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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Brownsville, TX

January 19, 20065 counties in Texas

NWS Brownsville, TX issued this wind advisory at Jan 19, 2006, 3:38 AM CST for 5 counties in Texas. It took effect at Jan 19, 2006, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 19, 2006, 3:38 AM CST (09:38 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 19, 2006, 9:00 AM CST
Expired
Jan 19, 2006, 6:00 PM CST
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Brownsville, TX

Counties Brooks County, TX, Cameron County, TX, Hidalgo County, TX, Kenedy County, TX, Willacy County, TX

The radar

The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:43 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, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 88 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 2006-01-19Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Brownsville Intl, TX at 00:00Z on 2006-01-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 42 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
1367 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
141 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS74 KBRO 190938
NPWBRO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
338 AM CST THU JAN 19 2006

...A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR COASTAL AREAS OF DEEP SOUTH
TEXAS TODAY...

.HIGH PRESSURE IN THE NORTH GULF AND LOW PRESSURE IN THE CENTRAL
PLAINS HAVE COMBINED TO TIGHTEN THE LOCAL PRESSURE GRADIENT AND
INCREASE WINDS FROM THE SOUTH TODAY.

TXZ251-254>257-200000-
/O.NEW.KBRO.WI.Y.0002.060119T1500Z-060120T0000Z/
KENEDY-INLAND WILLACY-INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY-
COASTAL CAMERON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SARITA...RAYMONDVILLE...BROWNSVILLE...
HARLINGEN...PORT MANSFIELD...PORT ISABEL...SOUTH PADRE ISLAND...
LAGUNA HEIGHTS...LAGUNA VISTA
338 AM CST THU JAN 19 2006

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST
THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST
THIS AFTERNOON.

A WIND ADVISORY IS POSTED FOR KENEDY...WILLACY AND CAMERON COUNTIES
TODAY.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED.
WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS74 KBRO 191744
NPWBRO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
1144 AM CST THU JAN 19 2006

...A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN
PORTIONS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS TODAY...

.HIGH PRESSURE IN THE NORTH GULF AND LOW PRESSURE IN THE CENTRAL
PLAINS HAVE COMBINED TO TIGHTEN THE LOCAL PRESSURE GRADIENT AND
INCREASE WINDS FROM THE SOUTH TODAY.

TXZ250-253-200000-
/O.EXA.KBRO.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-060120T0000Z/
BROOKS-HIDALGO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FALFURRIAS...MCALLEN...EDINBURG...
PHARR...MISSION...WESLACO
1144 AM CST THU JAN 19 2006

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. 

A WIND ADVISORY IS POSTED FOR HIDALGO AND BROOKS COUNTIES TODAY.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE
EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...
ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

USE EXTREME CAUTION DURING PRESCRIBED BURNS. DUE TO THE
DANGEROUSLY DRY CONDITIONS FIRES CAN SPREAD VERY RAPIDLY AND GET
OUT OF CONTROL.

$$

TXZ251-254>257-200000-
/O.CON.KBRO.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-060120T0000Z/
KENEDY-INLAND WILLACY-INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY-
COASTAL CAMERON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SARITA...RAYMONDVILLE...BROWNSVILLE...
HARLINGEN...PORT MANSFIELD...PORT ISABEL...SOUTH PADRE ISLAND...
LAGUNA HEIGHTS...LAGUNA VISTA
1144 AM CST THU JAN 19 2006

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. 

A WIND ADVISORY IS POSTED FOR KENEDY...WILLACY AND CAMERON
COUNTIES TODAY.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE
EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...
ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

USE EXTREME CAUTION DURING PRESCRIBED BURNS. DUE TO THE
DANGEROUSLY DRY CONDITIONS FIRES CAN SPREAD VERY RAPIDLY AND GET
OUT OF CONTROL.

$$
000 
WWUS74 KBRO 191944 CCA
NPWBRO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX...CORRECTION
1144 AM CST THU JAN 19 2006

...A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN
PORTIONS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS TODAY...

.HIGH PRESSURE IN THE NORTH GULF AND LOW PRESSURE IN THE CENTRAL
PLAINS HAVE COMBINED TO TIGHTEN THE LOCAL PRESSURE GRADIENT AND
INCREASE WINDS FROM THE SOUTH TODAY.

TXZ250-253-200000-
/O.EXA.KBRO.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-060120T0000Z/
BROOKS-HIDALGO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FALFURRIAS...MCALLEN...EDINBURG...
PHARR...MISSION...WESLACO
1144 AM CST THU JAN 19 2006

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. 

A WIND ADVISORY IS POSTED FOR HIDALGO AND BROOKS COUNTIES TODAY.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE
EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...
ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

DUE TO THE DANGEROUSLY DRY CONDITIONS WILD FIRES CAN SPREAD VERY 
RAPIDLY AND GET OUT OF CONTROL...ESPECIALLY WITH VERY STRONG WINDS. 

$$

TXZ251-254>257-200000-
/O.CON.KBRO.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-060120T0000Z/
KENEDY-INLAND WILLACY-INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY-
COASTAL CAMERON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SARITA...RAYMONDVILLE...BROWNSVILLE...
HARLINGEN...PORT MANSFIELD...PORT ISABEL...SOUTH PADRE ISLAND...
LAGUNA HEIGHTS...LAGUNA VISTA
1144 AM CST THU JAN 19 2006

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. 

A WIND ADVISORY IS POSTED FOR KENEDY...WILLACY AND CAMERON
COUNTIES TODAY.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE
EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...
ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

DUE TO THE DANGEROUSLY DRY CONDITIONS FIRES CAN SPREAD VERY RAPIDLY 
AND GET OUT OF CONTROL...ESPECIALLY WITH VERY STRONG WINDS.  

$$

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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.