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Gale Warning 3, NWS Brownsville, TX

February 23, 2010

NWS Brownsville, TX issued this gale warning at Feb 23, 2010, 3:15 AM CST. It took effect at Feb 23, 2010, 4:00 PM CST. It was in force for 17 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 23, 2010, 3:15 AM CST (09:15 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 23, 2010, 4:00 PM CST
Expired
Feb 24, 2010, 9:00 AM CST
In force
17 hr
Issued by
NWS Brownsville, TX

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this gale warning 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 gale warning went out at Feb 22, 7:53 PM CST, 7 hours 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 22, 7:53 PM CST, 7 hours 22 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 22, 10:36 PM CST, 4 hours 39 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
1036 PM CST MON FEB 22 2010

TXZ248>257-231200-
ZAPATA-JIM HOGG-BROOKS-KENEDY-STARR-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY-
INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON-
1036 PM CST MON FEB 22 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR DEEP SOUTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

PATCHY FOG WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE COASTAL SECTIONS OF DEEP SOUTH
TEXAS LATE TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

A SURGE OF COLDER AIR WILL MOVE INTO DEEP SOUTH TEXAS TUESDAY INTO
TUESDAY NIGHT PROVIDING WIND CHILL VALUES IN THE LOWER 30S SOUTH TO
UPPER 20S NORTH TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

GMZ130-132-135-150-155-170-175-231200-
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-
1036 PM CST MON FEB 22 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO AND THE
LAGUNA MADRE.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

A SURGE OF COLDER AIR WILL MOVE THROUGH THE COASTAL WATERS TUESDAY
AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT INCREASING THE PRESSURE GRADIENT.
STRONG TO VERY STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE COASTAL
WATERS TUESDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORIES WILL BE REQUIRED FOR THE LAGUNA MADRE AND OFFSHORE
WATERS TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH GALE WARNINGS POSSIBLE FOR
THE OFFSHORE WATERS TUESDAY NIGHT. A GALE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR
ALL OF THE COASTAL WATERS FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY
MORNING. A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL DEVELOP ALONG AREA
BEACHES TUESDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY DIMINISHING
TO MODERATE LATE WEDNESDAY.

A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE COASTAL WATERS FRIDAY AND SMALL
CRAFT ADVISORIES WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY
SATURDAY AS WINDS AND SEAS INCREASE IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT. A
HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP ON FRIDAY AND
CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY AS A RESULT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

CASTILLO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 23, 3:15 AM CSTSmall Craft AdvisoryBRO13 hr
Feb 23, 3:35 AM CSTWind AdvisoryBROCameron, Kenedy, Willacy17 hr
Feb 23, 3:24 PM CSTSmall Craft Advisory for Hazardous SeasBRO23 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.