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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

February 20, 2011Kleberg County, Nueces County, Texas

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2011-02-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2011-02-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 97 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 20, 5:57 AM CSTSmall Craft AdvisoryCRP30 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.