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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this wind advisory at Mar 30, 2009, 6:53 AM CDT for Cameron County, Kenedy County, Willacy County, Texas. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 30, 2009, 6:53 AM CDT (11:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 30, 2009, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
Counties Cameron County, TX, Kenedy County, TX, Willacy County, TX
The radar
The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Brownsville Intl, TX (KBRO), launched 00:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 71 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1437 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 169 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 301153 NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 653 AM CDT MON MAR 30 2009 ...STRONG GUSTY SOUTH WINDS FOR EASTERN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS TODAY... .DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE IN THE TEXAS OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AREA WILL INTERACT WITH HIGH PRESSURE IN THE GULF OF MEXICO TO TIGHTEN THE LOCAL PRESSURE GRADIENT. A LOW LEVEL JET THAT DEVELOPED LAST NIGHT WILL MIX DOWN TO THE SURFACE AS TEMPERATURES WARM. STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTH WINDS ARE FORECAST FOR THE EASTERN HALF OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS TODAY. TXZ251-254>257-302100- /O.NEW.KBRO.WI.Y.0013.090330T1153Z-090330T2100Z/ KENEDY-INLAND WILLACY-INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY- COASTAL CAMERON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SARITA...RAYMONDVILLE...BROWNSVILLE... HARLINGEN...PORT MANSFIELD...PORT ISABEL...SOUTH PADRE ISLAND... LAGUNA HEIGHTS...LAGUNA VISTA 653 AM CDT MON MAR 30 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR KENEDY...WILLACY...AND CAMERON COUNTIES...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE CONCENTRATED ALONG THE COAST... INCLUDING THE HIGHWAY 77 CORRIDOR...FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 30 TO 39 MPH AND OR FREQUENT GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 40 AND 57 MPH. HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES WILL BE DIFFICULT TO DRIVE...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES OR OVERPASSES AND IN CROSS WINDS. && $$ 54/52
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS74 KBRO 301719 NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 1219 PM CDT MON MAR 30 2009 ...WINDS REACHING PEAK SPEEDS THROUGH 2 PM... .DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE IN THE TEXAS OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AREA CONTINUES TO INTERACT WITH HIGH PRESSURE IN THE GULF OF MEXICO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH HAVE MIXED TO THE SURFACE ALONG AND EAST OF THE HIGHWAY 77 CORRIDOR...AND WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON BEFORE DIMINISHING. TXZ251-254>257-302100- /O.CON.KBRO.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-090330T2100Z/ KENEDY-INLAND WILLACY-INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY- COASTAL CAMERON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SARITA...RAYMONDVILLE...BROWNSVILLE... HARLINGEN...PORT MANSFIELD...PORT ISABEL...SOUTH PADRE ISLAND... LAGUNA HEIGHTS...LAGUNA VISTA 1219 PM CDT MON MAR 30 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTH WINDS 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE ACROSS BROWNSVILLE...HARLINGEN...RAYMONDVILLE...AND POINTS EAST INCLUDING BAYVIEW...PORT ISABEL...RIO HONDO...AND ARROYO CITY UNTIL AT LEAST 2 PM. CONDITIONS WILL BEGIN TO SLOWLY IMPROVE BETWEEN 2 AND 4 PM AS THE CORE OF STRONGEST WINDS MIXING TO GROUND LEVEL FROM 2 TO 3 THOUSAND FEET MOVES EAST OF THE AREA. PEAK GUSTS THUS FAR...BROWNSVILLE AIRPORT: 45 MPH. HARLINGEN VALLEY AIRPORT...45 MPH. PORT ISABEL CAMERON COUNTY AIRPORT: 40 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 30 TO 39 MPH AND OR FREQUENT GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 40 AND 57 MPH. HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES WILL BE DIFFICULT TO DRIVE...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES OR OVERPASSES AND IN CROSS WINDS. IF YOU HAVENT DONE SO...MOVE LIGHT AND MODERATE WEIGHT ITEMS...SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE...EMPTY TRASH CANS...AND PORTABLE BASKETBALL POSTS...INDOORS. && $$ 52/BSG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 6:51 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | BRO | Cameron, Kenedy, Willacy | 9 hr |
| Mar 30, 1:29 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | BRO | 8 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.