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High Surf Advisory 4, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this high surf advisory at Mar 17, 2008, 3:02 PM CDT for Kenedy County, Texas. It took effect at Mar 17, 2008, 4:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 24 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 17, 2008, 3:02 PM CDT (20:02 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 17, 2008, 4:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 18, 2008, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
County Kenedy County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:02 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
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 94 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
- 66 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -602 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1035 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 295 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 394 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this high surf advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Brownsville, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this high surf advisory went out at Mar 17, 1:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 17, 1:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 17, 5:13 AM CDT, 9 hours 49 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 513 AM CDT MON MAR 17 2008 GMZ130-132-135-150-155-170-175-TXZ248>257-181015- LAGUNA MADRE FROM THE PORT OF BROWNSVILLE TO THE ARROYO COLORADO- LAGUNA MADRE FROM THE ARROYO COLORADO TO 5 NM NORTH OF PORT MANSFIELD TX- LAGUNA MADRE FROM 5 NM NORTH OF PORT MANSFIELD TO BAFFIN BAY TX- COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT MANSFIELD TO RIO GRANDE OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT MANSFIELD OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM PORT MANSFIELD TO RIO GRANDE EXTENDING FROM 20 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT MANSFIELD EXTENDING FROM 20 TO 60 NM-ZAPATA-JIM HOGG-BROOKS-KENEDY-STARR-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY- INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 513 AM CDT MON MAR 17 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR DEEP SOUTH TEXAS...THE GULF OF MEXICO AND THE LAGUNA MADRE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN HALF OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING THROUGH 7 PM THIS EVENING AS LOW PRESSURE OVER WEST TEXAS CONTINUES TO STRENGTHEN AND A VERY STRONG LOW LEVEL JET CONTINUES TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE LOWER TEXAS COAST. THIS WILL PROVIDE VERY STRONG SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH WINDS ESPECIALLY FROM EASTERN PORTIONS OF BROOKS AND HIDALGO COUNTIES EASTWARD TO THE COAST. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING THROUGH 7 PM THIS EVENING. IN ADDITION...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS FROM 10 AM MONDAY TO 7 PM MONDAY AS THE COMBINATION OF THE STRONG WINDS AND CURED FUELS WILL RESULT IN AN ENHANCED RISK OF DANGEROUS WILDFIRES. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE COASTAL WATERS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS AND ROUGH SEAS. A GALE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE COASTAL WATERS LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IS LIKELY ALONG THE LOCAL BEACHES TODAY AS SEAS CONTINUE TO BUILD OFFSHORE THE LOWER TEXAS COAST WITH THE STRONG WINDS. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT AS A STORM COMPLEX DEVELOPS ACROSS NORTHWEST TEXAS TODAY AND ACROSS SOUTHWEST TEXAS TONIGHT. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BE STRONG TO SEVERE PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS OR LARGE HAIL BUT ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE WITH STRONG LOW LEVEL WINDS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY A STRONG PACIFIC COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH DEEP SOUTH TEXAS TUESDAY AFTERNOON PRODUCING SOME STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY MORNING AHEAD OF THE FRONTAL PASSAGE. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR DEEP SOUTH TEXAS FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING AS WINDS INCREASE IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES DECREASE AS DRIER AIR FILTERS INTO THE AREA. GALE WARNINGS CONTINUE FOR ALL OF THE COASTAL WATERS TUESDAY MORNING AS STRONG SOUTH WINDS CONTINUE ACROSS THE LOWER TEXAS COAST AND OFFSHORE. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED TUESDAY NIGHT WITH A GALE WATCH POSSIBLE AS STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS DEVELOP IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT. EXPECT THE HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES TO CONTINUE TUESDAY. WINDS AND SEAS SHOULD BEGIN TO DIMINISH WEDNESDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO. A MODERATE TO HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL LIKELY PERSIST WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE TONIGHT. CASTILLO
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 16, 7:19 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | BRO | Brooks, Cameron, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Kenedy, Starr and 2 more | 25 hr |
| Mar 16, 7:19 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | BRO | Brooks, Cameron, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Kenedy, Starr and 2 more | 24 hr |
| Mar 16, 8:12 PM CDT | High Wind Watch | BRO | Brooks, Cameron, Hidalgo, Kenedy, Willacy | 8 hr |
| Mar 17, 4:20 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | BRO | Brooks, Cameron, Hidalgo, Kenedy, Willacy | 15 hr |
| Mar 17, 4:20 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | BRO | Jim Hogg, Starr, Zapata | 15 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.