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Heat Advisory 2, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

June 11, 20129 counties in Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this heat advisory at Jun 11, 2012, 4:20 AM CDT for 9 counties in Texas. It took effect at Jun 11, 2012, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 11, 2012, 4:20 AM CDT (09:20 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 11, 2012, 10:00 AM CDT
Expired
Jun 11, 2012, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
10 hr
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX

Counties Duval County, TX, Jim Wells County, TX, Kleberg County, TX, La Salle County, TX, Live Oak County, TX, McMullen County, TX, Nueces County, TX, San Patricio County, TX, Webb County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:26 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

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 297 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, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 2012-06-11Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 2012-06-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 30 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
4608 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
55 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this heat 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 heat advisory went out at Jun 10, 6:44 PM CDT, 9 hours 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 10, 6:44 PM CDT, 9 hours 36 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 10, 5:42 AM CDT, 22 hours 38 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
542 AM CDT SUN JUN 10 2012

GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-TXZ229>234-239>247-111045-
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-
542 AM CDT SUN JUN 10 2012

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL RANGE BETWEEN 105F AND 109F OVER
MUCH OF SOUTH TEXAS.

AN ELEVATED FIRE DANGER THREAT WILL EXIST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE
BRUSH COUNTRY AND PORTIONS OF THE INLAND COASTAL PLAINS...
GENERALLY AREAS WEST OF INTERSTATE 37. THE COMBINATION OF LOW
AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES BETWEEN 20-35 PERCENT...DRY TO
NEAR-NORMAL FUELS AND SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 15-20 MPH WILL CREATE AN
ELEVATED WILDFIRE DANGER THREAT.

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES MAY BE NEEDED LATE TONIGHT FOR THE MIDDLE
TEXAS COASTAL WATERS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

MAXIMUM HEAT INDEX VALUES MAY REACH 110F OVER THE RIO GRANDE
PLAINS TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

85/87

The office that day

Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 1:34 AM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryCRP5 hr

Nearby

Heat Advisories in Texas, 2012Every heat advisory in 2012

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.