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Wind Advisory 8, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this wind advisory at Mar 7, 2012, 4:23 AM CST for 9 counties in Texas. It took effect at Mar 7, 2012, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 7, 2012, 4:23 AM CST (10:23 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 7, 2012, 9:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Mar 7, 2012, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Counties Aransas County, TX, Bee County, TX, Calhoun County, TX, Goliad 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), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 53 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
- 7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1029 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 201 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
720 WWUS74 KCRP 071023 NPWCRP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 423 AM CST WED MAR 7 2012 ..STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS TODAY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN COASTAL BEND... .STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS ARE ANTICIPATED FROM MID MORNING THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN COASTAL BEND AS LOW PRESSURE DEEPENS OVER THE WESTERN PLAINS. TXZ242>244-071830- /O.NEW.KCRP.WI.Y.0008.120307T1500Z-120308T0000Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KINGSVILLE...CORPUS CHRISTI... PORTLAND...INGLESIDE...ARANSAS PASS...SINTON...MATHIS 423 AM CST WED MAR 7 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 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 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE BY MID MORNING MORNING AND WILL PERSIST THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON BEFORE DIMINISHING. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH BY MID TO LATE MORNING...WITH GUSTS OF 45 MPH BY EARLY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...WINDS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORISTS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. RESIDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SECURE LIGHT-WEIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS PATIO FURNITURE AND RUBBISH CANS. 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. && $$ JM
1 follow-up statement
192 WWUS74 KCRP 071828 NPWCRP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1228 PM CST WED MAR 7 2012 ..STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS TO CONTINUE ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTH TEXAS... .DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE ACROSS THE WESTERN PLAINS WILL ALLOW FOR STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS ACROSS THE COASTAL BEND COUNTIES...AND ACROSS THE INLAND COASTAL PLAINS GENERALLY EAST OF INTERSTATE 37. TXZ232>234-245>247-080000- /O.EXA.KCRP.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-120308T0000Z/ BEE-GOLIAD-VICTORIA-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEEVILLE...GOLIAD...VICTORIA... ROCKPORT...REFUGIO...WOODSBORO...PORT LAVACA 1228 PM CST WED MAR 7 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG AND GUSTY THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH BY EARLY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...WINDS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORISTS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. RESIDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SECURE LIGHT-WEIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS PATIO FURNITURE AND RUBBISH CANS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ TXZ242>244-080000- /O.CON.KCRP.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-120308T0000Z/ KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KINGSVILLE...CORPUS CHRISTI... PORTLAND...INGLESIDE...ARANSAS PASS...SINTON...MATHIS 1228 PM CST WED MAR 7 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG AND GUSTY THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH BY EARLY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...WINDS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORISTS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. RESIDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SECURE LIGHT-WEIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS PATIO FURNITURE AND RUBBISH CANS. 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. && $$ CB
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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.