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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Brownsville, TX

March 19, 20074 counties in Texas

NWS Brownsville, TX issued this wind advisory at Mar 19, 2007, 1:16 AM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It took effect at Mar 19, 2007, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 19, 2007, 1:16 AM CDT (06:16 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 19, 2007, 10:00 AM CDT
Expired
Mar 19, 2007, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Brownsville, TX

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

The radar

The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:23 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, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 73 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 2007-03-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 349 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2007-03-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 38 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
349 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-193 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
751 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
217 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
WWUS74 KBRO 190616
NPWBRO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
116 AM CDT MON MAR 19 2007

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

TXZ251-253>257-191430-
/O.NEW.KBRO.WI.Y.0002.070319T1500Z-070319T2300Z/
KENEDY-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY-INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY-
COASTAL CAMERON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SARITA...MCALLEN...EDINBURG...PHARR...
MISSION...WESLACO...RAYMONDVILLE...BROWNSVILLE...HARLINGEN...
PORT MANSFIELD...PORT ISABEL...SOUTH PADRE ISLAND...
LAGUNA HEIGHTS...LAGUNA VISTA
116 AM CDT MON MAR 19 2007

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CDT
THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CDT
THIS AFTERNOON. 

CURRENT STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 40 TO 45 MPH JUST OFF THE
SURFACE OF COASTAL AREAS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS SHOULD MIX DOWN TO
THE SURFACE BY MID MORNING TODAY...BRINGING SUSTAINED WINDS
BETWEEN 30 AND 35 MILES PER HOUR...WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH
...AT TIMES TODAY. ALL OF CAMERON...WILLACY...EASTERN HIDALGO AND
KENEDY COUNTIES WILL EXPERIENCE STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS
TODAY...INCLUDING SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND COASTAL CITIES. THESE WINDS
WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS...UNTIL A SURFACE LOW
PRESSURE IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE FILLS BY EARLY EVENING. SPRING
BREAKERS ALONG THE BEACHES OF SOUTH PADRE ISLAND SHOULD PLAN ON
VERY WINDY CONDITIONS AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS GENERATED BY
THESE STRONG WINDS. SWIM AND RECREATE WITH CAUTION THIS AFTERNOON.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MILES PER
HOUR WILL OCCUR FOR AT LEAST AN HOUR. MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY THOSE
OPERATING RECREATIONAL OR OTHER HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...SHOULD
DRIVE WITH EXTRA CAUTION. RESIDENTS IN CAMERON...WILLACY...HIDALGO 
AND KENEDY COUNTIES SHOULD ALSO SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS OUTSIDE OF
AREA HOMES...SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE.

$$

PHILO

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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.