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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this wind advisory at Feb 22, 2016, 2:44 PM CST for 15 counties in Texas. It took effect at Feb 23, 2016, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 22, 2016, 2:44 PM CST (20:44 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 23, 2016, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2016, 12:00 AM CST
- In force
- 12 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 20:44 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
Brownsville Intl, TX (KBRO), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 252 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 912 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 158 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
642 WWUS74 KCRP 222044 NPWCRP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 244 PM CST MON FEB 22 2016 ...STRONG WINDS LIKELY TUESDAY AFTERNOON... .A POTENT STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS TO SOUTH TEXAS TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. TXZ229>234-239>247-230445- /O.NEW.KCRP.WI.Y.0003.160223T1800Z-160224T1000Z/ 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 244 PM CST MON FEB 22 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO 4 AM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO 4 AM CST WEDNESDAY. * TIMING...TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...MOTORISTS DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE ADVERSE DRIVING CONDITIONS. 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. && $$ TB
3 follow-up statements
201 WWUS74 KCRP 230959 NPWCRP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 359 AM CST TUE FEB 23 2016 ...GUSTY STRONG WINDS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS... .A POTENT STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS TO SOUTH TEXAS BY THIS AFTERNOON. THE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY EVENING BEFORE GRADUALLY DIMINISHING OVERNIGHT. TXZ229>234-239>247-231800- /O.EXT.KCRP.WI.Y.0003.160223T1800Z-160224T0600Z/ LA SALLE-MCMULLEN-LIVE OAK-BEE-GOLIAD-VICTORIA-WEBB-DUVAL- JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COTULLA...CALLIHAM...CROSS... LOMA ALTA...TILDEN...GEORGE WEST...THREE RIVERS...BEEVILLE... GOLIAD...VICTORIA...LAREDO...FREER...BENAVIDES...SAN DIEGO... ALICE...ORANGE GROVE...KINGSVILLE...CORPUS CHRISTI...PORTLAND... INGLESIDE...ARANSAS PASS...SINTON...MATHIS...ROCKPORT...REFUGIO... WOODSBORO...PORT LAVACA 359 AM CST TUE FEB 23 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...MOTORISTS DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE ADVERSE DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GREATER... OR WIND GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ LK
097 WWUS74 KCRP 231732 NPWCRP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1132 AM CST TUE FEB 23 2016 TXZ229>234-239>247-240300- /O.CON.KCRP.WI.Y.0003.160223T1800Z-160224T0600Z/ 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 1132 AM CST TUE FEB 23 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...MOTORISTS DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE ADVERSE DRIVING CONDITIONS. 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. && $$
254 WWUS74 KCRP 240312 NPWCRP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 912 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016 ...STRONG WINDS CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS... .WINDY TO VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS. WIND SPEEDS ARE LIKELY PEAKING AS OF MID EVENING AND SHOULD GRADUALLY WEAKEN DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE STRONGEST WINDS ACROSS EXPECTED TO OCCUR ACROSS THE COASTAL PLAINS AND ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST. TXZ229>234-239>247-240600- /O.CON.KCRP.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-160224T0600Z/ LA SALLE-MCMULLEN-LIVE OAK-BEE-GOLIAD-VICTORIA-WEBB-DUVAL- JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COTULLA...CALLIHAM...CROSS... LOMA ALTA...TILDEN...GEORGE WEST...THREE RIVERS...BEEVILLE... GOLIAD...VICTORIA...LAREDO...FREER...BENAVIDES...SAN DIEGO... ALICE...ORANGE GROVE...KINGSVILLE...CORPUS CHRISTI...PORTLAND... INGLESIDE...ARANSAS PASS...SINTON...MATHIS...ROCKPORT...REFUGIO... WOODSBORO...PORT LAVACA 912 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SUSTAINED NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH ACROSS INLAND COUNTIES WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE. SUSTAINED 30 TO 40 MPH ACROSS COASTAL COUNTIES WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...MOTORISTS DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE ADVERSE DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR GREATER... OR WIND GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ HART
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 22, 3:00 AM CST | Gale Watch | CRP | 12 hr | |
| Feb 22, 5:06 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | CRP | Duval, Jim Wells, Kleberg, La Salle, Live Oak, McMullen and 2 more | 10 hr |
| Feb 22, 2:55 PM CST | Gale Warning | CRP | 45 hr | |
| Feb 22, 3:04 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | CRP | Aransas, Bee, Duval, Jim Wells, Kleberg, La Salle and 6 more | 28 hr |
Nearby
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.