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Gale Warning 4, NWS Brownsville, TX

March 1, 2010

NWS Brownsville, TX issued this gale warning at Mar 1, 2010, 9:53 PM CST. It was in force for 6 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
Mar 1, 2010, 9:53 PM CST (03:53 UTC)
Expired
Mar 2, 2010, 4:00 AM CST
In force
6 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 Mar 1, 4:02 PM CST, 5 hours 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 1, 4:02 PM CST, 5 hours 51 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
402 PM CST MON MAR 1 2010

.FIRE WEATHER...THE CURRENT RH VALUES AROUND THE BRO CWA HAVE
FALLEN INTO THE TEENS TO NEAR 20 DEGREES. THIS IN COMBINATION
WITH THE STRONG NORTHWESTERLY LOW LEVEL FLOW HAS RESULTED IN A
WINDOW OF RED FLAG WARNING CONDITIONS FOR THE EARLY EVENING HOURS.
HAVE UPDATED THE RFW AND FWF PRODUCT ACCORDINGLY.
&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 109 PM CST MON MAR 1 2010/

.SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/...A COLD FRONT HAS MOVED
THROUGH THE AREA THIS MORNING CAUSING LIGHT NORTHWEST WINDS.  MOSTLY
SUNNY SKIES WILL BE THE RULE TODAY UNDER A RELATIVELY DRY AND STABLE
AIR MASS. WINDS WILL INCREASE FROM THE NORTH BY MONDAY EVENING AS
THE PRESSURE GRADIENT TIGHTENS ONCE AGAIN.  TEMPERATURES WILL BE
SLIGHTLY COOLER BY MONDAY EVENING WITH SOME COLD AIR ADVECTION.
WINDS WILL CONTINUE QUITE STRONG FROM THE NORTHWEST TONIGHT BEFORE
DECREASING TOWARD DAWN TUESDAY MORNING. LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT AND
TUESDAY WILL BE BELOW NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR AS COOLER AIR
MOVES INTO DEEP SOUTH TEXAS.

&&

.LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...A HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE
EXTENDING ACROSS THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY THE MIDDLE OF THIS WEEK
WILL PRODUCE CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
AND LIGHT TO MODERATE SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS. MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES
WILL PREVAIL ACROSS DEEP SOUTH TEXAS FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH THE
END OF THE FORECAST PERIOD. THE WINDS WILL INCREASE FROM THE
SOUTHEAST ON FRIDAY BUT LIGHT TO MODERATE SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL
CONTINUE ACROSS DEEP SOUTH TEXAS FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THE
TEMPERATURES WILL BE SLIGHTLY LOWER THAN NORMAL ON WEDNESDAY
BUT WILL BEGIN TO SLOWLY INCREASE BY THURSDAY BECOMING NEAR
NORMAL THURSDAY AND SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN NORMAL SATURDAY THROUGH
EARLY NEXT WEEK. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SHOWERS MOVING
ACROSS PORTIONS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS AT TIMES FRIDAY THROUGH
THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

&&

.MARINE...TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...AT 12 NOON BOY020.
REPORTED WINDS FROM THE WEST AT 8 KNOTS GUSTING TO 10 KNOTS WITH
SEAS 7.9 FEET AT 9 SECONDS. WINDS WILL BE STRONG FROM THE NORTH BY
MONDAY EVENING CAUSING SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE THROUGH
TUESDAY MORNING. WINDS AND SEAS WILL DECREASE BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON
AS HIGH PRESSURE MOVES INTO THE AREA.

WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...LIGHT TO MODERATE SOUTHEASTERLY
WINDS AND LOW SEAS WILL PREVAIL ACROSS THE MARINE AREAS WEDNESDAY
AND THURSDAY. HOWEVER THE SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS AND THE SEAS WILL
INCREASE ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS ON FRIDAY. SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORIES MAY BE NECESSARY ACROSS THE OFFSHORE GULF OF MEXICO
COASTAL WATERS ON FRIDAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SHOWERS
MOVING ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE MARINE AREAS AT TIMES FRIDAY AND
SATURDAY.

&&

.AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL OVER THE REGIONAL AIRPORTS
FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  WINDS WILL BE LIGHT FROM THE NORTH THIS
MORNING BECOMING MODERATE TO STRONG THIS EVENING AND CONTINUING
THROUGH TONIGHT.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
BAYVIEW/PORT ISABEL  48  67  49  71 /   0   0   0   0
BROWNSVILLE          49  69  45  73 /   0   0   0   0
HARLINGEN            47  69  43  74 /   0   0   0   0
MCALLEN              46  74  45  76 /   0   0   0   0
RIO GRANDE CITY      48  76  43  78 /   0   0   0   0
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND   49  65  52  70 /   0   0   0   0
&&

.BRO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 9 PM
CST THIS EVENING FOR TXZ248>257. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS
UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY FOR GMZ130-132-135. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY
UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY FOR GMZ150-155-170-175.
&&

THIS PRODUCT IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT:
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BROWNSVILLE

SHORT TERM...60
LONG TERM...63
GRAPHICAST/NOWCAST...HART
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 1, 4:45 PM CST, 5 hours 8 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 2, 4:15 AM CSTGale WarningBRO5 hr
Mar 2, 4:15 AM CSTSmall Craft AdvisoryBRO14 hr
Mar 2, 4:15 AM CSTSmall Craft Advisory for WindsBRO5 hr

Nearby

Gale Warnings in Texas, 2010Every gale warning in 2010

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.