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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Brownsville, TX

April 13, 2007Cameron County, Kenedy County, Willacy County, Texas

NWS Brownsville, TX issued this wind advisory at Apr 13, 2007, 6:11 AM CDT for Cameron County, Kenedy County, Willacy County, Texas. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 13, 2007, 6:11 AM CDT (11:11 UTC)
Expired
Apr 13, 2007, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
13 hr
Issued by
NWS Brownsville, TX

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

The radar

The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:13 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, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 71 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 2007-04-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 987 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 2007-04-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 106 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
987 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-82 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
623 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
106 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
205 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
3.2

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The text

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

000 
WWUS74 KBRO 131111
NPWBRO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
611 AM CDT FRI APR 13 2007

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM THIS EVENING...

TXZ251-254>257-131715-
/O.NEW.KBRO.WI.Y.0003.070413T1111Z-070414T0000Z/
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
611 AM CDT FRI APR 13 2007

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON.

CURRENT STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 50 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...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 MOVES
EAST LATER THIS AFTERNOON. RESIDENTS ALONG THE BEACHES OF SOUTH
PADRE ISLAND SHOULD PLAN ON VERY WINDY CONDITIONS AND DANGEROUS
RIP CURRENTS GENERATED BY THESE STRONG WINDS. PLEASE USE CAUTION
IF YOU ARE HEADING TO THE BEACHES OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS TODAY.

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...AND
KENEDY COUNTIES SHOULD ALSO SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS OUTSIDE OF AREA
HOMES...SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE.

$$

PHILO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 13, 12:17 PM CDTFire Weather WatchBROBrooks, Cameron, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Kenedy, Starr and 2 more19 hr
Apr 13, 4:41 PM CDTMarine Weather StatementBRO14 hr

Nearby

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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.