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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

October 30, 20196 counties in Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this wind advisory at Oct 30, 2019, 3:31 PM CDT for 6 counties in Texas. It took effect at Oct 30, 2019, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 30, 2019, 3:31 PM CDT (20:31 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 30, 2019, 7:00 PM CDT
Expired
Oct 31, 2019, 9:00 AM CDT
In force
14 hr
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX

Counties Aransas County, TX, Calhoun County, TX, Kleberg County, TX, Nueces County, TX, Refugio County, TX, San Patricio County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:34 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 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 30 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 12:00Z on 2019-10-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2425 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 2019-10-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 66 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
2425 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
602 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
66 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
3.4

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

691 
WWUS74 KCRP 302031
NPWCRP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
331 PM CDT Wed Oct 30 2019

TXZ245-342>347-442-443-447-311400-
/O.NEW.KCRP.WI.Y.0013.191031T0000Z-191031T1400Z/
Coastal Aransas-Coastal Kleberg-Coastal Nueces-
Coastal San Patricio-Aransas Islands-Coastal Refugio-
Coastal Calhoun-Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands-Calhoun Islands-
Including the cities of Rockport, Fulton, Corpus Christi, 
Flour Bluff, Portland, Ingleside, Bayside, Austwell, 
Magnolia Beach, and Port Lavaca
331 PM CDT Wed Oct 30 2019

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CDT
THURSDAY...

* WHAT...North winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 40 mph 
  expected.

* WHERE...Coastal Aransas, Coastal Kleberg, Coastal Nueces, 
  Coastal San Patricio, Aransas Islands, Coastal Refugio, 
  Coastal Calhoun, Kleberg Islands, Nueces Islands and Calhoun 
  Islands Counties.

* WHEN...From 7 PM this evening to 9 AM CDT Thursday.

* IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. 
  Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may 
  result.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high
profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
401 
WWUS74 KCRP 311357
NPWCRP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
857 AM CDT Thu Oct 31 2019

TXZ245-342>347-442-443-447-311500-
/O.EXP.KCRP.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-191031T1400Z/
Coastal Aransas-Coastal Kleberg-Coastal Nueces-
Coastal San Patricio-Aransas Islands-Coastal Refugio-
Coastal Calhoun-Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands-Calhoun Islands-
Including the cities of Rockport, Fulton, Corpus Christi, 
Flour Bluff, Portland, Ingleside, Bayside, Austwell, 
Magnolia Beach, and Port Lavaca
857 AM CDT Thu Oct 31 2019

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING...


$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 30, 3:24 AM CDTGale WarningCRP34 hr
Oct 30, 4:39 PM CDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryCRPKleberg, Nueces5 hr

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.