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Wind Advisory 21, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this wind advisory at Dec 19, 2012, 8:49 AM CST for 8 counties in Texas. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 19, 2012, 8:49 AM CST (14:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 19, 2012, 5:00 PM CST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Counties Aransas County, TX, Calhoun 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), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:53 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 12:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 37 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
- 480 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -165 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 455 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 146 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
243 WWUS74 KCRP 191449 NPWCRP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 849 AM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH TEXAS... .STRONG WINDS LOCATED JUST ABOVE THE SURFACE WILL MIX DOWN TODAY RESULTING IN WINDY CONDITIONS. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR THROUGH MIDDAY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN COASTAL BEND AND THROUGH THE AFTERNOON ACROSS THE NORTHERN COASTAL BEND AND VICTORIA AREA. TXZ234-245>247-191900- /O.NEW.KCRP.WI.Y.0021.121219T1449Z-121219T2300Z/ VICTORIA-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VICTORIA...ROCKPORT...REFUGIO... WOODSBORO...PORT LAVACA 849 AM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR VICTORIA...ARANSAS...REFUGIO...AND CALHOUN COUNTIES...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS DEVELOPING MID TO LATE MORNING AND PERSISTING THROUGH MOST OF THE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL GENERATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORISTS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS...PATIO FURNITURE...AND INFLATABLE HOLIDAY DECORATIONS WILL BE BLOWN AROUND. CONSTRUCTION WORKERS SHOULD REALIZE THAT FASTER WINDS ARE EXPECTED ABOVE THE SURFACE. 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. && $$ TXZ241>244-191900- /O.NEW.KCRP.WI.Y.0021.121219T1449Z-121219T1900Z/ JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALICE...ORANGE GROVE...KINGSVILLE... CORPUS CHRISTI...PORTLAND...INGLESIDE...ARANSAS PASS...SINTON... MATHIS 849 AM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR NUECES...KLEBERG...SAN PATRICIO...AND JIM WELLS COUNTIES...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS DEVELOPING MID MORNING AND CONTINUING INTO EARLY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL GENERATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORISTS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS...PATIO FURNITURE...AND INFLATABLE HOLIDAY DECORATIONS WILL BE BLOWN AROUND. CONSTRUCTION WORKERS SHOULD REALIZE THAT FASTER WINDS ARE EXPECTED ABOVE THE SURFACE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ HART
1 follow-up statement
242 WWUS74 KCRP 191858 NPWCRP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1258 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY CONTINUES FOR THE NORTHERN COASTAL BEND... .STRONG WINDS LOCATED JUST ABOVE THE SURFACE WILL CONTINUE TO MIX DOWN THIS AFTERNOON RESULTING IN WINDY CONDITIONS. A GRADUAL DECREASE IN WIND SPEEDS...HOWEVER...WILL OCCUR BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. TXZ241>244-192000- /O.EXP.KCRP.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-121219T1900Z/ JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALICE...ORANGE GROVE...KINGSVILLE... CORPUS CHRISTI...PORTLAND...INGLESIDE...ARANSAS PASS...SINTON... MATHIS 1258 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 1 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE SOUTHERN COASTAL BEND... WHILE OCCASIONALLY STRONG WIND GUSTS MAY STILL OCCUR EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...AN OVERALL DECREASE IN WIND SPEEDS IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THUS...THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE FOR THE SOUTHERN COASTAL BEND. $$ TXZ234-245>247-192300- /O.CON.KCRP.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-121219T2300Z/ VICTORIA-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VICTORIA...ROCKPORT...REFUGIO... WOODSBORO...PORT LAVACA 1258 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE NORTHERN COASTAL BEND... * TIMING...STRONG WINDS CONTINUING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL GENERATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORISTS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS...PATIO FURNITURE...AND INFLATABLE HOLIDAY DECORATIONS WILL BE BLOWN AROUND. CONSTRUCTION WORKERS SHOULD REALIZE THAT FASTER WINDS ARE EXPECTED ABOVE THE SURFACE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ HART
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 19, 9:37 AM CST | Gale Warning | CRP | 29 hr | |
| Dec 19, 12:21 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | CRP | Aransas, Bee, Calhoun, Duval, Goliad, Jim Wells and 9 more | 30 hr |
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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.