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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 6, 3:32 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | CRP | 31 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.