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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

April 6, 20218 counties in Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this wind advisory at Apr 6, 2021, 3:00 AM CDT for 8 counties in Texas. It took effect at Apr 6, 2021, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 6, 2021, 3:00 AM CDT (08:00 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 6, 2021, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired
Apr 6, 2021, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX

Counties Bee County, TX, Calhoun County, TX, Goliad 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), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:05 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 00:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 55 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 2021-04-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 220 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 00:00Z on 2021-04-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 38 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
220 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-104 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
857 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
150 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

As transmitted.

820 
WWUS74 KCRP 060800
NPWCRP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
300 AM CDT Tue Apr 6 2021

TXZ232>234-242>244-246-247-342>344-061600-
/O.NEW.KCRP.WI.Y.0004.210406T1800Z-210407T0000Z/
Bee-Goliad-Victoria-Inland Kleberg-Inland Nueces-
Inland San Patricio-Inland Refugio-Inland Calhoun-Coastal Kleberg-
Coastal Nueces-Coastal San Patricio-
Including the cities of Beeville, Goliad, Victoria, Kingsville, 
Loyola Beach, Ricardo, Riviera, Robstown, Tuloso, Bishop, Sinton,
Mathis, Taft, Odem, Refugio, McFaddin, Woodsboro, Kamay, 
Corpus Christi, Flour Bluff, Portland, and Ingleside
300 AM CDT Tue Apr 6 2021

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT
THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...South to southeast winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 40
  mph expected.

* WHERE...Coastal Plains of South Texas.

* WHEN...From 1 PM this afternoon to 7 PM CDT this evening.

* 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.

&&

$$

TMT
1 follow-up statement
088 
WWUS74 KCRP 061855
NPWCRP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
155 PM CDT Tue Apr 6 2021

TXZ232>234-242>244-246-247-342>344-070000-
/O.CON.KCRP.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-210407T0000Z/
Bee-Goliad-Victoria-Inland Kleberg-Inland Nueces-
Inland San Patricio-Inland Refugio-Inland Calhoun-Coastal Kleberg-
Coastal Nueces-Coastal San Patricio-
Including the cities of Beeville, Goliad, Victoria, Kingsville, 
Loyola Beach, Ricardo, Riviera, Robstown, Tuloso, Bishop, Sinton,
Mathis, Taft, Odem, Refugio, McFaddin, Woodsboro, Kamay, 
Corpus Christi, Flour Bluff, Portland, and Ingleside
155 PM CDT Tue Apr 6 2021

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...South to southeast winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 
  40 mph expected.

* WHERE...Coastal Plains of South Texas.

* WHEN...From 1 PM this afternoon to 7 PM CDT this evening.

* 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.

&&

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 6, 3:32 AM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryCRP31 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.