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Areal Flood Advisory 21, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

June 26, 2012Bee County, Live Oak County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this areal flood advisory at Jun 26, 2012, 8:42 PM CDT for Bee County, Live Oak County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 26, 2012, 8:42 PM CDT (01:42 UTC)
Expired
Jun 26, 2012, 11:16 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Bee County, TX, Live Oak County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 93 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 2012-06-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1560 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2012-06-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 45 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1560 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-96 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2422 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
89 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.2

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this areal flood advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Corpus Christi, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this areal flood advisory went out at Jun 26, 6:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 26, 6:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 26, 4:45 PM CDT, 3 hours 57 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
445 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 2012

GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-TXZ229>234-239>247-272145-
BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS-
BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO PORT O'CONNOR-
COASTAL WATERS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL OUT
20 NM-WATERS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL FROM 20 TO
60 NM-LA SALLE-MCMULLEN-LIVE OAK-BEE-GOLIAD-VICTORIA-WEBB-DUVAL-
JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN-
445 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS AND THE MIDDLE
TEXAS COASTAL WATERS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THIS
EVENING OVER MUCH OF SOUTH TEXAS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS
IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR THE NORTHERN COASTAL PLAINS AND VICTORIA
CROSSROADS REGION. THE MAIN CONCERN FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE
DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND MARGINALLY SEVERE LARGE HAIL.
ANY SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO END BY MIDNIGHT.

A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE FOR THE BEACHES OF
THE MIDDLE TEXAS COAST DUE TO LONG PERIOD SWELLS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 105 TO 109 DEGREES WILL BE POSSIBLE
ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS DURING THE AFTERNOONS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE
WEEK AND INTO THE WEEKEND.

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO THE
EARLY EVENING FOR THE COASTAL PLAINS INTO THE BRUSH COUNTRY. GUSTY
WINDS OF AROUND 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS ARE AGAIN POSSIBLE OVER THE WEEKEND.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BECOME NECESSARY ACROSS THE NORTHERN
COASTAL PLAINS AND VICTORIA CROSSROADS REGION THROUGH THIS EVENING.

TB

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 26, 5:12 PM CDT, 3 hours 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
512 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 2012

TXZ231-262300-
LIVE OAK-
512 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING NORTHERN LIVE OAK COUNTY...

AT 507 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR RAY POINT...OR 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF THREE
RIVERS...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 25 MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

CB
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 5:34 PM CDT, 3 hours 8 minutes before
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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.