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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

January 30, 202110 counties in Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this wind advisory at Jan 30, 2021, 10:56 AM CST for 10 counties in Texas. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 30, 2021, 10:56 AM CST (16:56 UTC)
Expired
Jan 30, 2021, 4:00 PM CST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX

Counties Aransas County, TX, Bee County, TX, Calhoun County, TX, Goliad County, TX, Jim Wells County, TX, Kleberg County, TX, Nueces County, TX, Refugio County, TX, San Patricio County, TX, Victoria County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:55 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, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 47 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 2021-01-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2021-01-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 168 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
683 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
168 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
210 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

309 
WWUS74 KCRP 301656
NPWCRP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
1056 AM CST Sat Jan 30 2021

TXZ232>234-241>247-342>347-447-302200-
/O.NEW.KCRP.WI.Y.0002.210130T1656Z-210130T2200Z/
Bee-Goliad-Victoria-Jim Wells-Inland Kleberg-Inland Nueces-
Inland San Patricio-Coastal Aransas-Inland Refugio-Inland Calhoun-
Coastal Kleberg-Coastal Nueces-Coastal San Patricio-
Aransas Islands-Coastal Refugio-Coastal Calhoun-Calhoun Islands-
Including the cities of Beeville, Goliad, Victoria, Alice, 
Orange Grove, Kingsville, Loyola Beach, Ricardo, Riviera, 
Robstown, Tuloso, Bishop, Sinton, Mathis, Taft, Odem, Rockport, 
Fulton, Refugio, McFaddin, Woodsboro, Kamay, Corpus Christi, 
Flour Bluff, Portland, Ingleside, Bayside, Austwell, 
Magnolia Beach, and Port Lavaca
1056 AM CST Sat Jan 30 2021

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON...

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

* WHERE...Portions of south Texas.

* WHEN...Until 4 PM CST this afternoon.

* 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.

&&

$$

LS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 30, 4:17 AM CSTSmall Craft AdvisoryCRP14 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.