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Freeze Warning 9, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

November 17, 20146 counties in Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this freeze warning at Nov 17, 2014, 12:07 PM CST for 6 counties in Texas. It took effect at Nov 18, 2014, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 17, 2014, 12:07 PM CST (18:07 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 18, 2014, 12:00 AM CST
Expired
Nov 18, 2014, 5:50 AM CST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX

Counties Bee County, TX, Goliad County, TX, La Salle County, TX, Live Oak County, TX, McMullen County, TX, Victoria County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:05 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

Del Rio, TX (KDLF), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 294 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, Del Rio, TX at 12:00Z on 2014-11-17Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Del Rio, TX at 12:00Z on 2014-11-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -96 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1186 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-96 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-80 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this freeze warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Corpus Christi, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this freeze warning went out at Nov 16, 5:26 PM CST, 18 hours 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 16, 5:26 PM CST, 18 hours 41 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 16, 4:03 PM CST, 20 hours 4 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
403 PM CST SUN NOV 16 2014

TXZ229>234-239>247-172215-
LA SALLE-MCMULLEN-LIVE OAK-BEE-GOLIAD-VICTORIA-WEBB-DUVAL-
JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN-
403 PM CST SUN NOV 16 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS AND THE MIDDLE
TEXAS COASTAL WATERS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

AREAS OF FOG WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING AHEAD OF THE
APPROACHING COLD FRONT. PATCHY DENSE FOG IS POSSIBLE NEAR THE COASTLINE.

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH SOUTH TEXAS THIS EVENING
WITH STRONG TO VERY STRONG NORTH WINDS DEVELOPING IN ITS WAKE.
SUSTAINED WINDS OVERNIGHT WILL APPROACH 30 MPH ALONG THE COAST AND
AROUND 25 MPH INLAND. GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH ALONG THE COAST WILL BE
POSSIBLE AND TO AROUND 35 MPH INLAND.

WIND CHILL VALUES WILL FALL INTO THE 30S AND UPPER 20S TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MAY OCCUR THURSDAY THROUGH
SATURDAY...MAINLY OVER THE COASTAL BEND AND OVER THE ADJACENT
WATERS.

FREEZING TEMPERATURES MAY OCCUR ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTH TEXAS EARLY
TUESDAY MORNING.

WIND CHILL INDICES MAY FALL INTO THE MID TO UPPER 20S NEAR SUNRISE
TUESDAY MORNING..

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-172215-
BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS-
BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO PORT O'CONNOR-
COASTAL WATERS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL OUT
20 NM-WATERS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL FROM 20 TO
60 NM-
403 PM CST SUN NOV 16 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS AND THE MIDDLE
TEXAS COASTAL WATERS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

AREAS OF FOG...WITH DENSE FOG IN THE BAYS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
EARLY THIS EVENING AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD FRONT.

A GALE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL MARINE AREAS TONIGHT DUE TO
EXPECTED VERY STRONG OFFSHORE FLOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MAY OCCUR THURSDAY THROUGH
SATURDAY

A GALE WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH MID AFTERNOON MONDAY.
AFTERWARD...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THEN
DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 16, 10:57 PM CSTWind AdvisoryCRPAransas, Calhoun, Kleberg, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio and 1 more10 hr
Nov 17, 7:54 AM CSTSmall Craft AdvisoryCRP20 hr

Nearby

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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.