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Wind Advisory 9, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this wind advisory at Mar 8, 2012, 4:10 AM CST for 11 counties in Texas. It took effect at Mar 8, 2012, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 8, 2012, 4:10 AM CST (10:10 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 8, 2012, 6:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Mar 8, 2012, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Counties Aransas County, TX, Bee County, TX, Calhoun County, TX, Goliad County, TX, Jim Wells County, TX, Kleberg County, TX, Live Oak County, TX, Nueces County, TX, Refugio County, TX, San Patricio County, TX, Victoria County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:11 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, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 50 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
- 755 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -368 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 765 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 186 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 206 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
202 WWUS74 KCRP 081010 NPWCRP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 410 AM CST THU MAR 8 2012 ..VERY STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS TO CONTINUE ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTH TEXAS TODAY... .DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE ACROSS WEST TEXAS AND NORTHERN MEXICO COMBINED WITH AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL RESULT IN VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE COASTAL BEND TODAY. TXZ231>234-241>247-081815- /O.NEW.KCRP.WI.Y.0009.120308T1200Z-120308T2200Z/ 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 410 AM CST THU MAR 8 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL DEVELOP RAPIDLY THIS MORNING BEFORE SUNRISE AND WILL PERSIST UNTIL MID AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...WINDS WILL CREATE VERY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORISTS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. RESIDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SECURE ALL 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
433 WWUS74 KCRP 081801 NPWCRP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1201 PM CST THU MAR 8 2012 ...STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS TO CONTINUE ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTH TEXAS TODAY... .DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE ACROSS WEST TEXAS AND NORTHERN MEXICO COMBINED WITH AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL RESULT IN WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE COASTAL BEND TODAY. TXZ231>234-241>247-082200- /O.CON.KCRP.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-120308T2200Z/ LIVE OAK-BEE-GOLIAD-VICTORIA-JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES- SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GEORGE WEST...THREE RIVERS...BEEVILLE... GOLIAD...VICTORIA...ALICE...ORANGE GROVE...KINGSVILLE... CORPUS CHRISTI...PORTLAND...INGLESIDE...ARANSAS PASS...SINTON... MATHIS...ROCKPORT...REFUGIO...WOODSBORO...PORT LAVACA 1201 PM CST THU MAR 8 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL PERSIST UNTIL MID AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...WINDS WILL CREATE VERY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORISTS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. RESIDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SECURE ALL LIGHT-WEIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS PATIO FURNITURE AND RUBBISH CANS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ CB
929 WWUS74 KCRP 082144 NPWCRP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 344 PM CST THU MAR 8 2012 ...STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN THIS EARLY EVENING... .STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL WEAKEN EARLY THIS EVENING AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE AREA. TXZ231>234-241>247-090000- /O.EXT.KCRP.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-120309T0000Z/ 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 344 PM CST THU MAR 8 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON.. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...WINDS WILL CREATE VERY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORISTS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. RESIDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SECURE ALL 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
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 3:47 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | CRP | 17 hr | |
| Mar 8, 5:33 AM CST | Rip Current Statement | CRP | Aransas, Calhoun, Kleberg, Nueces | 18 hr |
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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.