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Wind Advisory 16, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

October 29, 20236 counties in Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this wind advisory at Oct 29, 2023, 1:38 PM CDT for 6 counties in Texas. It took effect at Oct 30, 2023, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 18 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 29, 2023, 1:38 PM CDT (18:38 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 30, 2023, 1:00 AM CDT
Expired
Oct 30, 2023, 6:33 PM CDT
In force
18 hr
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX

Counties Aransas County, TX, Calhoun County, TX, Kleberg County, TX, Nueces County, TX, Refugio County, TX, San Patricio County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 233 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 12:00Z on 2023-10-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 329 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2023-10-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 7 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
329 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-75 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
766 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
52 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 29, 4:26 AM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryCRP3 days
Oct 29, 4:54 AM CDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryCRPAransas, Calhoun, Kleberg, Nueces14 hr
Oct 29, 1:40 PM CDTGale WarningCRP29 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.