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Wind Advisory 21, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this wind advisory at Oct 18, 2011, 4:04 AM CDT for 15 counties in Texas. It took effect at Oct 18, 2011, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 18, 2011, 4:04 AM CDT (09:04 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 18, 2011, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 18, 2011, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Counties Aransas County, TX, Bee County, TX, Calhoun County, TX, Duval County, TX, Goliad County, TX, Jim Wells County, TX, Kleberg County, TX, La Salle County, TX, Live Oak County, TX, McMullen County, TX, Nueces County, TX, Refugio County, TX, San Patricio County, TX, Victoria County, TX, Webb County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 66 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1861 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 129 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
902 WWUS74 KCRP 180904 NPWCRP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 404 AM CDT TUE OCT 18 2011 ...FIRST STRONG FRONT OF THE SEASON WILL PROVIDE GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH TODAY... .A COLD FRONT WILL RAPIDLY PUSH ACROSS THE REGION AND OFFSHORE THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL SHIFT NORTH AND INCREASE WITH THE FRONTAL PASSAGE. WINDS WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM 25 TO 30 MPH ACROSS THE AREA WITH PEAK WIND GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH POSSIBLE. WINDS WILL DECREASE THIS EVENING AS TEMPERATURES COOL AND HIGH PRESSURE BEGINS TO SETTLE INTO SOUTH TEXAS. TXZ231>234-241>247-181800- /O.NEW.KCRP.WI.Y.0021.111018T1200Z-111019T0000Z/ LIVE OAK-BEE-GOLIAD-VICTORIA-JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES- SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GEORGE WEST...THREE RIVERS...BEEVILLE... GOLIAD...VICTORIA...ALICE...ORANGE GROVE...KINGSVILLE... CORPUS CHRISTI...PORTLAND...INGLESIDE...ARANSAS PASS...SINTON... MATHIS...ROCKPORT...REFUGIO...WOODSBORO...PORT LAVACA 404 AM CDT TUE OCT 18 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP FROM AROUND SUNRISE THROUGH MID MORNING. WINDS WILL PEAK BETWEEN MID MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON...BUT WILL REMAIN STRONG THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS BEFORE DECREASING EARLY IN THE EVENING. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUST UP TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVING CAN BE DIFFICULT FOR MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. OBJECTS SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE...GARBAGE CANS OR ANY OTHER LIGHT AND LOOSE OBJECTS CAN BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE STRONG WINDS. 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. && $$ TXZ229-230-239-240-181800- /O.NEW.KCRP.WI.Y.0021.111018T1200Z-111018T2000Z/ LA SALLE-MCMULLEN-WEBB-DUVAL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COTULLA...CALLIHAM...CROSS... LOMA ALTA...TILDEN...LAREDO...FREER...BENAVIDES...SAN DIEGO 404 AM CDT TUE OCT 18 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 3 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 3 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP FROM AROUND SUNRISE THROUGH MID MORNING. WINDS WILL PEAK DURING THE LATE MORNING HOURS AND WILL DECREASE BY LATE AFTERNOON AS HIGH PRESSURE BEGINS TO SETTLE INTO SOUTH TEXAS. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVING CAN BE DIFFICULT FOR MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. OBJECTS SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE...GARBAGE CANS OR ANY OTHER LIGHT AND LOOSE OBJECTS CAN BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE STRONG WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE 25 TO 39 MPH OR HAVE GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH OR HIGHER. && $$ MJG
2 follow-up statements
724 WWUS74 KCRP 181742 NPWCRP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1242 PM CDT TUE OCT 18 2011 ...GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS... .NORTH WINDS WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM 25 TO 30 MPH ACROSS THE AREA WITH PEAK WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE MAINLY OVER THE COASTAL PLAINS. WINDS WILL DECREASE THIS EVENING AS TEMPERATURES COOL AND HIGH PRESSURE BEGINS TO SETTLE INTO SOUTH TEXAS. TXZ231>234-241>247-190000- /O.CON.KCRP.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-111019T0000Z/ LIVE OAK-BEE-GOLIAD-VICTORIA-JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES- SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GEORGE WEST...THREE RIVERS...BEEVILLE... GOLIAD...VICTORIA...ALICE...ORANGE GROVE...KINGSVILLE... CORPUS CHRISTI...PORTLAND...INGLESIDE...ARANSAS PASS...SINTON... MATHIS...ROCKPORT...REFUGIO...WOODSBORO...PORT LAVACA 1242 PM CDT TUE OCT 18 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS BEFORE DECREASING EARLY IN THE EVENING. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVING CAN BE DIFFICULT FOR MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. OBJECTS SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE...GARBAGE CANS OR ANY OTHER LIGHT AND LOOSE OBJECTS CAN BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE STRONG WINDS. 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. && $$ TXZ229-230-239-240-182000- /O.CON.KCRP.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-111018T2000Z/ LA SALLE-MCMULLEN-WEBB-DUVAL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COTULLA...CALLIHAM...CROSS... LOMA ALTA...TILDEN...LAREDO...FREER...BENAVIDES...SAN DIEGO 1242 PM CDT TUE OCT 18 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON THEN DECREASE BY LATE AFTERNOON AS HIGH PRESSURE BEGINS TO SETTLE INTO SOUTH TEXAS. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 35 AND 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...DRIVING CAN BE DIFFICULT FOR MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. OBJECTS SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE...GARBAGE CANS OR ANY OTHER LIGHT AND LOOSE OBJECTS CAN BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE STRONG WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE 25 TO 39 MPH OR HAVE GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH OR HIGHER. && $$ TMT
374 WWUS74 KCRP 182039 NPWCRP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 339 PM CDT TUE OCT 18 2011 ...GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE COASTAL BEND AND VICTORIA CROSSROADS REGIONS... .STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL LINGER OVER THE COASTAL BEND INTO THE VICTORIA CROSSROADS THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL DECREASE THIS EVENING AS THE TEMPERATURES COOL AND HIGH PRESSURE BEGINS TO SETTLE INTO SOUTH TEXAS. TXZ231-241-182145- /O.CAN.KCRP.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-111019T0000Z/ LIVE OAK-JIM WELLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GEORGE WEST...THREE RIVERS...ALICE... ORANGE GROVE 339 PM CDT TUE OCT 18 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE FOR THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON BEFORE DECREASING EARLY THIS EVENING. $$ TXZ232>234-242>247-190000- /O.CON.KCRP.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-111019T0000Z/ BEE-GOLIAD-VICTORIA-KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO- CALHOUN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEEVILLE...GOLIAD...VICTORIA... KINGSVILLE...CORPUS CHRISTI...PORTLAND...INGLESIDE... ARANSAS PASS...SINTON...MATHIS...ROCKPORT...REFUGIO...WOODSBORO... PORT LAVACA 339 PM CDT TUE OCT 18 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS BEFORE DECREASING EARLY IN THE EVENING. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ESPECIALLY OVER THE VICTORIA CROSSROADS REGION. * IMPACTS...DRIVING CAN BE DIFFICULT FOR MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. OBJECTS SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE...GARBAGE CANS OR ANY OTHER LIGHT AND LOOSE OBJECTS CAN BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE STRONG WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE 25 TO 39 MPH OR HAVE GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH OR HIGHER. && $$ TMT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 18, 5:45 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | CRP | Aransas, Bee, Calhoun, Goliad, Jim Wells, Kleberg and 5 more | 10 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.