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Small Craft Advisory 88, NWS Brownsville, TX

November 13, 2008

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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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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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 13, 6:13 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryBROStarr47 min
Nov 13, 6:44 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryBROCameron91 min
Nov 13, 6:46 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROZapata44 min
Nov 13, 7:13 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningBRO92 min
Nov 13, 7:30 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryBROZapata60 min
Nov 14, 5:08 AM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryBROBrooks, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Starr, Zapata3 hr
Nov 14, 11:46 AM CSTSmall Craft Advisory for WindsBRO30 hr
Nov 14, 1:23 PM CSTMarine Weather StatementBRO11 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.