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Small Craft Advisory 16, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

February 26, 2011

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this small craft advisory at Feb 26, 2011, 3:08 PM CST. It took effect at Feb 27, 2011, 2:00 AM CST. It was in force for 55 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 26, 2011, 3:08 PM CST (21:08 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 27, 2011, 2:00 AM CST
Expired
Mar 1, 2011, 9:00 AM CST
In force
55 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 Feb 26, 3:00 PM CST, 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 26, 3:00 PM CST, 8 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 26, 6:14 AM CST, 8 hours 54 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
614 AM CST SAT FEB 26 2011

GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-TXZ229>234-239>247-271215-
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-
614 AM CST SAT FEB 26 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A DENSE FOG ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM FOR THE BAYS AND
WATERWAYS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO PORT O'CONNOR.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE BRUSH COUNTRY ON
SUNDAY AS DRIER AIR MOVES NORTHEAST OUT OF MEXICO. LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITY VALUES WILL THEN SPREAD ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION SUNDAY
NIGHT AND MONDAY AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS. THIS
COMBINED WITH BREEZY CONDITIONS AND VERY DRY GRASSES WILL CREATE A
DANGEROUSLY HIGH WILD FIRE THREAT ACROSS THE AREA DURING THIS TIME
FRAME.

STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE COASTAL BEND AND
PORTIONS OF THE GULF WATERS ON SUNDAY IN ADVANCE OF A VIGOROUS LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM THAT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS SUNDAY
NIGHT. STRONG OFFSHORE WINDS WILL THEN DEVELOP IN THE WAKE OF THE
PACIFIC COLD FRONT EARLY MONDAY. THIS WILL LEAD TO ROUGH SEAS FOR
SEVERAL HOURS AND SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES ARE LIKELY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 25, 8:03 PM CSTMarine Dense Fog AdvisoryCRP14 hr
Feb 25, 9:11 PM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryCRPAransas, Calhoun, Kleberg, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio and 1 more8 hr
Feb 26, 5:44 AM CSTFire Weather WatchCRPAransas, Bee, Calhoun, Duval, Goliad, Jim Wells and 9 more23 hr

Nearby

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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.