, 2 hours 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 31, 5:53 PM CST, 2 hours 53 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 31, 5:56 AM CST, 14 hours 50 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
556 AM CST FRI DEC 31 2010

GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-TXZ229>234-239>247-011200-
BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS-
BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO PORT O'CONNOR-
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-
556 AM CST FRI DEC 31 2010

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS CONTINUE THIS MORNING OVER THE
COASTAL WATERS DUE TO HAZARDOUS SEAS GREATER THAN 7 FEET.

A FRONTAL PASSAGE THIS AFTERNOON WILL CAUSE RELATIVE HUMIDITY
VALUES TO DROP BELOW 30 PERCENT...LEADING TO AN ELEVATED FIRE
DANGER THREAT WEST OF HIGHWAY 281.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

LOW AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OVER THE WEEKEND WILL PRODUCE AN
ELEVATED FIRE DANGER THREAT...BUT WINDS SHOULD REMAIN BELOW RED FLAG
CRITERION. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS ON
THURSDAY...WITH LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS THE MAIN CONCERN AT THIS
TIME. FINALLY...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ON
SUNDAY AND INTO MONDAY MAINLY OVER THE OFFSHORE GULF WATERS DUE TO
HIGH SEAS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

RG/GW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 1, 5:19 AM CSTRed Flag WarningCRPAransas, Calhoun, Kleberg, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio and 1 more10 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.