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Wind Advisory 7, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

March 5, 201113 counties in Texas

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.

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 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 2011-03-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1647 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2011-03-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 59 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 5, 4:11 AM CSTSmall Craft AdvisoryCRP29 hr
Mar 5, 5:41 AM CSTRed Flag WarningCRPDuval, Jim Wells, Kleberg, La Salle, Live Oak, McMullen and 3 more11 hr
Mar 5, 6:58 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPLa Salle62 min
Mar 5, 8:25 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPDuval, Jim Wells35 min
Mar 5, 9:03 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPAransas, Nueces, San Patricio42 min
Mar 5, 9:09 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningCRP3 hr
Mar 5, 9:19 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPJim Wells, Kleberg, Nueces56 min

Nearby

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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.