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Heat Advisory 13, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

August 7, 20178 counties in Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this heat advisory at Aug 7, 2017, 3:52 AM CDT for 8 counties in Texas. It took effect at Aug 7, 2017, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 7, 2017, 3:52 AM CDT (08:52 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 7, 2017, 12:00 PM CDT
Expired
Aug 7, 2017, 3:21 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX

Counties Bee 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

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:55 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, 8.9 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2017-08-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2370 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2017-08-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 61 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2370 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-85 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1303 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
61 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
123 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
10.8

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this heat 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 heat advisory went out at Aug 7, 12:43 AM CDT, 3 hours 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 7, 12:43 AM CDT, 3 hours 9 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 7, 10:01 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPLa Salle44 min
Aug 7, 11:00 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCRPLa Salle3 hr
Aug 7, 3:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPNueces49 min
Aug 7, 3:47 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCRPNueces, San Patricio118 min
Aug 7, 4:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPBrooks49 min

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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.