Alert archive / Texas / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 13, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this wind advisory at Apr 24, 2011, 4:00 AM CDT for Kleberg County, Nueces County, San Patricio County, Texas. It took effect at Apr 24, 2011, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 24, 2011, 4:00 AM CDT (09:00 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 24, 2011, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 24, 2011, 12:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 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 09:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 9.0 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1453 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -289 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 926 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
083 WWUS74 KCRP 240900 NPWCRP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 400 AM CDT SUN APR 24 2011 ...WINDY CONDITIONS TODAY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN COASTAL BEND... A STRONG THERMAL GRADIENT AND LOW PRESSURE OVER THE PANHANDLE WILL RESULT IN A TIGHTENING PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS. WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH MID TO LATE MORNING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN BEND. TXZ242>244-241700- /O.NEW.KCRP.WI.Y.0013.110424T1500Z-110424T2300Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KINGSVILLE...CORPUS CHRISTI... PORTLAND...INGLESIDE...ARANSAS PASS...SINTON...MATHIS 400 AM CDT SUN APR 24 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH DURING THE MID TO LATE MORNING HOURS ACROSS KLEBERG...NUECES AND SAN PATRICIO COUNTIES AND PERSIST THROUGH EARLY EVENING. GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL OCCUR DURING THIS TIME. 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. SECURE LAWN FURNITURE...GARBAGE CANS...OR OTHER OBJECTS THAT COULD BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE STRONG WINDS. MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...SHOULD DRIVE WITH CAUTION TODAY. THE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT AT TIMES. && $$ JR
1 follow-up statement
326 WWUS74 KCRP 241715 NPWCRP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1215 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2011 ...BREEZY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS... .LOW PRESSURE OVER THE PANHANDLE WILL CONTINUE BREEZY CONDITIONS ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS. WINDS WILL CONTINUE IN THE 15 TO 24 MPH RANGE WITH SOME OCCASIONAL GUSTS BARELY EXCEEDING 35 MPH. THIS IS BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA. TXZ242>244-241815- /O.CAN.KCRP.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-110424T2300Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KINGSVILLE...CORPUS CHRISTI... PORTLAND...INGLESIDE...ARANSAS PASS...SINTON...MATHIS 1215 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS CANCELED THE WIND ADVISORY. BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS...BUT WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA WILL NOT BE REACHED IN MOST LOCATIONS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN COASTAL BEND. $$ SCC
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 4:11 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | CRP | 3 days |
Nearby
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.