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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this wind advisory at Feb 18, 2012, 3:30 AM CST for 15 counties in Texas. It took effect at Feb 18, 2012, 10:00 AM CST. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 18, 2012, 3:30 AM CST (09:30 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 18, 2012, 10:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 18, 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, 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 09:32 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 00:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 252 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
- 2194 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 449 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 208 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.1
- Supercell composite
- 11.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
315 WWUS74 KCRP 180930 NPWCRP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 330 AM CST SAT FEB 18 2012 ...STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON... .AS A PACIFIC COLD FRONT SWEEPS ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS THIS MORNING...SKIES WILL BEGIN TO CLEAR FROM WEST TO EAST. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP AND INCREASE THROUGH LATE MORNING WITH WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH EXPECTED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. WIND SPEEDS ARE THEN EXPECTED TO DECREASE THIS EVENING. TXZ229>234-239>247-182200- /O.NEW.KCRP.WI.Y.0004.120218T1600Z-120219T0000Z/ LA SALLE-MCMULLEN-LIVE OAK-BEE-GOLIAD-VICTORIA-WEBB-DUVAL- JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COTULLA...CALLIHAM...CROSS... LOMA ALTA...TILDEN...GEORGE WEST...THREE RIVERS...BEEVILLE... GOLIAD...VICTORIA...LAREDO...FREER...BENAVIDES...SAN DIEGO... ALICE...ORANGE GROVE...KINGSVILLE...CORPUS CHRISTI...PORTLAND... INGLESIDE...ARANSAS PASS...SINTON...MATHIS...ROCKPORT...REFUGIO... WOODSBORO...PORT LAVACA 330 AM CST SAT FEB 18 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS BETWEEN 40 TO 45 MPH. A FEW GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN COASTAL BEND THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...SHOULD DRIVE WITH CAUTION TODAY. THE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT AT TIMES. LOOSE AND UNSECURED OBJECTS...SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE...WILL BE EASILY MOVED AROUND AND DAMAGED. INDIVIDUALS WORKING ABOVE GROUND LEVEL...SUCH AS ON LADDERS OR ROOFS...WILL EXPERIENCE DIFFICULTY MAINTAINING THEIR BALANCE. 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. && $$ RG
2 follow-up statements
202 WWUS74 KCRP 182200 NPWCRP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 400 PM CST SAT FEB 18 2012 ...STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING... .STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING WITH WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON. WIND SPEEDS ARE THEN EXPECTED TO DECREASE THIS EVENING. TXZ229>234-239>247-190000- /O.CON.KCRP.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-120219T0000Z/ LA SALLE-MCMULLEN-LIVE OAK-BEE-GOLIAD-VICTORIA-WEBB-DUVAL- JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COTULLA...CALLIHAM...CROSS... LOMA ALTA...TILDEN...GEORGE WEST...THREE RIVERS...BEEVILLE... GOLIAD...VICTORIA...LAREDO...FREER...BENAVIDES...SAN DIEGO... ALICE...ORANGE GROVE...KINGSVILLE...CORPUS CHRISTI...PORTLAND... INGLESIDE...ARANSAS PASS...SINTON...MATHIS...ROCKPORT...REFUGIO... WOODSBORO...PORT LAVACA 400 PM CST SAT FEB 18 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS BETWEEN 40 TO 45 MPH. A FEW GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN COASTAL BEND LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...SHOULD DRIVE WITH CAUTION TODAY. THE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT AT TIMES. LOOSE AND UNSECURED OBJECTS...SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE... WILL BE EASILY MOVED AROUND AND DAMAGED. INDIVIDUALS WORKING ABOVE GROUND LEVEL...SUCH AS ON LADDERS OR ROOFS...WILL EXPERIENCE DIFFICULTY MAINTAINING THEIR BALANCE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE 25 TO 39 MPH OR HAVE GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH OR HIGHER. && $$ CB
536 WWUS74 KCRP 182350 NPWCRP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 550 PM CST SAT FEB 18 2012 TXZ229>234-239>247-190100- /O.EXP.KCRP.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-120219T0000Z/ LA SALLE-MCMULLEN-LIVE OAK-BEE-GOLIAD-VICTORIA-WEBB-DUVAL- JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COTULLA...CALLIHAM...CROSS... LOMA ALTA...TILDEN...GEORGE WEST...THREE RIVERS...BEEVILLE... GOLIAD...VICTORIA...LAREDO...FREER...BENAVIDES...SAN DIEGO... ALICE...ORANGE GROVE...KINGSVILLE...CORPUS CHRISTI...PORTLAND... INGLESIDE...ARANSAS PASS...SINTON...MATHIS...ROCKPORT...REFUGIO... WOODSBORO...PORT LAVACA 550 PM CST SAT FEB 18 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... WHILE STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL OCCUR OVER THE NEXT HOUR ACROSS THE COASTAL COUNTIES...WIND SPEEDS OVERALL WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH IN INTENSITY THROUGH THE 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 17, 9:40 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | CRP | 37 hr | |
| Feb 18, 3:28 AM CST | Gale Warning | CRP | 21 hr | |
| Feb 18, 3:28 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | CRP | 27 hr | |
| Feb 18, 4:19 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Goliad, Victoria | 56 min |
| Feb 18, 6:51 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 84 min | |
| Feb 18, 8:45 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | CRP | 60 min |
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.