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Small Craft Advisory 30, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

March 18, 2014

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this small craft advisory at Mar 18, 2014, 3:39 AM CDT. It took effect at Mar 18, 2014, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 18, 2014, 3:39 AM CDT (08:39 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 18, 2014, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired
Mar 18, 2014, 8:53 PM CDT
In force
14 hr
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this small craft advisory 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 small craft advisory went out at Mar 17, 10:46 PM CDT, 4 hours 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 17, 10:46 PM CDT, 4 hours 53 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
1046 PM CDT MON MAR 17 2014

.DISCUSSION...SEE AVIATION SECTION FOR 06Z TAFS.

&&

.AVIATION...UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING THROUGH THE CENTRAL
ROCKIES AT THIS TIME WILL LEAD TO DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE OVER THE
CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS TONIGHT. SOUTHERLY LOW LEVEL FLOW WILL
INCREASE OVER SOUTH TEXAS LATER TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY IN RESPONSE
THIS AREA OF LOW PRESSURE. THE SOUTHERLY LOW LEVEL FLOW WILL
INCREASE TO 40 KNOTS ALONG THE RIO GRANDE LATER TONIGHT. THE JET
IS EXPECTED TO EXPAND TO THE EAST...SO ADDED A MENTION OF LOW LEVEL
WIND SHEAR IN ALI TAF ALONG WITH LRD. BY 15Z TUESDAY...STRONGER
WINDS WILL REACH THE SURFACE WITH GUSTS NEAR 30 KNOTS POSSIBLE FOR
THE COASTAL PLAINS. VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE
PERIOD. LATEST NAM MODEL DEPICTS THE POSSIBILITY OF FOG OVER THE
INLAND COASTAL PLAINS BY 12Z TUE BUT DOUBTFUL THAT THE BOUNDARY
LAYER WILL BECOME AS MOIST AS SHOWN BY THE NAM.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
CORPUS CHRISTI    47  86  61  75  57  /   0   0   0  10  10
VICTORIA          43  82  56  74  52  /   0   0   0  10  10
LAREDO            50  91  59  79  59  /   0   0   0  10  10
ALICE             44  87  58  77  56  /   0   0   0  10  10
ROCKPORT          54  78  60  73  58  /   0   0   0  10  10
COTULLA           42  89  54  73  53  /   0   0   0  10  10
KINGSVILLE        46  87  57  78  56  /   0   0   0  10  10
NAVY CORPUS       54  79  62  73  59  /   0   0   0  10  10

&&

.CRP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...NONE.
GM...NONE.

&&

TMT/89...AVIATION
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 17, 1:58 PM CDT, 13 hours 41 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
158 PM CDT MON MAR 17 2014

TXZ229>234-239>247-181100-
LA SALLE-MCMULLEN-LIVE OAK-BEE-GOLIAD-VICTORIA-WEBB-DUVAL-
JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN-
158 PM CDT MON MAR 17 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

AN ELEVATED FIRE DANGER WILL OCCUR ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE
COASTAL BEND AND EASTERN BRUSH COUNTRY ON TUESDAY. CONDITIONS
COULD BECOME CRITICAL FOR A FEW HOURS OVER THE INLAND PORTIONS OF
THE SOUTHERN COASTAL COUNTIES DURING THE AFTERNOON.

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY NIGHT AND
SUNDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-181100-
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-
158 PM CDT MON MAR 17 2014

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

GW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 18, 3:49 AM CDTRed Flag WarningCRPKleberg, Nueces, San Patricio14 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.