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Small Craft Advisory 88, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this small craft advisory at Nov 13, 2008, 11:01 PM CST. It took effect at Nov 15, 2008, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 36 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 13, 2008, 11:01 PM CST (05:01 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 15, 2008, 12:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Nov 16, 2008, 12:00 PM CST
- In force
- 36 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 Nov 13, 8:31 PM CST, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 13, 8:31 PM CST, 2 hours 30 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 13, 2:14 PM CST, 8 hours 47 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 214 PM CST THU NOV 13 2008 GMZ130-132-135-150-155-170-175-TXZ248>257-141100- 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- 214 PM CST THU NOV 13 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR DEEP SOUTH TEXAS...THE GULF OF MEXICO AND THE LAGUNA MADRE. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE IN COMBINATION WITH SURFACE LOW PRESSURE WILL MAINTAIN THE THREAT OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS PRIMARILY THE COASTAL COUNTIES AND OFFSHORE WATERS THROUGH THIS EVENING. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BE STRONG WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS. IN ADDITION...A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL PREVAIL FOR THE BEACHES OF SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND BOCA CHICA TODAY. AN ISOLATED WATERSPOUT IS POSSIBLE TODAY.. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FAR OFFSHORE GULF OF MEXICO COASTAL WATERS THROUGH 8 PM THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED FOR THE COASTAL WATERS SATURDAY AS STRONG NORTH WINDS DEVELOP IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH DEEP SOUTH TEXAS EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. MARTIN
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Nov 13, 6:21 PM CST, 4 hours 40 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 621 PM CST THU NOV 13 2008 TXZ255-140130- INLAND CAMERON- 621 PM CST THU NOV 13 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CAMERON COUNTY BETWEEN 630 AND 730 PM... A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST TAMAULIPAS MEXICO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH...WILL MOVE ACROSS CAMERON COUNTY THROUGH 730 PM CST. GUSTY WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH MAY CAUSE LOOSE OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND. MINOR DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND WIRES IS POSSIBLE. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE...CROUCH DOWN IN A LOW SPOT...AWAY FROM TALL OBJECTS. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER IS POSSIBLE. TORRENTIAL RAINS WITH AMOUNTS OF ONE OR TWO INCHES IN AN HOURS TIME WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS...AND MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. 59/GB
Local storm report, Nov 13, 7:06 PM CST, 3 hours 55 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 13, 6:13 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Starr | 47 min |
| Nov 13, 6:44 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Cameron | 91 min |
| Nov 13, 6:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Zapata | 44 min |
| Nov 13, 7:13 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | BRO | 92 min | |
| Nov 13, 7:30 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Zapata | 60 min |
| Nov 14, 5:08 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | BRO | Brooks, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Starr, Zapata | 3 hr |
| Nov 14, 11:46 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | BRO | 30 hr | |
| Nov 14, 1:23 PM CST | Marine Weather Statement | BRO | 11 hr |
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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.