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Wind Advisory 7, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this wind advisory at Mar 5, 2011, 10:10 AM CST for 13 counties in Texas. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 5, 2011, 10:10 AM CST (16:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 5, 2011, 4:00 PM CST
- In force
- 6 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, Live Oak 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), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 53 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
- 1647 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 469 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
005 WWUS74 KCRP 051610 NPWCRP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1010 AM CST SAT MAR 5 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST... .WINDS BEHIND A STRONG COLD FRONT ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH OR MORE FOR MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL DECREASE TOWARD LATE AFTERNOON. TXZ231>234-239>247-060000- /O.NEW.KCRP.WI.Y.0007.110305T1610Z-110306T0000Z/ LIVE OAK-BEE-GOLIAD-VICTORIA-WEBB-DUVAL-JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES- SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GEORGE WEST...THREE RIVERS...BEEVILLE... GOLIAD...VICTORIA...LAREDO...FREER...BENAVIDES...SAN DIEGO... ALICE...ORANGE GROVE...KINGSVILLE...CORPUS CHRISTI...PORTLAND... INGLESIDE...ARANSAS PASS...SINTON...MATHIS...ROCKPORT...REFUGIO... WOODSBORO...PORT LAVACA 1010 AM CST SAT MAR 5 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AT OR IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF LATER THIS AFTERNOON AS PRESSURE RISES DIMINISH AND HIGH PRESSURE BEGINS TO MOVE INTO NORTH TEXAS. 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. MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...SHOULD DRIVE WITH CAUTION TODAY. THE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT AT TIMES.SECURE LAWN FURNITURE...GARBAGE CANS...OR OTHER OBJECTS THAT COULD BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE STRONG WINDS. && $$ GW
1 follow-up statement
119 WWUS74 KCRP 052153 AAA NPWCRP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 353 PM CST SAT MAR 5 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 4 PM CST... .WINDS BEHIND A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE. SUSTAINED WINDS AND WIND GUSTS ARE ALREADY BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERION SO THE ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. TXZ231>234-239>247-052300- /O.EXT.KCRP.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-110305T2200Z/ LIVE OAK-BEE-GOLIAD-VICTORIA-WEBB-DUVAL-JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES- SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GEORGE WEST...THREE RIVERS...BEEVILLE... GOLIAD...VICTORIA...LAREDO...FREER...BENAVIDES...SAN DIEGO... ALICE...ORANGE GROVE...KINGSVILLE...CORPUS CHRISTI...PORTLAND... INGLESIDE...ARANSAS PASS...SINTON...MATHIS...ROCKPORT...REFUGIO... WOODSBORO...PORT LAVACA 353 PM CST SAT MAR 5 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON AS DAYTIME HEATING DIMINISHES AND HIGH PRESSURE MOVES INTO TEXAS. WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH ARE STILL POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. THESE WINDS ARE BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERION. $$ GW
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 5, 4:11 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | CRP | 29 hr | |
| Mar 5, 5:41 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | CRP | Duval, Jim Wells, Kleberg, La Salle, Live Oak, McMullen and 3 more | 11 hr |
| Mar 5, 6:58 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | La Salle | 62 min |
| Mar 5, 8:25 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Duval, Jim Wells | 35 min |
| Mar 5, 9:03 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Aransas, Nueces, San Patricio | 42 min |
| Mar 5, 9:09 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 3 hr | |
| Mar 5, 9:19 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Jim Wells, Kleberg, Nueces | 56 min |
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.