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Small Craft Advisory 81, NWS Brownsville, TX

October 22, 2008

NWS Brownsville, TX issued this small craft advisory at Oct 22, 2008, 5:42 PM CDT. It took effect at Oct 23, 2008, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 18 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 22, 2008, 5:42 PM CDT (22:42 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 23, 2008, 1:00 AM CDT
Expired
Oct 23, 2008, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
18 hr
Issued by
NWS Brownsville, TX

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this small craft 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 small craft advisory went out at Oct 22, 1:45 PM CDT, 3 hours 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 22, 1:45 PM CDT, 3 hours 57 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 22, 4:31 AM CDT, 13 hours 11 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
431 AM CDT WED OCT 22 2008

GMZ130-132-135-150-155-170-175-TXZ248>257-230945-
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 THE RIO GRANDE OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT MANSFIELD OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM PORT MANSFIELD TO THE 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-
431 AM CDT WED OCT 22 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR DEEP SOUTH TEXAS...THE GULF
OF MEXICO AND THE LAGUNA MADRE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT AFTER
MIDNIGHT AS A COLD FRONT MOVES RAPIDLY SOUTH ACROSS DEEP SOUTH
TEXAS AND THE ADJACENT LOWER TEXAS COASTAL WATERS. WINDS OF 30
KNOTS WILL DEVELOP AND SEAS WILL BEGIN TO BUILD. RIP CURRENT RISK
WILL INCREASE TO MODERATE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 30 KNOTS WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE
LAGUNA MADRE AND LOWER TEXAS COASTAL WATERS FOR SEVERAL HOURS
THURSDAY MORNING IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT. SEAS WILL BUILD TO 8
OR 9 FEET...AND RIP CURRENT RISK WILL BE HIGH. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY
CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT OR FRIDAY MORNING
AS WINDS AND SEAS GRADUALLY DECREASE.

ANOTHER SURGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL ARRIVE IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS LATE
NEXT MONDAY OR EARLY NEXT TUESDAY. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY
CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE AS NORTHEAST WINDS INCREASE TO 20
KNOTS OR MORE FOR MOST OF NEXT TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 22, 4:17 AM CDTMarine Weather StatementBRO8 hr

Nearby

Small Craft Advisories in Texas, 2008Every small craft advisory in 2008

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.