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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this wind advisory at Mar 17, 2008, 4:20 AM CDT for Jim Hogg County, Starr County, Zapata County, Texas. It took effect at Mar 17, 2008, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 17, 2008, 4:20 AM CDT (09:20 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 17, 2008, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 17, 2008, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
Counties Jim Hogg County, TX, Starr County, TX, Zapata County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 168 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 00:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 179 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
- 675 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -392 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1152 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 201 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 241 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS74 KBRO 170921 NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 420 AM CDT MON MAR 17 2008 ...VERY STRONG WINDS LIKELY TODAY ACROSS DEEP SOUTH TEXAS... .AN AREA OF SURFACE LOW PRESSURE OVER THE DESERT SOUTHWEST WILL DEEPEN AND MOVE EAST ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TODAY. THE RESULT WILL BE VERY STRONG SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH WINDS WHICH WILL DEVELOP LATER THIS MORNING AND WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS AFTERNOON OVER ALL OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. THE SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS WILL RANGE FROM 35 TO 40 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH BY THIS AFTERNOON. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL LIKELY OCCUR ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 281. TXZ250-251-253>257-171730- /O.UPG.KBRO.HW.A.0001.080317T1500Z-080318T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KBRO.HW.W.0001.080317T1500Z-080318T0000Z/ BROOKS-KENEDY-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY-INLAND CAMERON- COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FALFURRIAS...SARITA...MCALLEN... EDINBURG...PHARR...MISSION...WESLACO...RAYMONDVILLE... BROWNSVILLE...HARLINGEN...PORT MANSFIELD...PORT ISABEL... SOUTH PADRE ISLAND...LAGUNA HEIGHTS...LAGUNA VISTA 420 AM CDT MON MAR 17 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH WINDS WITH SUSTAINED SPEEDS BETWEEN 35 AND 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE HIGH WIND WARNING AREA. MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...SHOULD DRIVE WITH CAUTION TODAY. THE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT AT TIMES. SECURE LAWN FURNITURE...GARBAGE CANS...OR OTHER OBJECTS THAT COULD BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE STRONG WINDS. RESIDENTS SHOULD PREPARE NOW TO SECURE OR BRING IN OUTDOOR OBJECTS THAT COULD BE BLOWN AWAY. ALSO...THE POTENTIAL WIND GUSTS MAY CAUSE SOME DAMAGE TO ROOFS...BLOW DOWN TREE LIMBS...AND MAY CAUSE POWER OUTAGES DUE TO DAMAGED POWER LINES. A HIGH WIND WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 40 MPH OR GREATER...OR FREQUENT GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR GREATER ARE CERTAIN WITHIN THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS. $$ TXZ248-249-252-171730- /O.NEW.KBRO.WI.Y.0013.080317T1500Z-080318T0000Z/ ZAPATA-JIM HOGG-STARR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ZAPATA...HEBBRONVILLE... RIO GRANDE CITY...ROMA 420 AM CDT MON MAR 17 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE AREA DEVELOPING OVER THE DESERT SOUTHWEST WILL STEADILY INCREASE THE SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST SURFACE WINDS OVER DEEP SOUTH TEXAS TODAY. THE SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE INTO THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE BY THIS AFTERNOON WITHIN THE WIND ADVISORY AREA. MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...SHOULD DRIVE WITH CAUTION TODAY. THE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT AT TIMES. SECURE LAWN FURNITURE...GARBAGE CANS...OR OTHER OBJECTS THAT COULD BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE STRONG WINDS. RESIDENTS SHOULD PREPARE NOW TO SECURE OR BRING IN OUTDOOR OBJECTS THAT COULD BE BLOWN AWAY. A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 30 TO 39 MPH OR FREQUENT GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 40 AND 57 MPH. $$ SPEECE
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS74 KBRO 171808 NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 108 PM CDT MON MAR 17 2008 ...VERY STRONG WINDS CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON ACROSS DEEP SOUTH TEXAS... .VERY STRONG SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL SUNSET ACROSS ALL OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. THE SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS WILL RANGE FROM 25 TO 40 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL LIKELY OCCUR ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 281. TXZ250-251-253>257-180000- /O.CON.KBRO.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080318T0000Z/ BROOKS-KENEDY-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY-INLAND CAMERON- COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FALFURRIAS...SARITA...MCALLEN... EDINBURG...PHARR...MISSION...WESLACO...RAYMONDVILLE... BROWNSVILLE...HARLINGEN...PORT MANSFIELD...PORT ISABEL... SOUTH PADRE ISLAND...LAGUNA HEIGHTS...LAGUNA VISTA 108 PM CDT MON MAR 17 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH WINDS WITH SUSTAINED SPEEDS BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE HIGH WIND WARNING AREA. MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...SHOULD DRIVE WITH CAUTION TODAY. THE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT AT TIMES. SECURE LAWN FURNITURE...GARBAGE CANS...OR OTHER OBJECTS THAT COULD BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE STRONG WINDS. RESIDENTS SHOULD PREPARE NOW TO SECURE OR BRING IN OUTDOOR OBJECTS THAT COULD BE BLOWN AWAY. ALSO...THE POTENTIAL WIND GUSTS MAY CAUSE SOME DAMAGE TO ROOFS...BLOW DOWN TREE LIMBS...AND MAY CAUSE POWER OUTAGES DUE TO DAMAGED POWER LINES. A HIGH WIND WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 40 MPH OR GREATER...OR FREQUENT GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR GREATER ARE CERTAIN WITHIN THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS. $$ TXZ248-249-252-180000- /O.CON.KBRO.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-080318T0000Z/ ZAPATA-JIM HOGG-STARR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ZAPATA...HEBBRONVILLE... RIO GRANDE CITY...ROMA 108 PM CDT MON MAR 17 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE AREA DEVELOPING OVER THE DESERT SOUTHWEST WILL STEADILY INCREASE THE SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST SURFACE WINDS OVER DEEP SOUTH TEXAS TODAY. THE SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE INTO THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE BY THIS AFTERNOON WITHIN THE WIND ADVISORY AREA. MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...SHOULD DRIVE WITH CAUTION TODAY. THE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT AT TIMES. SECURE LAWN FURNITURE...GARBAGE CANS...OR OTHER OBJECTS THAT COULD BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE STRONG WINDS. RESIDENTS SHOULD PREPARE NOW TO SECURE OR BRING IN OUTDOOR OBJECTS THAT COULD BE BLOWN AWAY. A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 30 TO 39 MPH OR FREQUENT GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 40 AND 57 MPH. $$
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, 3:02 PM CDT | High Surf Advisory | BRO | Kenedy | 25 hr |
Nearby
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.