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Wind Advisory 22, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

December 22, 202211 counties in Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this wind advisory at Dec 22, 2022, 1:48 AM CST for 11 counties in Texas. It took effect at Dec 22, 2022, 3:00 PM CST. It was in force for 21 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 22, 2022, 1:48 AM CST (07:48 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 22, 2022, 3:00 PM CST
Expired
Dec 23, 2022, 12:00 PM CST
In force
21 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 07:50 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

Brownsville Intl, TX (KBRO), launched 00:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 253 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, Brownsville Intl, TX at 00:00Z on 2022-12-22Temperature 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, Brownsville Intl, TX at 00:00Z on 2022-12-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 275 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
626 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
275 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
454 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 wind advisory 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 wind advisory went out at Dec 21, 6:44 PM CST, 7 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 21, 6:44 PM CST, 7 hours 4 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 21, 10:50 AM CST, 14 hours 58 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook...CORRECTED
National Weather Service Corpus Christi TX
1050 AM CST Wed Dec 21 2022

TXZ229>234-239>247-342>347-442-443-447-221015-
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-
1050 AM CST Wed Dec 21 2022

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for south Texas.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Minor coastal flooding is possible this evening.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday.

An arctic cold front will bring hard freeze conditions and
dangerously low wind chill values to South Texas for three
consecutive nights beginning Thursday night and continuing through
Sunday morning. A hard freeze watch and wind chill watch is in
effect.

Winds may reach advisory levels across the Barrier Islands and
coastal county areas Thursday night into Friday morning.

Minor coastal flooding will be possible during high tide through
at least Sunday.

Brief elevated fire weather conditions are possible early Friday
morning through afternoon, mainly east of HWY-281.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

GMZ231-232-236-237-250-255-270-275-221015-
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-
1050 AM CST Wed Dec 21 2022

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Gulf of Mexico.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday.

Gale conditions are likely Thursday night into Friday afternoon
behind an arctic cold front. Wind gusts to storm force will be
possible. Small Craft Advisory conditions will linger through
Saturday night. Small Craft Advisory conditions may develop again
Monday night through Tuesday night.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 22, 8:13 AM CSTMarine Dense Fog AdvisoryCRP4 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.