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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this wind advisory at Jan 27, 2009, 3:39 AM CST for 4 counties in Texas. It took effect at Jan 27, 2009, 10:00 AM CST. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 27, 2009, 3:39 AM CST (09:39 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 27, 2009, 10:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 27, 2009, 4:00 PM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
Counties Cameron County, TX, Hidalgo County, TX, Kenedy County, TX, Willacy County, TX
The radar
The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 00:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 73 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
- 1003 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 157 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 270939 NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 339 AM CST TUE JAN 27 2009 ...STRONG SOUTH WINDS TO DEVELOP ACROSS EASTERN PORTIONS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS LATER THIS MORNING INTO EARLY AFTERNOON... .THE COMBINATION OF A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS THE LOWER TEXAS COAST AND A STRONG LOW LEVEL JET WILL PRODUCE STRONG SOUTH WINDS ACROSS EASTERN PORTIONS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS LATER THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. TXZ251-253>257-271745- /O.NEW.KBRO.WI.Y.0002.090127T1600Z-090127T2200Z/ KENEDY-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY-INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY- COASTAL CAMERON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SARITA...MCALLEN...EDINBURG...PHARR... MISSION...WESLACO...RAYMONDVILLE...BROWNSVILLE...HARLINGEN... PORT MANSFIELD...PORT ISABEL...SOUTH PADRE ISLAND... LAGUNA HEIGHTS...LAGUNA VISTA 339 AM CST TUE JAN 27 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO AND LOW PRESSURE OVER WEST TEXAS...IN COMBINATION WITH A STRONG LOW LEVEL JET ACROSS THE LOWER TEXAS COAST...WILL PRODUCE SOUTH WINDS BETWEEN 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH LATER THIS MORNING INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS PORTIONS OF CAMERON...WILLACY AND KENEDY COUNTIES AS WELL AS EASTERN PORTIONS OF HIDALGO COUNTY. WINDS SHOULD BEGIN TO DIMINISH LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE MIDDLE TEXAS COAST TONIGHT. 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. $$ CASTILLO/BOGORAD
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS74 KBRO 271132 CCA NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 530 AM CST TUE JAN 27 2009 ...STRONG SOUTH WINDS TO DEVELOP ACROSS EASTERN PORTIONS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS LATER THIS MORNING INTO EARLY AFTERNOON... .THE COMBINATION OF A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS THE LOWER TEXAS COAST AND A STRONG LOW LEVEL JET WILL PRODUCE STRONG SOUTH WINDS ACROSS EASTERN PORTIONS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS LATER THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. TXZ251-253>257-271945- /O.COR.KBRO.WI.Y.0002.090127T1600Z-090127T2200Z/ KENEDY-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY-INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY- COASTAL CAMERON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SARITA...MCALLEN...EDINBURG...PHARR... MISSION...WESLACO...RAYMONDVILLE...BROWNSVILLE...HARLINGEN... PORT MANSFIELD...PORT ISABEL...SOUTH PADRE ISLAND... LAGUNA HEIGHTS...LAGUNA VISTA 530 AM CST TUE JAN 27 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO AND LOW PRESSURE OVER WEST TEXAS...IN COMBINATION WITH A STRONG LOW LEVEL JET ACROSS THE LOWER TEXAS COAST...WILL PRODUCE SOUTH WINDS BETWEEN 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH LATER THIS MORNING INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS PORTIONS OF CAMERON...WILLACY AND KENEDY COUNTIES AS WELL AS EASTERN PORTIONS OF HIDALGO COUNTY. WINDS SHOULD BEGIN TO DIMINISH LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE MIDDLE TEXAS COAST TONIGHT. MOVE LIGHT AND MODERATE WEIGHT ITEMS...SUCH AS PATIO FURNITURE...EMPTY TRASH CANS...AND PORTABLE BASKETBALL POSTS...INDOORS. HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES WILL BE DIFFICULT TO DRIVE...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES OR OVERPASSES AND IN CROSS WINDS. 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. $$ CASTILLO/BOGORAD
000 WWUS74 KBRO 272207 NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 407 PM CST TUE JAN 27 2009 ...SOUTHEAST WINDS HAVE DECREASED BELOW WIND ADVISORY LEVELS... .A COLD FRONT IS ON ITS WAY WITH ARRIVAL AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. TXZ251-253>257-272315- /O.EXP.KBRO.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-090127T2200Z/ KENEDY-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY-INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY- COASTAL CAMERON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SARITA...MCALLEN...EDINBURG...PHARR... MISSION...WESLACO...RAYMONDVILLE...BROWNSVILLE...HARLINGEN... PORT MANSFIELD...PORT ISABEL...SOUTH PADRE ISLAND... LAGUNA HEIGHTS...LAGUNA VISTA 407 PM CST TUE JAN 27 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SOUTHEAST WINDS HAVE DECREASED BELOW WIND ADVISORY LEVELS. AREAS SURROUNDING HARLINGEN MAY STILL EXPERIENCE STRONG WINDS UNTIL 5 PM. $$ PHILO
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 27, 3:25 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | BRO | 40 hr | |
| Jan 27, 4:06 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | BRO | Brooks, Cameron, Hidalgo, Kenedy, Willacy | 14 hr |
| Jan 27, 5:46 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | BRO | 15 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.