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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
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.
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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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 16, 3:31 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | CRP | 17 hr |
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.