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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

April 15, 201211 counties in Texas

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.

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

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2012-04-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2582 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2012-04-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 98 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 15, 5:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPGoliad45 min
Apr 15, 5:39 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPGoliad2 hr
Apr 15, 5:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPGoliad52 min
Apr 15, 6:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPGoliad, Victoria54 min

Nearby

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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.