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Wind Advisory 9, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this wind advisory at Apr 4, 2011, 3:37 AM CDT for 15 counties in Texas. It took effect at Apr 4, 2011, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 4, 2011, 3:37 AM CDT (08:37 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 4, 2011, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 4, 2011, 7:00 PM CDT
- 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, 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 08:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 8.6 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
- 2614 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -265 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 812 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 96 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 170 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
833 WWUS74 KCRP 040837 NPWCRP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 337 AM CDT MON APR 4 2011 ...STRONG NORTH WINDS EXPECTED LATER TODAY BEHIND A COLD FRONT... .A STRONG COLD FRONT OVER NORTHWEST TEXAS EARLY THIS MORNING WILL MOVE INTO SOUTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTH AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH POSSIBLE. WINDS WILL BEING TO DIMINISH AROUND SUNSET AS DAYTIME HEATING DIMINISHES AND THE HIGH BEGINS TO MOVE INTO TEXAS. TXZ229>234-239>247-042300- /O.NEW.KCRP.WI.Y.0009.110404T1800Z-110404T2300Z/ LA SALLE-MCMULLEN-LIVE OAK-BEE-GOLIAD-VICTORIA-WEBB-DUVAL- JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COTULLA...CALLIHAM...CROSS... LOMA ALTA...TILDEN...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 337 AM CDT MON APR 4 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO SOUTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON. ONCE THE FRONT PASSES...WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTH AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH OVER THE AREA. GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED IN SOME LOCATIONS. THESE WINDS WILL POSE PROBLEMS FOR THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND THOSE WORKING AT CONSTRUCTION SITES. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
187 WWUS74 KCRP 041523 NPWCRP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1023 AM CDT MON APR 4 2011 TXZ229>234-239>247-042300- /O.CON.KCRP.WI.Y.0009.110404T1800Z-110404T2300Z/ LA SALLE-MCMULLEN-LIVE OAK-BEE-GOLIAD-VICTORIA-WEBB-DUVAL- JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COTULLA...CALLIHAM...CROSS... LOMA ALTA...TILDEN...GEORGE WEST...THREE RIVERS...BEEVILLE... GOLIAD...VICTORIA...LAREDO...FREER...BENAVIDES...SAN DIEGO... ALICE...ORANGE GROVE...KINGSVILLE...CORPUS CHRISTI...PORTLAND... INGLESIDE...ARANSAS PASS...SINTON...MATHIS...ROCKPORT...REFUGIO... WOODSBORO...PORT LAVACA 1023 AM CDT MON APR 4 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO SOUTH TEXAS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. ONCE THE FRONT PASSES...WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTH AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH OVER THE AREA. GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA. THESE WINDS WILL POSE PROBLEMS FOR THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND THOSE WORKING AT CONSTRUCTION SITES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE 25 TO 39 MPH OR HAVE GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH OR HIGHER. MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...SHOULD DRIVE WITH CAUTION TODAY. THE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT AT TIMES.SECURE LAWN FURNITURE...GARBAGE CANS...OR OTHER OBJECTS THAT COULD BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE STRONG WINDS. && $$ JR
520 WWUS74 KCRP 042004 NPWCRP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 304 PM CDT MON APR 4 2011 TXZ229>234-239>247-050000- /O.EXT.KCRP.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-110405T0000Z/ LA SALLE-MCMULLEN-LIVE OAK-BEE-GOLIAD-VICTORIA-WEBB-DUVAL- JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COTULLA...CALLIHAM...CROSS... LOMA ALTA...TILDEN...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 304 PM CDT MON APR 4 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON...THEN GRADUALLY WEAKEN IN THE EVENING. THESE WINDS WILL POSE PROBLEMS FOR THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND THOSE WORKING AT CONSTRUCTION SITES. 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. && $$ JR
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 2:52 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | CRP | 34 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.