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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this wind advisory at Jan 21, 2016, 3:50 AM CST for 15 counties in Texas. It took effect at Jan 21, 2016, 11:00 AM CST. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 21, 2016, 3:50 AM CST (09:50 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 21, 2016, 11:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 21, 2016, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 7 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 09:51 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
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 9.8 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
- 693 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -79 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 838 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 134 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted.
979 WWUS74 KCRP 210950 NPWCRP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 350 AM CST THU JAN 21 2016 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PUSH ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS TODAY WITH STRONG WINDS DEVELOPING IN ITS WAKE. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE CURRENTLY FORECAST TO OCCUR ACROSS THE BRUSH COUNTRY FROM MIDDAY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...AND ACROSS THE COASTAL PLAINS FROM EARLY TO LATE AFTERNOON. WINDS ACROSS THE NORTHERN COASTAL BEND AND VICTORIA CROSSROADS ARE CURRENTLY EXPECTED TO REMAIN JUST BELOW WIND ADVISORY LEVELS. IN ADDITION TO THE WIND....DENSE FOG WILL BE POSSIBLE EARLY THIS MORNING ALONG THE RIO GRANDE AND WESTERN BRUSH COUNTRY. TXZ239-211400- /O.NEW.KCRP.FG.Y.0005.160121T0950Z-160121T1400Z/ /O.NEW.KCRP.WI.Y.0002.160121T1700Z-160121T2300Z/ WEBB- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LAREDO 350 AM CST THU JAN 21 2016 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CST THIS MORNING... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A DENSE FOG ADVISORY FOR WEBB COUNTY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CST THIS MORNING. A WIND ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...DENSE FOG THROUGH 8 AM. STRONGEST WINDS FROM MIDDAY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...BECOMING NORTHWEST SUSTAINED 25 TO 35 MPH. GUSTS TO 45 MPH AT TIMES. * VISIBILITY...1/4 MILE OR LESS AT TIMES EARLY IN THE MORNING. * IMPACTS...POOR VISIBILITY WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. MOTORISTS DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE ADVERSE DRIVING CONDITIONS. UNSECURED ITEMS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND AND POSSIBLY DAMAGED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A DENSE FOG ADVISORY MEANS VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE. IF DRIVING...SLOW DOWN... USE LOW-BEAM HEADLIGHTS...AND LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GREATER... OR WIND GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ TXZ229-240-211400- /O.NEW.KCRP.WI.Y.0002.160121T1700Z-160121T2300Z/ LA SALLE-DUVAL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COTULLA...FREER...BENAVIDES...SAN DIEGO 350 AM CST THU JAN 21 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR LA SALLE AND DUVAL COUNTIES...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...MIDDAY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...BECOMING NORTHWEST SUSTAINED 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...MOTORISTS DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE ADVERSE DRIVING CONDITIONS. UNSECURED ITEMS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND AND POSSIBLY DAMAGED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GREATER... OR WIND GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ TXZ241>244-211400- /O.NEW.KCRP.WI.Y.0002.160121T1900Z-160121T2300Z/ JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALICE...ORANGE GROVE...KINGSVILLE... CORPUS CHRISTI...PORTLAND...INGLESIDE...ARANSAS PASS...SINTON... MATHIS 350 AM CST THU JAN 21 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR THE COASTAL PLAINS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...EARLY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...BECOMING NORTHWEST SUSTAINED 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...MOTORISTS DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE ADVERSE DRIVING CONDITIONS. UNSECURED ITEMS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND AND POSSIBLY DAMAGED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GREATER... OR WIND GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ HART
3 follow-up statements
411 WWUS74 KCRP 211413 NPWCRP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 813 AM CST THU JAN 21 2016 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PUSH ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS TODAY WITH STRONG WINDS DEVELOPING IN ITS WAKE. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE CURRENTLY FORECAST TO OCCUR ACROSS THE BRUSH COUNTRY FROM MIDDAY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...AND ACROSS THE COASTAL PLAINS FROM EARLY TO LATE AFTERNOON. WINDS ACROSS THE NORTHERN COASTAL BEND AND VICTORIA CROSSROADS ARE CURRENTLY EXPECTED TO REMAIN JUST BELOW WIND ADVISORY LEVELS. TXZ239-212300- /O.EXP.KCRP.FG.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-160121T1400Z/ /O.CON.KCRP.WI.Y.0002.160121T1700Z-160121T2300Z/ WEBB- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LAREDO 813 AM CST THU JAN 21 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... * TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS FROM MIDDAY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...BECOMING NORTHWEST SUSTAINED 25 TO 35 MPH. GUSTS TO 45 MPH AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...MOTORISTS DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE ADVERSE DRIVING CONDITIONS. UNSECURED ITEMS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND AND POSSIBLY DAMAGED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GREATER... OR WIND GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ TXZ229-240-212300- /O.CON.KCRP.WI.Y.0002.160121T1700Z-160121T2300Z/ LA SALLE-DUVAL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COTULLA...FREER...BENAVIDES...SAN DIEGO 813 AM CST THU JAN 21 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...MIDDAY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...BECOMING NORTHWEST SUSTAINED 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...MOTORISTS DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE ADVERSE DRIVING CONDITIONS. UNSECURED ITEMS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND AND POSSIBLY DAMAGED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GREATER... OR WIND GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ TXZ241>244-212300- /O.CON.KCRP.WI.Y.0002.160121T1900Z-160121T2300Z/ JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALICE...ORANGE GROVE...KINGSVILLE... CORPUS CHRISTI...PORTLAND...INGLESIDE...ARANSAS PASS...SINTON... MATHIS 813 AM CST THU JAN 21 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...EARLY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...BECOMING NORTHWEST SUSTAINED 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...MOTORISTS DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE ADVERSE DRIVING CONDITIONS. UNSECURED ITEMS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND AND POSSIBLY DAMAGED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GREATER... OR WIND GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ TE
385 WWUS74 KCRP 212113 NPWCRP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 313 PM CST THU JAN 21 2016 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON... .STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS ACROSS THE REGION. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE THIS EVENING...HOWEVER WINDS WILL REMAIN BREEZY ACROSS THE COASTAL AREAS THROUGH TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY. TXZ230>234-245>247-220000- /O.EXB.KCRP.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160122T0000Z/ MCMULLEN-LIVE OAK-BEE-GOLIAD-VICTORIA-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALLIHAM...CROSS...LOMA ALTA...TILDEN... GEORGE WEST...THREE RIVERS...BEEVILLE...GOLIAD...VICTORIA... ROCKPORT...REFUGIO...WOODSBORO...PORT LAVACA 313 PM CST THU JAN 21 2016 ...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...THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST SUSTAINED 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...MOTORISTS DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE ADVERSE DRIVING CONDITIONS. UNSECURED ITEMS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND AND POSSIBLY DAMAGED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GREATER... OR WIND GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ TXZ229-239>244-220000- /O.EXT.KCRP.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160122T0000Z/ LA SALLE-WEBB-DUVAL-JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COTULLA...LAREDO...FREER...BENAVIDES... SAN DIEGO...ALICE...ORANGE GROVE...KINGSVILLE...CORPUS CHRISTI... PORTLAND...INGLESIDE...ARANSAS PASS...SINTON...MATHIS 313 PM CST THU JAN 21 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST SUSTAINED 25 TO 35 MPH. GUSTS TO 45 MPH AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...MOTORISTS DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE ADVERSE DRIVING CONDITIONS. UNSECURED ITEMS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND AND POSSIBLY DAMAGED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GREATER... OR WIND GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ TE
994 WWUS74 KCRP 212354 NPWCRP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 554 PM CST THU JAN 21 2016 TXZ229>234-239>247-220100- /O.EXP.KCRP.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160122T0000Z/ 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 554 PM CST THU JAN 21 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... WIND SPEEDS HAVE DECREASED SIGNIFICANTLY ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS. THUS...THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER...GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN ACROSS THE COASTAL COUNTIES AND COASTAL PLAINS THROUGH THE NIGHT...YET REMAIN BELOW WIND ADVISORY LEVELS. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 3:26 AM CST | Gale Warning | CRP | 30 hr | |
| Jan 21, 3:26 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | CRP | 33 hr | |
| Jan 21, 3:50 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | CRP | Webb | 4 hr |
| Jan 21, 9:09 AM CST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | CRP | 4 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.