Alert archive / Texas / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 4, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this wind advisory at Feb 20, 2011, 5:52 AM CST for Kleberg County, Nueces County, Texas. It took effect at Feb 20, 2011, 10:00 AM CST. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 20, 2011, 5:52 AM CST (11:52 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 20, 2011, 10:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 20, 2011, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Counties Kleberg County, TX, Nueces County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:49 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, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 30 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
- 1070 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 175 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
358 WWUS74 KCRP 201152 NPWCRP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 552 AM CST SUN FEB 20 2011 ...WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN COASTAL BEND TODAY... .DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE ACROSS ALONG THE ROCKIES AND INTO WEST TEXAS WILL RESULT IN STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN COASTAL BEND TODAY. TXZ242-243-210000- /O.NEW.KCRP.WI.Y.0004.110220T1600Z-110221T0000Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KINGSVILLE...CORPUS CHRISTI 552 AM CST SUN FEB 20 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST 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 CST THIS EVENING. SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH TODAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE STRONG WIND WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. RESIDENTS SHOULD PREPARE FOR THE STRONG WINDS. SECURE LAWN FURNITURE...GARBAGE CANS AND ANY LOOSE OBJECTS THAT COULD BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE STRONG WIND. 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. && $$ TE
2 follow-up statements
420 WWUS74 KCRP 201605 NPWCRP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1005 AM CST SUN FEB 20 2011 ...WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN COASTAL BEND TODAY... .DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE ACROSS ALONG THE ROCKIES AND INTO WEST TEXAS WILL RESULT IN STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN COASTAL BEND TODAY. TXZ242-243-210000- /O.CON.KCRP.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-110221T0000Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KINGSVILLE...CORPUS CHRISTI 1005 AM CST SUN FEB 20 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR KLEBERG AND NUECES COUNTIES. SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH WILL OCCUR TODAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE STRONG WIND WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. RESIDENTS SHOULD PREPARE FOR THE STRONG WINDS. SECURE LAWN FURNITURE...GARBAGE CANS AND ANY LOOSE OBJECTS THAT COULD BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE STRONG WIND. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE 25 TO 39 MPH OR HAVE GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH OR HIGHER. && $$
951 WWUS74 KCRP 202357 AAA NPWCRP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 557 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011 TXZ242-243-210100- /O.EXP.KCRP.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-110221T0000Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KINGSVILLE...CORPUS CHRISTI 557 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR NUECES AND KLEBERG COUNTIES. SUSTAINED WINDS AND WIND GUSTS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH AS DAYTIME HEATING ENDS. $$ GW
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 20, 5:57 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | CRP | 30 hr |
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.