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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

January 16, 201210 counties in Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this wind advisory at Jan 16, 2012, 10:27 AM CST for 10 counties in Texas. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 16, 2012, 10:27 AM CST (16:27 UTC)
Expired
Jan 16, 2012, 6:00 PM CST
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, Nueces County, TX, Refugio County, TX, San Patricio County, TX, Victoria County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:26 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

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 47 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 12:00Z on 2012-01-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 49 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 12:00Z on 2012-01-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 262 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
49 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-210 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
614 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
262 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
316 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

987 
WWUS74 KCRP 161627
NPWCRP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1027 AM CST MON JAN 16 2012

...STRONG SOUTH WINDS OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTH TEXAS...

.DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE EAST OF THE ROCKIES WILL ALLOW WINDS TO
INCREASE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. AS A RESULT...STRONG WINDS WILL
DEVELOP THIS LATE MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON OVER
THE COASTAL BEND...VICTORIA CROSSROADS AND PORTIONS OF THE INLAND
COASTAL PLAINS. 


TXZ232>234-241>247-170000-
/O.NEW.KCRP.WI.Y.0002.120116T1627Z-120117T0000Z/
BEE-GOLIAD-VICTORIA-JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-
REFUGIO-CALHOUN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEEVILLE...GOLIAD...VICTORIA...ALICE...
ORANGE GROVE...KINGSVILLE...CORPUS CHRISTI...PORTLAND...
INGLESIDE...ARANSAS PASS...SINTON...MATHIS...ROCKPORT...REFUGIO...
WOODSBORO...PORT LAVACA
1027 AM CST MON JAN 16 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING...NOW THROUGH 6 PM THIS EVENING.

* WINDS...SOUTH WINDS AT 25 TO 35 MPH...GUSTING TO NEAR 40 KNOTS.

* IMPACTS...DRIVING WILL BECOME DIFFICULT IN HIGH PROFILE
  VEHICLES. LOOSE OBJECTS WILL BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE STRONG
  WINDS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO
BE 25 TO 39 MPH OR HAVE GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH OR HIGHER.

&&

$$

CB
1 follow-up statement
188 
WWUS74 KCRP 162352
NPWCRP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
552 PM CST MON JAN 16 2012

TXZ232>234-241>247-170100-
/O.EXP.KCRP.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120117T0000Z/
BEE-GOLIAD-VICTORIA-JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-
REFUGIO-CALHOUN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEEVILLE...GOLIAD...VICTORIA...ALICE...
ORANGE GROVE...KINGSVILLE...CORPUS CHRISTI...PORTLAND...
INGLESIDE...ARANSAS PASS...SINTON...MATHIS...ROCKPORT...REFUGIO...
WOODSBORO...PORT LAVACA
552 PM CST MON JAN 16 2012

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING...

WHILE SOUTHEAST WINDS MAY REMAIN STRONG AND GUSTY OVER THE NEXT
HOUR...A DECREASE IN WIND SPEEDS IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING. THUS
THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

$$

HART

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 16, 3:31 AM CSTSmall Craft AdvisoryCRP17 hr

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.