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Red Flag Warning 12, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

April 10, 20227 counties in Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this red flag warning at Apr 10, 2022, 3:08 AM CDT for 7 counties in Texas. It took effect at Apr 10, 2022, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 10, 2022, 3:08 AM CDT (08:08 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 10, 2022, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired
Apr 10, 2022, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX

Counties Bee County, TX, Duval County, TX, Jim Wells County, TX, La Salle County, TX, Live Oak County, TX, McMullen County, TX, Webb County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:09 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

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 269 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, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 2022-04-10Temperature 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, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 2022-04-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -100 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3528 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-100 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
19 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this red flag warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Corpus Christi, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this red flag warning went out at Apr 10, 12:01 AM CDT, 3 hours 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 10, 12:01 AM CDT, 3 hours 7 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 9, 4:28 AM CDT, 22 hours 40 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
428 AM CDT Sat Apr 9 2022

TXZ229>234-239>247-342>347-442-443-447-100930-
La Salle-McMullen-Live Oak-Bee-Goliad-Victoria-Webb-Duval-
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-Kleberg Islands-Nueces Islands-
Calhoun Islands-
428 AM CDT Sat Apr 9 2022

This hazardous weather outlook is for South Texas.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

Winds could gust to near 40 mph today. A Wind Advisory may become
necessary.

A Red Flag Warning is in effect today.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday

Elevated to critical fire weather conditions are likely through the
week.

Isolated thunderstorms are possible Tuesday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not anticipated.

GMZ231-232-236-237-250-255-270-275-100930-
Baffin Bay and Upper Laguna Madre-Corpus Christi and Nueces Bays-
Copano, Aransas, and Redfish Bays-
San Antonio, Mesquite, and Espiritu Santo Bays-
Coastal waters from Baffin Bay to Port Aransas out 20 NM-
Coastal waters from Port Aransas to Matagorda Ship Channel out
20 NM-Waters from Baffin Bay to Port Aransas from 20 to 60 NM-
Waters from Port Aransas to Matagorda Ship Channel from 20 to
60 NM-
428 AM CDT Sat Apr 9 2022

This hazardous weather outlook is for the Middle Texas
Coastal Waters.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

A Small Craft Advisory is in effect beginning 7 pm this evening.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday

Small Craft Advisory conditions are possible through the week.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not anticipated.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 10, 4:51 PM CDTHigh Wind WarningCRPNueces2 hr
Apr 10, 6:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPDimmit45 min
Apr 10, 6:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementCRPWebb41 min

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.