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Wind Advisory 21, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this wind advisory at Dec 28, 2006, 4:03 AM CST for 8 counties in Texas. It took effect at Dec 28, 2006, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 28, 2006, 4:03 AM CST (10:03 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 28, 2006, 9:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Dec 28, 2006, 7:00 PM CST
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
Counties Brooks County, TX, Cameron County, TX, Hidalgo County, TX, Jim Hogg County, TX, Kenedy County, TX, Starr County, TX, Willacy County, TX, Zapata County, TX
The radar
The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:06 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, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 120 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1367 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 181 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS74 KBRO 281003 NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 403 AM CST THU DEC 28 2006 ...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED TODAY ACROSS ALL OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS... .A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM NOW LOCATED OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES WILL COMBINE WITH A SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE AREA OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES TO PRODUCE STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS TODAY ACROSS DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. TXZ248>257-281815- /O.NEW.KBRO.WI.Y.0021.061228T1500Z-061229T0100Z/ ZAPATA-JIM HOGG-BROOKS-KENEDY-STARR-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY- INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ZAPATA...HEBBRONVILLE...FALFURRIAS... SARITA...RIO GRANDE CITY...ROMA...MCALLEN...EDINBURG...PHARR... MISSION...WESLACO...RAYMONDVILLE...BROWNSVILLE...HARLINGEN... PORT MANSFIELD...PORT ISABEL...SOUTH PADRE ISLAND... LAGUNA HEIGHTS...LAGUNA VISTA 403 AM CST THU DEC 28 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CST THIS EVENING. A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE AREA CENTERED OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN U.S. TODAY WILL COMBINE WITH A HIGH PRESSURE AREA CENTERED OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES TO PRODUCE VERY STRONG SOUTHERLY SURFACE WINDS LATER THIS MORNING AND INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. CURRENTLY...THE SURFACE WINDS ACROSS DEEP SOUTH TEXAS RANGE ONLY FROM 10 TO 15 MPH FROM THE SOUTH. HOWEVER...THESE WINDS WILL INCREASE INTO THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE BY THE LATE MORNING HOURS WITH SOME GUSTS FROM 35 TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE. THEREFORE...A WIND ADVISORY WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR DEEP SOUTH TEXAS FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING THROUGH 7 PM THIS EVENING. RESIDENTS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS SHOULD PREPARE EARLY THIS MORNING FOR THE WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED TODAY. SECURE ALL LOOSE OBJECTS IN YOUR YARD...SUCH AS TRASH CANS...AND CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS. MOTORISTS OPERATING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...SUCH AS RECREATIONAL VEHICLES...AND TRACTOR TRAILERS...CAN EXPECT DIFFICULT DRIVING DUE TO THE WINDS...AND SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ SPEECE
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS74 KBRO 281802 NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 1202 PM CST THU DEC 28 2006 ...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS CONTINUE ACROSS DEEP SOUTH TEXAS... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES COMBINED WITH A SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE AREA OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS ACROSS DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. TXZ248>257-282230- /O.CON.KBRO.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-061229T0100Z/ ZAPATA-JIM HOGG-BROOKS-KENEDY-STARR-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY- INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ZAPATA...HEBBRONVILLE...FALFURRIAS... SARITA...RIO GRANDE CITY...ROMA...MCALLEN...EDINBURG...PHARR... MISSION...WESLACO...RAYMONDVILLE...BROWNSVILLE...HARLINGEN... PORT MANSFIELD...PORT ISABEL...SOUTH PADRE ISLAND... LAGUNA HEIGHTS...LAGUNA VISTA 1202 PM CST THU DEC 28 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS CONTINUE ACROSS DEEP SOUTH TEXAS AND THE LOWER TEXAS COAST. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS REMAIN AROUND 30 KNOTS WITH PEAK WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH AT MCALLEN...44 MPH AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE...41 MPH AT BAYVIEW...AND 40 MPH IN HARLINGEN AND HEBBRONVILLE. THEREFORE...A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR DEEP SOUTH TEXAS THROUGH 7 PM THIS EVENING. RESIDENTS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR WINDY CONDITIONS. SECURE ALL LOOSE OBJECTS IN YOUR YARD...SUCH AS TRASH CANS...AND CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS. MOTORISTS OPERATING HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHTWEIGHT VEHICLES...CAN EXPECT DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO THE WINDS...AND SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
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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.