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Wind Advisory 10, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this wind advisory at Mar 18, 2012, 11:37 PM CDT for 7 counties in Texas. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 18, 2012, 11:37 PM CDT (04:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 19, 2012, 3:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Counties Aransas County, TX, Calhoun County, TX, Kleberg County, TX, Nueces County, TX, Refugio County, TX, San Patricio County, TX, Victoria County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:37 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, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 44 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
- 1398 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -45 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 742 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 135 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 170 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.8
- Supercell composite
- 6.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
835 WWUS74 KCRP 190437 NPWCRP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1137 PM CDT SUN MAR 18 2012 ...STRONG GRADIENT WINDS TONIGHT... .DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS IN RESPONSE TO AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL RESULT IN STRONG WINDS FOR A FEW HOURS TONIGHT OVER THE SOUTHERN COASTAL COUNTIES. WINDS MAY APPROACH WIND ADVISORY CRITERION ON MONDAY...SO ANOTHER WIND ADVISORY MAY BE NECESSARY FOR MONDAY OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTH TEXAS. TXZ242>244-190800- /O.NEW.KCRP.WI.Y.0010.120319T0437Z-120319T0800Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KINGSVILLE...CORPUS CHRISTI... PORTLAND...INGLESIDE...ARANSAS PASS...SINTON...MATHIS 1137 PM CDT SUN MAR 18 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CDT MONDAY. * TIMING...UNTIL 3 AM MONDAY. * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...THIS WILL POSE PROBLEMS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SUCH AS TRUCKS AND VANS...AS WELL AS FOR UNSUPPORTED WALLS AT CONSTRUCTION SITES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ GW
1 follow-up statement
376 WWUS74 KCRP 190526 NPWCRP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1226 AM CDT MON MAR 19 2012 ...STRONG GRADIENT WINDS TONIGHT... .DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS IN RESPONSE TO AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL RESULT IN STRONG WINDS FOR A FEW HOURS TONIGHT OVER THE SOUTHERN COASTAL COUNTIES. WINDS MAY APPROACH WIND ADVISORY CRITERION ON MONDAY...SO ANOTHER WIND ADVISORY MAY BE NECESSARY FOR MONDAY OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTH TEXAS. TXZ234-245>247-190800- /O.EXA.KCRP.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-120319T0800Z/ VICTORIA-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VICTORIA...ROCKPORT...REFUGIO... WOODSBORO...PORT LAVACA 1226 AM CDT MON MAR 19 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CDT EARLY THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CDT EARLY THIS MORNING. * TIMING...UNTIL 3 AM MONDAY. * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...THIS WILL POSE PROBLEMS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SUCH AS TRUCKS AND VANS...AS WELL AS FOR UNSUPPORTED WALLS AT CONSTRUCTION SITES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ TXZ242>244-190800- /O.CON.KCRP.WI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-120319T0800Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KINGSVILLE...CORPUS CHRISTI... PORTLAND...INGLESIDE...ARANSAS PASS...SINTON...MATHIS 1226 AM CDT MON MAR 19 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CDT EARLY THIS MORNING... * TIMING...UNTIL 3 AM MONDAY. * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...THIS WILL POSE PROBLEMS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SUCH AS TRUCKS AND VANS...AS WELL AS FOR UNSUPPORTED WALLS AT CONSTRUCTION SITES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ PZ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 3:58 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | CRP | Aransas, Bee, Calhoun, Goliad, Jim Wells, Kleberg and 5 more | 27 hr |
| Mar 19, 6:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | La Salle | 41 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.