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Small Craft Advisory 49, NWS Brownsville, TX

May 7, 2010

NWS Brownsville, TX issued this small craft advisory at May 7, 2010, 4:36 AM CDT. It took effect at May 7, 2010, 5:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 7, 2010, 4:36 AM CDT (09:36 UTC)
In effect from
May 7, 2010, 5:00 AM CDT
Expired
May 7, 2010, 4:00 PM CDT
In force
11 hr
Issued by
NWS Brownsville, TX

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this small craft advisory 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 small craft advisory went out at May 7, 4:16 AM CDT, 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 7, 4:16 AM CDT, 20 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 6, 7:51 PM CDT, 8 hours 45 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
751 PM CDT THU MAY 6 2010

TXZ248>257-071100-
ZAPATA-JIM HOGG-BROOKS-KENEDY-STARR-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY-
INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON-
751 PM CDT THU MAY 6 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR DEEP SOUTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

RESIDUAL HAZE FROM AGRICULTURAL BURNING FROM THE YUCATAN PENINSULA
INTO CENTRAL AMERICA MAY REACH THE LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY TONIGHT.
MODERATE AIR QUALITY MAY RESULT WITH THE INCREASED PARTICULATES...WHICH
COULD BECOME A MINOR INCONVENIENCE FOR PERSONS WITH RESPIRATORY
PROBLEMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

HAZE AND PARTICULATES: ANY HAZE THAT ARRIVES IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS
WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY AS LONG FETCH SOUTHEASTERLY FLOW
CONTINUES TO BRING THE PLUMES OF AGRICULTURAL SMOKE NORTHWARD.
SOUTHEAST TO SOUTHERLY FLOW IN THE LOW LEVELS OF THE
ATMOSPHERE...COMBINED WITH NO SIGNIFICANT CHANCE FOR RAIN...MAY
MAINTAIN THE POTENTIAL FOR HAZE AND MODERATE AIR QUALITY THROUGH
THE WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.

HEAT: INCREASING HUMIDITY ON PERSISTENT SOUTHEAST FLOW WILL
COMBINE WITH A VERY WARM ATMOSPHERE TO PRODUCE HEAT INDEX VALUES
AT OR ABOVE 100...ESPECIALLY IN THE LOWER AND MIDDLE RIO GRANDE
VALLEY FROM STARR COUNTY THROUGH SOUTHERN HIDALGO...CAMERON...AND
WILLACY COUNTIES. RESIDENTS AND VISITORS...PARTICULARLY THOSE
PLANNING TO BE OUTDOORS FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME...SHOULD TAKE
FREQUENT BREAKS AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER EVEN BEFORE GETTING
THIRSTY. RESERVE STRENUOUS EXERCISE FOR THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

&&

FOR FURTHER DETAILS ON TEXAS AIR QUALITY GO TO
HTTP://WWW.TCEQ.COM/COMPLIANCE/MONITORING/AIR/MONOPS/FORECAST_TODAY.H
TM

FOR HEAT SAFETY TIPS AND INFORMATION FOR THE RIO GRANDE
VALLEY...GO TO
HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/IMAGES/BRO/PDF/HEAT.PDF

GMZ130-132-135-150-155-170-175-071100-
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-
751 PM CDT THU MAY 6 2010

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL REMAIN BREEZY THIS EVENING ACROSS THE LAGUNA
MADRE. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD CONTINUE TO EXERCISE CAUTION. WINDS AND
SEAS ACROSS THE NEARSHORE AND OFFSHORE GULF OF MEXICO WATERS
WILL REMAIN ELEVATED IF NOT INCREASE SLIGHTLY OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. A
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED FOR THE GULF WATERS OVERNIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS MAY BE POSSIBLE INTO THE MORNING
HOURS ON FRIDAY FOR THE NEARSHORE AND OFFSHORE GULF OF MEXICO
WATERS. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS ARE A GOOD BET FOR THE
LAGUNA MADRE LATE FRIDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON AS SOUTHEAST WINDS
INCREASE TO 20 KNOTS OR MORE AND BAY WATERS BECOME CHOPPY.
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO SETTLE DOWN FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH
SATURDAY NIGHT AS THE HIGH AND LOW PRESSURE CELLS CONTRIBUTING TO
THE SOUTHEAST WINDS ARE DISRUPTED BY A DISSIPATING FRONT ACROSS
THE COASTAL BEND.

STRENGTHENING SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL RETURN SUNDAY EVENING AND
CONTINUE OFF AND ON THROUGH NEXT WEDNESDAY. 20 KNOT AND GUSTY
WINDS WILL FAVOR THE LAGUNA MADRE EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND
THE OPEN GULF EACH NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 7, 4:12 AM CDTWind AdvisoryBROCameron, Willacy12 hr
May 7, 4:36 AM CDTSmall Craft Advisory for WindsBRO11 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.