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Wind Advisory 5, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this wind advisory at Feb 23, 2012, 8:36 PM CST for 15 counties in Texas. It took effect at Feb 24, 2012, 4:00 AM CST. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 23, 2012, 8:36 PM CST (02:36 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 24, 2012, 4:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2012, 1:08 PM CST
- In force
- 9 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 02:42 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 00:00Z, 2.6 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
- 1252 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -413 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1225 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -53 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
129 WWUS74 KCRP 240236 NPWCRP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 836 PM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ...STRONG TO VERY STRONG NORTH WINDS EXPECTED BY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL QUICKLY MOVE ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS OVERNIGHT AND INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING...RESULTING IN STRONG TO VERY STRONG NORTH WINDS. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH THROUGH LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. TXZ229>234-239>247-241100- /O.NEW.KCRP.WI.Y.0005.120224T1000Z-120224T2200Z/ 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 836 PM CST THU FEB 23 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 4 PM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 4 PM CST FRIDAY. * TIMING...EARLY FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS BETWEEN 40 TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...SHOULD DRIVE WITH CAUTION FRIDAY. 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. && $$ TE
2 follow-up statements
242 WWUS74 KCRP 241136 NPWCRP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 536 AM CST FRI FEB 24 2012 ...STRONG TO VERY STRONG NORTH WIND EXPECTED TODAY... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS EARLY THIS MORNING. AS A RESULT...STRONG TO VERY STRONG NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BY LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. TXZ229>234-239>247-241945- /O.CON.KCRP.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-120224T2200Z/ LA SALLE-MCMULLEN-LIVE OAK-BEE-GOLIAD-VICTORIA-WEBB-DUVAL- JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COTULLA...CALLIHAM...CROSS... LOMA ALTA...TILDEN...GEORGE WEST...THREE RIVERS...BEEVILLE... GOLIAD...VICTORIA...LAREDO...FREER...BENAVIDES...SAN DIEGO... ALICE...ORANGE GROVE...KINGSVILLE...CORPUS CHRISTI...PORTLAND... INGLESIDE...ARANSAS PASS...SINTON...MATHIS...ROCKPORT...REFUGIO... WOODSBORO...PORT LAVACA 536 AM CST FRI FEB 24 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...EARLY THIS MORNING THROUGH AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS BETWEEN 40 TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...SHOULD DRIVE WITH EXTREME CAUTION TODAY. THE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL RENDER DRIVING DIFFICULT AT TIMES. OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE...THAT CAN BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND...SHOULD BE SECURED. INDIVIDUALS WORKING WELL ABOVE GROUND LEVEL WILL EXPERIENCE MUCH STRONGER WIND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE 25 TO 39 MPH OR HAVE GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH OR HIGHER. && $$ 87
125 WWUS74 KCRP 241908 NPWCRP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 108 PM CST FRI FEB 24 2012 TXZ229>234-239>247-242015- /O.CAN.KCRP.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-120224T2200Z/ 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 108 PM CST FRI FEB 24 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS HAVE DECREASED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY THIS AFTERNOON HOWEVER...WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE COAST. $$ PZ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 23, 8:30 PM CST | Gale Warning | CRP | 22 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.