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Wind Advisory 22, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this wind advisory at Dec 19, 2012, 6:02 PM CST for 15 counties in Texas. It took effect at Dec 20, 2012, 2:00 AM CST. It was in force for 13 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 19, 2012, 6:02 PM CST (00:02 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 20, 2012, 2:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Dec 20, 2012, 3:00 PM CST
- In force
- 13 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Counties Aransas County, TX, Bee County, TX, Calhoun County, TX, Duval County, TX, Goliad County, TX, Jim Wells County, TX, Kleberg County, TX, La Salle County, TX, Live Oak County, TX, McMullen County, TX, Nueces County, TX, Refugio County, TX, San Patricio County, TX, Victoria County, TX, Webb County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:02 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, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 66 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
- 1222 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -74 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 794 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 157 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 190 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.0
- Supercell composite
- 7.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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
4 follow-up statements
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
985 WWUS74 KCRP 201011 NPWCRP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 411 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...STRONG NORTH WINDS BEHIND COLD FRONT... .STRONG PRESSURE RISES IN WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT WILL RESULT IN NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH IMMEDIATELY BEHIND THE FRONT. MIXING LATER IN THE MORNING WILL RESULT IN THE STRONG NORTH WINDS CONTINUING ACROSS THE COASTAL BEND THROUGH MIDDAY TODAY. TXZ231>234-201800- /O.EXA.KCRP.WI.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-121220T1800Z/ LIVE OAK-BEE-GOLIAD-VICTORIA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GEORGE WEST...THREE RIVERS...BEEVILLE... GOLIAD...VICTORIA 411 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * TIMING...THROUGH MIDDAY TODAY. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 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. && $$ TXZ229-230-239-240-201500- /O.CON.KCRP.WI.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-121220T1500Z/ LA SALLE-MCMULLEN-WEBB-DUVAL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COTULLA...CALLIHAM...CROSS... LOMA ALTA...TILDEN...LAREDO...FREER...BENAVIDES...SAN DIEGO 411 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING... * TIMING...THROUGH MID MORNING TODAY. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL GENERATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORISTS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS...PATIO FURNITURE...AND INFLATABLE HOLIDAY DECORATIONS WILL BE BLOWN AROUND. CONSTRUCTION WORKERS SHOULD REALIZE THAT FASTER WINDS ARE EXPECTED ABOVE THE SURFACE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ TXZ241>247-201800- /O.CON.KCRP.WI.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-121220T1800Z/ JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALICE...ORANGE GROVE...KINGSVILLE... CORPUS CHRISTI...PORTLAND...INGLESIDE...ARANSAS PASS...SINTON... MATHIS...ROCKPORT...REFUGIO...WOODSBORO...PORT LAVACA 411 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... * TIMING...THROUGH MIDDAY TODAY. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 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. && $$
925 WWUS74 KCRP 201800 NPWCRP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1200 PM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... .STRONG PRESSURE RISES IN WAKE OF THIS MORNINGS FRONTAL PASSAGE WILL RESULT IN CONTINUED NORTH/NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. WIND SPEEDS SHOULD RELAX LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE REGION. TXZ231>234-241>247-202100- /O.EXT.KCRP.WI.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-121220T2100Z/ LIVE OAK-BEE-GOLIAD-VICTORIA-JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES- SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GEORGE WEST...THREE RIVERS...BEEVILLE... GOLIAD...VICTORIA...ALICE...ORANGE GROVE...KINGSVILLE... CORPUS CHRISTI...PORTLAND...INGLESIDE...ARANSAS PASS...SINTON... MATHIS...ROCKPORT...REFUGIO...WOODSBORO...PORT LAVACA 1200 PM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTH/NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL GENERATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORISTS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS...PATIO FURNITURE...AND INFLATABLE HOLIDAY DECORATIONS WILL BE BLOWN AROUND. CONSTRUCTION WORKERS SHOULD REALIZE THAT FASTER WINDS ARE EXPECTED ABOVE THE SURFACE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ RG
143 WWUS74 KCRP 202058 NPWCRP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 258 PM CST THU DEC 20 2012 TXZ231>234-241>247-202200- /O.EXP.KCRP.WI.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-121220T2100Z/ 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 258 PM CST THU DEC 20 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... NORTHERLY WIND SPEEDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO SOUTH TEXAS. THEREFORE...THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 3 PM CST. $$ RG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 19, 6:19 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | CRP | 33 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.