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Small Craft Advisory 79, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

October 17, 2011

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this small craft advisory at Oct 17, 2011, 3:38 PM CDT. It took effect at Oct 18, 2011, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 33 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 17, 2011, 3:38 PM CDT (20:38 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 18, 2011, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired: Oct 19, 2011, 4:00 PM CDT
In force: 33 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 Oct 17, 3:25 PM CDT, 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 17, 3:25 PM CDT, 13 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 17, 4:48 AM CDT, 10 hours 50 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
448 AM CDT MON OCT 17 2011

GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-TXZ229>234-239>247-181100-
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-
448 AM CDT MON OCT 17 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A MODERATE SWELL GENERATED BY A TROPICAL DISTURBANCE NEAR THE
YUCATAN PENINSULA WILL BEGIN ARRIVING TODAY. THESE SWELLS WILL
PROVIDE A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES TODAY AND
MAY ALSO LEAD TO SOME MINOR BEACH FLOODING AS HIGH TIDE APPROACHES
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH SOUTH TEXAS TUESDAY
MORNING. WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH AND VERY LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITY VALUES WILL PROVIDE CRITICAL TO EXTREME FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS FROM THE LATE MORNING HOURS THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING
AND FIRE WEATHER WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT. THE THREAT WILL BE HIGHEST
ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE BRUSH COUNTRY...GENERALLY SOUTH OF HIGHWAY
44...AS LITTLE RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED IN THE PAST MONTH AS COMPARED
TO OTHER REGIONS.

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES WILL BE NEEDED ACROSS AREA BAYS AND
ADJACENT OPEN WATERS OF THE MIDDLE TEXAS COAST TUESDAY AND
CONTINUING THROUGH MID WEEK AS WINDS AND WAVE HEIGHTS QUICKLY
INCREASE AFTER FRONTAL PASSAGE. WINDS WILL LIKELY GUST IN EXCESS
OF GALE FORCE MUCH OF TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT ACROSS THE COASTAL
WATERS,

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

MJG

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 17, 2:32 PM CDT	Red Flag Warning	CRP	Aransas, Bee, Calhoun, Duval, Goliad, Jim Wells and 9 more	30 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.