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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

February 5, 20127 counties in Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this wind advisory at Feb 5, 2012, 9:26 AM CST for 7 counties in Texas. It took effect at Feb 5, 2012, 10:00 AM CST. It was in force for 59 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 5, 2012, 9:26 AM CST (15:26 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 5, 2012, 10:00 AM CST
Expired
Feb 5, 2012, 10:59 AM CST
In force
59 min
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

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:27 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

Brownsville Intl, TX (KBRO), launched 12:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 228 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, Brownsville Intl, TX at 12:00Z on 2012-02-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Brownsville Intl, TX at 12:00Z on 2012-02-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 106 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
492 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
106 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
387 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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

381 
WWUS74 KCRP 051526
NPWCRP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
926 AM CST SUN FEB 5 2012

...GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED THROUGH NOON...

.AS RAIN EXITS THE AREA THIS MORNING GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED
IN COASTAL COUNTIES. GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 35MPH ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH
THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL DECREASE THIS AFTERNOON.

TXZ241>247-051800-
/O.NEW.KCRP.WI.Y.0003.120205T1600Z-120205T1800Z/
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
926 AM CST SUN FEB 5 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 NOON TODAY.

* WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 35 MPH.

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.

&&

$$

PZ
1 follow-up statement
132 
WWUS74 KCRP 051659
NPWCRP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1059 AM CST SUN FEB 5 2012


TXZ241>247-051800-
/O.CAN.KCRP.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-120205T1800Z/
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
1059 AM CST SUN FEB 5 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS CANCELLED THE
WIND ADVISORY. 

WIND GUSTS ACROSS THE AREA HAVE DECREASED...THEREFORE THE WIND
ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THIS
AFTERNOON.

$$

PZ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 4, 6:50 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPDuval40 min
Feb 4, 7:02 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPLive Oak43 min
Feb 4, 7:09 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPBee36 min
Feb 4, 9:07 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryCRPJim Wells, Nueces113 min
Feb 4, 10:23 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryCRPAransas, Calhoun, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio112 min
Feb 4, 11:35 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningCRP85 min
Feb 4, 11:46 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryCRPJim Wells, Nueces119 min
Feb 5, 12:18 AM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryCRPNueces87 min
Feb 5, 12:58 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningCRP92 min

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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.