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Small Craft Advisory 18, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

March 5, 2011

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this small craft advisory at Mar 5, 2011, 7:22 PM CST. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 5, 2011, 7:22 PM CST (01:22 UTC)
Expired: Mar 5, 2011, 10:00 PM CST
In force: 3 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 Mar 5, 5:27 PM CST, 1 hour 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 5, 5:27 PM CST, 1 hour 55 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 5, 6:05 AM CST, 13 hours 17 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
605 AM CST SAT MAR 5 2011

GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-TXZ229>234-239>247-061215-
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-
605 AM CST SAT MAR 5 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH BRIEF WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH
AND SMALL HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING ALONG AND IN ADVANCE
OF A FAST-MOVING COLD FRONT.

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR THE ENTIRE COASTAL
WATERS DUE MAINLY TO DEVELOPING NORTH WINDS BETWEEN 20 AND 30
KNOTS WITH BRIEF GALE FORCE GUSTS. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS
WILL PERSIST OVER THE OFFSHORE WATERS THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING DUE
TO LINGERING HIGH SEAS.

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LA SALLE AND WEBB
COUNTIES FROM LATE THIS MORNING UNTIL THE LATE AFTERNOON.
VERY LOW HUMIDITIES ALONG WITH GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL PRODUCE
DANGEROUS WILDFIRE CONDITIONS. THE RED FLAG CONDITIONS WILL END BY
EARLY THIS EVENING AS THE WINDS WEAKEN AND AS HUMIDITIES BEGIN TO
SLOWLY RECOVER.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

AN ELEVATED FIRE DANGER THREAT IS POSSIBLE FOR SUNDAY AS DRY AIR
REMAINS OVER THE REGION. WINDS...HOWEVER...WILL REMAIN WEAK.

A SECOND AND STRONGER FRONT IS EXPECTED NEXT WEDNESDAY. THIS FRONT
WILL ALLOW WINDS OVER THE WATERS TO REACH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY
CRITERIA TUESDAY AHEAD OF THE FRONT AS WELL AS AFTER THE FRONTAL
PASSAGE. EXTREMELY DRY AIR WILL THEN FILTER IN ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS
LEADING TO CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES. WITH THE
COMBINATION OF LOW HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY WINDS...RED FLAG
CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY. AN ELEVATED FIRE DANGER
THREAT IS STILL POSSIBLE FOR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AS EXTREMELY DRY
AIR WILL REMAIN IN PLACE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

MB/CB

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 5, 5:48 PM CST, 1 hour 34 minutes before

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