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Fire Weather Watch 2, NWS Brownsville, TX

January 31, 20118 counties in Texas

NWS Brownsville, TX issued this fire weather watch at Jan 31, 2011, 4:05 AM CST for 8 counties in Texas. It took effect at Feb 1, 2011, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 31, 2011, 4:05 AM CST (10:05 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 1, 2011, 9:00 AM CST
Expired
Jan 31, 2011, 2:27 PM CST
In force
Issued by
NWS Brownsville, TX

Counties Brooks County, TX, Cameron County, TX, Hidalgo County, TX, Jim Hogg County, TX, Kenedy County, TX, Starr County, TX, Willacy County, TX, Zapata County, TX

The radar

The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this fire weather watch 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 fire weather watch went out at Jan 30, 8:06 PM CST, 7 hours 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 30, 8:06 PM CST, 7 hours 59 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 31, 2:43 AM CST, 1 hour 22 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
243 AM CST MON JAN 31 2011

TXZ248>257-011200-
ZAPATA-JIM HOGG-BROOKS-KENEDY-STARR-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY-
INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON-
243 AM CST MON JAN 31 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR DEEP SOUTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

WIDESPREAD FOG...SOME LOCALLY DENSE...WILL AFFECT DEEP SOUTH TEXAS
THROUGH THE MID-MORNING HOURS...WITH ADDITIONAL FOG DEVELOPING
LATE TONIGHT.

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

WIDESPREAD FOG WILL PERSIST ACROSS DEEP SOUTH TEXAS THROUGH THE
VERY EARLY MORNING HOURS OF TUESDAY. FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE
EXPECTED TO OCCUR ACROSS DEEP SOUTH TEXAS DURING THE MORNING HOURS
OF WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...AND A FREEZE WARNING OR HARD
FREEZE WARNING WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED AT THOSE TIMES. SOME FROZEN
PRECIPITATION IS POSSIBLE ACROSS ALL OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS THURSDAY
AND FRIDAY. A MODERATE TO HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IS LIKELY AT
THE BEACHES OF SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND BOCA CHICA TUESDAY THROUGH
FRIDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

GMZ130-132-135-150-155-170-175-011200-
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-
243 AM CST MON JAN 31 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE LAGUNA MADRE AND GULF OF
MEXICO WATERS EAST OF PADRE ISLAND OUT TO 20 NAUTICAL MILES UNTIL
9 AM CST THIS MORNING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED ALONG
THE LOWER TEXAS COAST TONIGHT.

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

THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS OF
DEEP SOUTH TEXAS EARLY TUESDAY WILL PRODUCE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY
OR GALE WARNING WINDS AND SEAS ALONG THE LOWER TEXAS COAST TUESDAY
THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. SOME FROZEN PRECIPITATION IS POSSIBLE OVER
THE LAGUNA MADRE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

TOMASELLI

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jan 31, 3:15 AM CST, 50 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 31, 2:14 AM CSTMarine Dense Fog AdvisoryBRO10 hr
Jan 31, 8:14 AM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryBROCameron, Willacy106 min
Jan 31, 2:27 PM CSTRed Flag WarningBROBrooks, Cameron, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Kenedy, Starr and 2 more28 hr
Jan 31, 2:57 PM CSTGale WatchBRO12 hr
Jan 31, 2:57 PM CSTSmall Craft AdvisoryBRO12 hr
Jan 31, 2:57 PM CSTSmall Craft Advisory for WindsBRO12 hr
Jan 31, 3:33 PM CSTFreeze WatchBROBrooks, Cameron, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Kenedy, Starr and 2 more13 hr

Nearby

Fire Weather Watches in Texas, 2011Every fire weather watch in 2011

Sources

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