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Wind Chill Advisory 2, NWS Corpus Christi, TX
NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this wind chill advisory at Feb 13, 2021, 3:40 AM CST for 11 counties in Texas. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 13, 2021, 3:40 AM CST (09:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 13, 2021, 12:00 PM CST
- In force
- 8 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, Live Oak County, TX, Nueces County, TX, Refugio County, TX, San Patricio County, TX, Victoria County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 50 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 558 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 152 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
572 WWUS44 KCRP 130940 WSWCRP URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX 340 AM CST Sat Feb 13 2021 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTH TEXAS SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... ...WIND CHILL WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTH TEXAS SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... .A strong weather system will move into the area this weekend. Chances for freezing precipitation increase especially Sunday night and Monday. The primary precipitation type will be freezing rain as very cold, shallow air moves into the region overnight. Rain changes to freezing rain from west to east as temperatures drop to freezing and continue to drop. Ice accumulation up to a tenth of an inch are possible. Sleet or a few snow flakes could mix in with freezing rain at times north of a line from Refugio to Encinal. Precipitation should decrease late Monday morning into the afternoon. Wind chill values will drop as low 0 degrees north to 15 south. TXZ231>234-241>247-342>344-346-347-131745- /O.NEW.KCRP.WC.Y.0002.210213T0940Z-210213T1800Z/ /O.CON.KCRP.WC.A.0001.210215T0000Z-210216T1800Z/ /O.CON.KCRP.WS.A.0001.210215T0000Z-210216T0000Z/ Live Oak-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-Coastal Refugio-Coastal Calhoun- Including the cities of George West, Three Rivers, 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 340 AM CST Sat Feb 13 2021 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...WIND CHILL WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...For the Wind Chill Advisory, very cold wind chills. Wind chills as low as 20 degrees. For the Winter Storm Watch, heavy mixed precipitation possible. Total snow accumulations of up to one inch and ice accumulations of up to one tenth of an inch possible. Winds could gust as high as 35 mph. For the Wind Chill Watch, dangerously cold wind chills possible. Wind chills as low as zero. * WHERE...Portions of south Texas. * WHEN...For the Wind Chill Advisory, until noon CST today. For the Winter Storm Watch, from Sunday evening through Monday afternoon. For the Wind Chill Watch, from Sunday evening through Tuesday morning. * IMPACTS...Plan on slippery road conditions. The hazardous conditions could impact the morning or evening commute. The dangerously cold wind chills could result in hypothermia or frostbite if precautions are not taken. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use caution while traveling outside. Wear appropriate clothing, a hat, and gloves. Monitor the latest forecasts for updates on this situation. && $$ TXZ229-230-239-240-345-442-443-447-131745- /O.CON.KCRP.WC.A.0001.210215T0000Z-210216T1800Z/ /O.CON.KCRP.WS.A.0001.210215T0000Z-210216T0000Z/ La Salle-McMullen-Webb-Duval-Aransas Islands-Kleberg Islands- Nueces Islands-Calhoun Islands- Including the cities of Cotulla, Calliham, Cross, Loma Alta, Tilden, Aguilares, Columbia Bridge, Laredo, Orvil, Freer, Benavides, and San Diego 340 AM CST Sat Feb 13 2021 ...WIND CHILL WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...For the Winter Storm Watch, heavy mixed precipitation possible. Total ice accumulations of up to one tenth of an inch possible. Winds could gust as high as 35 mph. For the Wind Chill Watch, dangerously cold wind chills possible. Wind chills as low as zero. * WHERE...Portions of south Texas. * WHEN...For the Winter Storm Watch, from Sunday evening through Monday afternoon. For the Wind Chill Watch, from Sunday evening through Tuesday morning. * IMPACTS...Plan on slippery road conditions. The hazardous conditions could impact the morning or evening commute. The dangerously cold wind chills could result in hypothermia or frostbite if precautions are not taken. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Monitor the latest forecasts for updates on this situation. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 13, 3:48 PM CST | Freeze Warning | CRP | Bee, Calhoun, Duval, Goliad, Jim Wells, Kleberg and 8 more | 18 hr |
| Feb 13, 3:54 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | CRP | Aransas, Bee, Calhoun, Duval, Goliad, Jim Wells and 9 more | 44 hr |
| Feb 13, 3:54 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | CRP | Duval, La Salle, Webb | 19 hr |
| Feb 13, 4:01 PM CST | Gale Watch | CRP | 12 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.