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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this wind advisory at Jan 6, 2008, 5:09 PM CST for 5 counties in Texas. It took effect at Jan 7, 2008, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 6, 2008, 5:09 PM CST (23:09 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 7, 2008, 9:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 7, 2008, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
Counties Brooks County, TX, Cameron County, TX, Hidalgo County, TX, Kenedy County, TX, Willacy County, TX
The radar
The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:11 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
Brownsville Intl, TX (KBRO), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 88 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
- 5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -669 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 798 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS74 KBRO 062309 NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 509 PM CST SUN JAN 6 2008 TXZ250-251-253>257-070600- /O.EXP.KBRO.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-080106T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KBRO.WI.Y.0002.080107T1500Z-080108T0000Z/ 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 509 PM CST SUN JAN 6 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST MONDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED FOR TODAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH WILL BE IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST MONDAY. THE WIND ADVISORY THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR TODAY HAS EXPIRED. THE SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 MPH BEFORE NOON IN THE LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY...AND WILL THEN INCREASE FURTHER INTO THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE FOR MUCH OF THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WILL AFFECT THE MORE POPULATED AREAS OF THE VALLEY INCLUDING BROWNSVILLE...HARLINGEN...AND MCALLEN AS WELL AS POINTS FURTHER NORTH ALONG HIGHWAY 77 IN KENEDY COUNTY AND HIGHWAY 281 IN BROOKS COUNTY. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED OVER A PERIOD OF SEVERAL HOURS. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SUCH AS TRACTOR TRAILERS AND RECREATIONAL VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION IF DRIVING TOMORROW. ALSO... MOVE INDOORS OR TIE DOWN ANY LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS WHICH COULD BECOME PROJECTILES WITH THE GUSTY WINDS. $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS74 KBRO 070935 NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 335 AM CST MON JAN 7 2008 TXZ250-251-253>257-080000- /O.CON.KBRO.WI.Y.0002.080107T1500Z-080108T0000Z/ BROOKS-KENEDY-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY-INLAND CAMERON- COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FALFURRIAS...SARITA...MCALLEN... EDINBURG...PHARR...MISSION...WESLACO...RAYMONDVILLE... BROWNSVILLE...HARLINGEN...PORT MANSFIELD...PORT ISABEL... SOUTH PADRE ISLAND...LAGUNA HEIGHTS...LAGUNA VISTA 335 AM CST MON JAN 7 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. THE SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 MPH BEFORE NOON IN THE LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY...AND WILL THEN INCREASE FURTHER INTO THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE FOR MUCH OF THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WILL AFFECT THE MORE POPULATED AREAS OF THE VALLEY INCLUDING BROWNSVILLE...HARLINGEN...AND MCALLEN AS WELL AS POINTS FURTHER NORTH ALONG HIGHWAY 77 IN KENEDY COUNTY AND HIGHWAY 281 IN BROOKS COUNTY. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED OVER A PERIOD OF SEVERAL HOURS. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SUCH AS TRACTOR TRAILERS AND RECREATIONAL VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION IF DRIVING TOMORROW. ALSO...MOVE INDOORS OR TIE DOWN ANY LOOSE OR LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS WHICH COULD BECOME PROJECTILES WITH THE GUSTY WINDS. $$ SPEECE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 6, 5:15 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | BRO | Brooks, Cameron, Hidalgo, Kenedy, Willacy | 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.