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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this wind advisory at Apr 15, 2012, 4:07 AM CDT for 11 counties in Texas. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 15, 2012, 4:07 AM CDT (09:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 15, 2012, 12:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Counties Aransas County, TX, Bee County, TX, Calhoun 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
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:09 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, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 50 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
- 2582 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -150 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 598 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 163 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 1.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
237 WWUS74 KCRP 150907 NPWCRP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 407 AM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 ...STRONG GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS THIS MORNING... .STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO SOUTH TEXAS TODAY ALLOWING THE PRESSURE GRADIENT TO RELAX AND WINDS TO DIMINISH. TXZ231>234-241>247-151700- /O.NEW.KCRP.WI.Y.0013.120415T0907Z-120415T1700Z/ LIVE OAK-BEE-GOLIAD-VICTORIA-JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES- SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GEORGE WEST...THREE RIVERS...BEEVILLE... GOLIAD...VICTORIA...ALICE...ORANGE GROVE...KINGSVILLE... CORPUS CHRISTI...PORTLAND...INGLESIDE...ARANSAS PASS...SINTON... MATHIS...ROCKPORT...REFUGIO...WOODSBORO...PORT LAVACA 407 AM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT TODAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT TODAY. * TIMING...THIS MORNING DIMINISHING BY NOON. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH. * IMPACTS...WINDS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORISTS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. RESIDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SECURE ALL LIGHT-WEIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS PATIO FURNITURE AND RUBBISH CANS. 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. && $$ TE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Goliad | 45 min |
| Apr 15, 5:39 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Goliad | 2 hr |
| Apr 15, 5:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Goliad | 52 min |
| Apr 15, 6:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Goliad, Victoria | 54 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.