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Fire Weather Watch 2, NWS Brownsville, TX
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 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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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 31, 2:14 AM CST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | BRO | 10 hr | |
| Jan 31, 8:14 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | BRO | Cameron, Willacy | 106 min |
| Jan 31, 2:27 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | BRO | Brooks, Cameron, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Kenedy, Starr and 2 more | 28 hr |
| Jan 31, 2:57 PM CST | Gale Watch | BRO | 12 hr | |
| Jan 31, 2:57 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | BRO | 12 hr | |
| Jan 31, 2:57 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | BRO | 12 hr | |
| Jan 31, 3:33 PM CST | Freeze Watch | BRO | Brooks, Cameron, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Kenedy, Starr and 2 more | 13 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.