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Wind Advisory 10, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

May 20, 20195 counties in Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this wind advisory at May 20, 2019, 3:07 AM CDT for 5 counties in Texas. It took effect at May 20, 2019, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 20, 2019, 3:07 AM CDT (08:07 UTC)
In effect from
May 20, 2019, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired
May 20, 2019, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX

Counties Kleberg County, TX, La Salle County, TX, Nueces County, TX, San Patricio County, TX, Webb County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:06 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

Del Rio, TX (KDLF), launched 00:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 306 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 00:00Z on 2019-05-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2098 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, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 2019-05-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 24 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2098 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-81 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1538 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
272 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
2.4

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 20, 3:11 AM CDTGale WarningCRP28 hr
May 20, 3:11 AM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryCRP36 hr
May 20, 9:31 AM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryCRP5 days

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.