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Freeze Warning 5, NWS Brownsville, TX

February 9, 20114 counties in Texas

NWS Brownsville, TX issued this freeze warning at Feb 9, 2011, 4:15 AM CST for 4 counties in Texas. It took effect at Feb 10, 2011, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 8 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 9, 2011, 4:15 AM CST (10:15 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 10, 2011, 12:00 AM CST
Expired
Feb 10, 2011, 8:00 AM CST
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Brownsville, TX

Counties Cameron County, TX, Hidalgo County, TX, Starr County, TX, Willacy County, TX

The radar

The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Brownsville Intl, TX (KBRO), launched 00:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 81 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Brownsville Intl, TX at 00:00Z on 2011-02-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Brownsville Intl, TX at 00:00Z on 2011-02-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 85 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
4 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
978 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
85 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
369 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

293 
WWUS74 KBRO 091015
NPWBRO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
415 AM CST WED FEB 9 2011

...FREEZING TEMPERATURES EXPECTED ACROSS ALL OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS
TONIGHT...

.FRIGID ARCTIC AIR WILL SURGE THROUGH DEEP SOUTH TEXAS 
TODAY USHERING IN ANOTHER ROUND OF FREEZING TEMPERATURES WEDNESDAY
NIGHT. THE VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL BE ARRIVING ON NORTHERLY WINDS OF
25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...BEFORE DIMINISHING BELOW 20
MPH TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL STEADILY FALL THIS AFTERNOON
BEHIND THE STRONG COLD FRONT WITH FREEZING TEMPERATURES LIKELY
ACROSS ALL OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. ANOTHER FREEZE IS POSSIBLE THURSDAY
NIGHT AS SKIES REMAIN CLEAR AND LIGHT WINDS PREVAIL.

TXZ248>251-091815-
/O.UPG.KBRO.FZ.A.0005.110210T0800Z-110210T1400Z/
/O.NEW.KBRO.HZ.W.0004.110210T0600Z-110210T1500Z/
/O.NEW.KBRO.WI.Y.0002.110209T1800Z-110210T0300Z/
/O.NEW.KBRO.FZ.A.0006.110211T0300Z-110211T1500Z/
ZAPATA-JIM HOGG-BROOKS-KENEDY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ZAPATA...HEBBRONVILLE...FALFURRIAS...
SARITA
415 AM CST WED FEB 9 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM CST THIS
EVENING...
...HARD FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM
CST THURSDAY...
...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY
MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A HARD
FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM
CST THURSDAY. A WIND ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WIND
ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM CST THIS EVENING.
IN ADDITION...A FREEZE WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED. THIS FREEZE WATCH
IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. 

NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH WILL DEVELOP
ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AS A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES
THROUGH THE AREA. THE WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG THROUGH THE LATE
AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING WITH TEMPERATURES HOLDING
STEADY OR FALLING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS.

TEMPERATURES WILL FALL BELOW FREEZING BEFORE MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND
FALL BELOW 28 DEGREES AFTER 3 AM THURSDAY MORNING AND REMAIN BELOW
FREEZING THROUGH LATE THURSDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY
FALL TO BELOW FREEZING LATE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY
MORNING AS WELL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HARD FREEZE WARNING MEANS A POTENTIALLY DEVASTATING FREEZE IS
LIKELY DURING THE NEXT 24 TO 48 HOURS.  THIS MEANS AT LEAST
2 HOURS WITH TEMPERATURES BELOW 28 DEGREES...AND GENERALLY AT
LEAST 8 HOURS WITH TEMPERATURES BELOW 32.  SUCH CONDITIONS WILL
KILL TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE VEGETATION AND COULD CAUSE WIDESPREAD
DAMAGE OR DESTRUCTION TO CROPS.

A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE
30 TO 39 MPH AND OR FREQUENT GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 40 AND
57 MPH.

MOVE LIGHT AND MODERATE WEIGHT ITEMS...SUCH AS PATIO
FURNITURE...EMPTY TRASH CANS...AND PORTABLE BASKETBALL
POSTS...INDOORS.

HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES WILL BE
DIFFICULT TO DRIVE...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES OR OVERPASSES AND IN
CROSS WINDS.

RESIDENTS AND GROWERS SHOULD QUICKLY COMPLETE PREPARATIONS TO
PROTECT TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE PLANTS OR CROPS. BRING INDOORS ALL
POTTED PLANTS...AND TIGHTLY COVER PLANTS ROOTED IN THE GROUND.

RESIDENTS WITH PIPES LOCATED ABOVE GROUND OR JUST BELOW THE
SURFACE SHOULD TRY TO PROTECT THEM FROM POSSIBLE BURSTING. HOT
WATER FAUCETS SHOULD BE TURNED ON SLIGHTLY TO HELP KEEP INTERIOR
OR ATTIC PIPES FROM FREEZING.

A FREEZE WATCH IS ISSUED FOR THE POTENTIAL OF 2 OR MORE HOURS OF
TEMPERATURES AT OR BELOW 32 DEGREES WITHIN 24 TO 48 HOURS.

&&

$$

TXZ252-253-091815-
/O.UPG.KBRO.FZ.A.0005.110210T0800Z-110210T1400Z/
/O.NEW.KBRO.FZ.W.0005.110210T0600Z-110210T1500Z/
/O.NEW.KBRO.WI.Y.0002.110209T1800Z-110210T0300Z/
/O.NEW.KBRO.FZ.A.0006.110211T0300Z-110211T1500Z/
STARR-HIDALGO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RIO GRANDE CITY...ROMA...MCALLEN...
EDINBURG...PHARR...MISSION...WESLACO
415 AM CST WED FEB 9 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM CST THIS
EVENING...
...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST
THURSDAY...
...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY
MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A FREEZE
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST
THURSDAY. A WIND ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WIND
ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM CST THIS EVENING.
IN ADDITION...A FREEZE WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED. THIS FREEZE WATCH
IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. 

NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH WILL DEVELOP
ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AS A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES
THROUGH THE AREA. THE WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG THROUGH THE LATE
AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING WITH TEMPERATURES HOLDING
STEADY OR FALLING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS.

TEMPERATURES WILL FALL BELOW 32 DEGREES AFTER 3 AM THURSDAY
MORNING AND REMAIN BELOW FREEZING AS LATE AS 9 AM. TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY
FALL TO BELOW FREEZING LATE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY
MORNING AS WELL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL
TO BETWEEN 28 AND 32 DEGREES FOR 2 OR MORE HOURS OVER A
WIDESPREAD AREA.

RESIDENTS SHOULD COVER OR MOVE INDOORS ANY COLD SENSITIVE
PLANTS...AND BRING PETS INDOORS THIS EVENING.

A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE
30 TO 39 MPH AND OR FREQUENT GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 40 AND
57 MPH.

MOVE LIGHT AND MODERATE WEIGHT ITEMS...SUCH AS PATIO
FURNITURE...EMPTY TRASH CANS...AND PORTABLE BASKETBALL
POSTS...INDOORS.

HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES WILL BE
DIFFICULT TO DRIVE...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES OR OVERPASSES AND IN
CROSS WINDS.

A FREEZE WATCH IS ISSUED FOR THE POTENTIAL OF 2 OR MORE HOURS OF
TEMPERATURES AT OR BELOW 32 DEGREES WITHIN 24 TO 48 HOURS.

&&

$$

TXZ254-091815-
/O.NEW.KBRO.HZ.W.0004.110210T0600Z-110210T1500Z/
/O.NEW.KBRO.WI.Y.0002.110209T1800Z-110210T0300Z/
INLAND WILLACY-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...RAYMONDVILLE
415 AM CST WED FEB 9 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM CST THIS
EVENING...
...HARD FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM
CST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A HARD
FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM
CST THURSDAY. A WIND ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WIND
ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. 

NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH WILL DEVELOP
ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AS A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES
THROUGH THE AREA. THE WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG THROUGH THE LATE
AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING WITH TEMPERATURES HOLDING
STEADY OR FALLING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS.

TEMPERATURES WILL FALL BELOW FREEZING BEFORE MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND
FALL BELOW 28 DEGREES AFTER 3 AM THURSDAY MORNING AND REMAIN BELOW
FREEZING THROUGH LATE THURSDAY MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HARD FREEZE WARNING MEANS A POTENTIALLY DEVASTATING FREEZE IS
LIKELY DURING THE NEXT 24 TO 48 HOURS.  THIS MEANS AT LEAST
2 HOURS WITH TEMPERATURES BELOW 28 DEGREES...AND GENERALLY AT
LEAST 8 HOURS WITH TEMPERATURES BELOW 32.  SUCH CONDITIONS WILL
KILL TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE VEGETATION AND COULD CAUSE WIDESPREAD
DAMAGE OR DESTRUCTION TO CROPS.

A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE
30 TO 39 MPH AND OR FREQUENT GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 40 AND
57 MPH.

MOVE LIGHT AND MODERATE WEIGHT ITEMS...SUCH AS PATIO
FURNITURE...EMPTY TRASH CANS...AND PORTABLE BASKETBALL
POSTS...INDOORS.

HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES WILL BE
DIFFICULT TO DRIVE...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES OR OVERPASSES AND IN
CROSS WINDS.

RESIDENTS AND GROWERS SHOULD QUICKLY COMPLETE PREPARATIONS TO
PROTECT TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE PLANTS OR CROPS. BRING INDOORS ALL
POTTED PLANTS...AND TIGHTLY COVER PLANTS ROOTED IN THE GROUND.

RESIDENTS WITH PIPES LOCATED ABOVE GROUND OR JUST BELOW THE
SURFACE SHOULD TRY TO PROTECT THEM FROM POSSIBLE BURSTING. HOT
WATER FAUCETS SHOULD BE TURNED ON SLIGHTLY TO HELP KEEP INTERIOR
OR ATTIC PIPES FROM FREEZING.

&&

$$

TXZ255>257-091815-
/O.NEW.KBRO.FZ.W.0005.110210T0600Z-110210T1500Z/
/O.NEW.KBRO.WI.Y.0002.110209T1800Z-110210T0300Z/
INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BROWNSVILLE...HARLINGEN...
PORT MANSFIELD...PORT ISABEL...SOUTH PADRE ISLAND...
LAGUNA HEIGHTS...LAGUNA VISTA
415 AM CST WED FEB 9 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM CST THIS
EVENING...
...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST
THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A FREEZE
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST
THURSDAY. A WIND ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WIND
ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. 

NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH WILL DEVELOP
ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AS A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES
THROUGH THE AREA. THE WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG THROUGH THE LATE
AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING WITH TEMPERATURES HOLDING
STEADY OR FALLING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS.

TEMPERATURES WILL FALL BELOW 32 DEGREES AFTER 3 AM THURSDAY
MORNING AND REMAIN BELOW FREEZING AS LATE AS 9 AM.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL
TO BETWEEN 28 AND 32 DEGREES FOR 2 OR MORE HOURS OVER A
WIDESPREAD AREA.

RESIDENTS SHOULD COVER OR MOVE INDOORS ANY COLD SENSITIVE
PLANTS...AND BRING PETS INDOORS THIS EVENING.

A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE
30 TO 39 MPH AND OR FREQUENT GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 40 AND
57 MPH.

MOVE LIGHT AND MODERATE WEIGHT ITEMS...SUCH AS PATIO
FURNITURE...EMPTY TRASH CANS...AND PORTABLE BASKETBALL
POSTS...INDOORS.

HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES WILL BE
DIFFICULT TO DRIVE...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES OR OVERPASSES AND IN
CROSS WINDS.

&&

$$

CASTILLO
6 follow-up statements
507 
WWUS74 KBRO 091423
NPWBRO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
823 AM CST WED FEB 9 2011

...STRONG WINDS TODAY WILL BE FOLLOWED BY FREEZING TEMPERATURES
TONIGHT...

.FRIGID ARCTIC AIR WILL SURGE THROUGH DEEP SOUTH TEXAS TODAY
USHERING IN ANOTHER ROUND OF FREEZING TEMPERATURES WEDNESDAY
NIGHT. THE VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL BE ARRIVING ON NORTHERLY
WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...BEFORE DIMINISHING
BELOW 20 MPH TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL BEHIND THE STRONG
COLD FRONT WITH FREEZING TEMPERATURES LIKELY ACROSS ALL OF DEEP
SOUTH TEXAS TONIGHT. ANOTHER FREEZE IS POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT AS
SKIES REMAIN CLEAR AND LIGHT WINDS PREVAIL.

TXZ248>251-092200-
/O.EXT.KBRO.WI.Y.0002.110209T1500Z-110210T0000Z/
/O.CON.KBRO.HZ.W.0004.110210T0600Z-110210T1500Z/
/O.CON.KBRO.FZ.A.0006.110211T0300Z-110211T1500Z/
ZAPATA-JIM HOGG-BROOKS-KENEDY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ZAPATA...HEBBRONVILLE...FALFURRIAS...
SARITA
823 AM CST WED FEB 9 2011

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING...
...HARD FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
9 AM CST THURSDAY...
...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. A
HARD FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
9 AM CST THURSDAY. A FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY
EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. 

NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH WILL
DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA AS A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE
AREA. THE WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON WITH
TEMPERATURES FALLING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS.

TEMPERATURES WILL FALL BELOW FREEZING BEFORE MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND
FALL BELOW 28 DEGREES AFTER 3 AM THURSDAY MORNING AND REMAIN
BELOW FREEZING THROUGH LATE THURSDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL
LIKELY FALL TO BELOW FREEZING LATE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY
FRIDAY MORNING AS WELL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HARD FREEZE WARNING MEANS A POTENTIALLY DEVASTATING FREEZE IS
LIKELY DURING THE NEXT 24 TO 48 HOURS.  THIS MEANS AT LEAST
2 HOURS WITH TEMPERATURES BELOW 28 DEGREES...AND GENERALLY AT
LEAST 8 HOURS WITH TEMPERATURES BELOW 32.  SUCH CONDITIONS WILL
KILL TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE VEGETATION AND COULD CAUSE WIDESPREAD
DAMAGE OR DESTRUCTION TO CROPS.

A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE
30 TO 39 MPH AND OR FREQUENT GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 40 AND
57 MPH.

MOVE LIGHT AND MODERATE WEIGHT ITEMS...SUCH AS PATIO FURNITURE...
EMPTY TRASH CANS...AND PORTABLE BASKETBALL POSTS...INDOORS.

HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES WILL BE DIFFICULT TO
DRIVE...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES OR OVERPASSES AND IN CROSS WINDS.

RESIDENTS AND GROWERS SHOULD QUICKLY COMPLETE PREPARATIONS TO
PROTECT TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE PLANTS OR CROPS. BRING INDOORS ALL
POTTED PLANTS...AND TIGHTLY COVER PLANTS ROOTED IN THE GROUND.

RESIDENTS WITH PIPES LOCATED ABOVE GROUND OR JUST BELOW THE
SURFACE SHOULD TRY TO PROTECT THEM FROM POSSIBLE BURSTING. HOT
WATER FAUCETS SHOULD BE TURNED ON SLIGHTLY TO HELP KEEP INTERIOR
OR ATTIC PIPES FROM FREEZING.

A FREEZE WATCH IS ISSUED FOR THE POTENTIAL OF 2 OR MORE HOURS OF
TEMPERATURES AT OR BELOW 32 DEGREES WITHIN 24 TO 48 HOURS.

&&

$$

TXZ252-253-092200-
/O.EXT.KBRO.WI.Y.0002.110209T1500Z-110210T0000Z/
/O.CON.KBRO.FZ.W.0005.110210T0600Z-110210T1500Z/
/O.CON.KBRO.FZ.A.0006.110211T0300Z-110211T1500Z/
STARR-HIDALGO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RIO GRANDE CITY...ROMA...MCALLEN...
EDINBURG...PHARR...MISSION...WESLACO
823 AM CST WED FEB 9 2011

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING...
...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM
CST THURSDAY...
...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. A
FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM
CST THURSDAY. A FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY
EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. 

NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH WILL
DEVELOP AS A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. THE WINDS
WILL REMAIN STRONG THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON WITH TEMPERATURES
FALLING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS.

TEMPERATURES WILL FALL BELOW 32 DEGREES AFTER 3 AM THURSDAY
MORNING AND REMAIN BELOW FREEZING AS LATE AS 9 AM. TEMPERATURES
WILL LIKELY FALL TO BELOW FREEZING LATE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY
FRIDAY MORNING AS WELL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL
TO BETWEEN 28 AND 32 DEGREES FOR 2 OR MORE HOURS OVER A
WIDESPREAD AREA.

RESIDENTS SHOULD COVER OR MOVE INDOORS ANY COLD SENSITIVE
PLANTS...AND BRING PETS INDOORS THIS EVENING.

A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE
30 TO 39 MPH AND OR FREQUENT GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 40 AND
57 MPH.

MOVE LIGHT AND MODERATE WEIGHT ITEMS...SUCH AS PATIO FURNITURE...
EMPTY TRASH CANS...AND PORTABLE BASKETBALL POSTS...INDOORS.

HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES WILL BE DIFFICULT TO
DRIVE...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES OR OVERPASSES AND IN CROSS WINDS.

A FREEZE WATCH IS ISSUED FOR THE POTENTIAL OF 2 OR MORE HOURS OF
TEMPERATURES AT OR BELOW 32 DEGREES WITHIN 24 TO 48 HOURS.

&&

$$

TXZ254-092200-
/O.EXT.KBRO.WI.Y.0002.110209T1500Z-110210T0000Z/
/O.CON.KBRO.HZ.W.0004.110210T0600Z-110210T1500Z/
INLAND WILLACY-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...RAYMONDVILLE
823 AM CST WED FEB 9 2011

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING...
...HARD FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
9 AM CST THURSDAY...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. A
HARD FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
9 AM CST THURSDAY. 

NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH WILL
DEVELOP AS A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. THE WINDS
WILL REMAIN STRONG THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON WITH TEMPERATURES
FALLING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS.

TEMPERATURES WILL FALL BELOW FREEZING BEFORE MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND
FALL BELOW 28 DEGREES AFTER 3 AM THURSDAY MORNING AND REMAIN
BELOW FREEZING THROUGH LATE THURSDAY MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HARD FREEZE WARNING MEANS A POTENTIALLY DEVASTATING FREEZE IS
LIKELY DURING THE NEXT 24 TO 48 HOURS.  THIS MEANS AT LEAST
2 HOURS WITH TEMPERATURES BELOW 28 DEGREES...AND GENERALLY AT
LEAST 8 HOURS WITH TEMPERATURES BELOW 32.  SUCH CONDITIONS WILL
KILL TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE VEGETATION AND COULD CAUSE WIDESPREAD
DAMAGE OR DESTRUCTION TO CROPS.

A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE
30 TO 39 MPH AND OR FREQUENT GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 40 AND
57 MPH.

MOVE LIGHT AND MODERATE WEIGHT ITEMS...SUCH AS PATIO FURNITURE...
EMPTY TRASH CANS...AND PORTABLE BASKETBALL POSTS...INDOORS.

HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES WILL BE DIFFICULT TO
DRIVE...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES OR OVERPASSES AND IN CROSS WINDS.

RESIDENTS AND GROWERS SHOULD QUICKLY COMPLETE PREPARATIONS TO
PROTECT TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE PLANTS OR CROPS. BRING INDOORS ALL
POTTED PLANTS...AND TIGHTLY COVER PLANTS ROOTED IN THE GROUND.

RESIDENTS WITH PIPES LOCATED ABOVE GROUND OR JUST BELOW THE
SURFACE SHOULD TRY TO PROTECT THEM FROM POSSIBLE BURSTING. HOT
WATER FAUCETS SHOULD BE TURNED ON SLIGHTLY TO HELP KEEP INTERIOR
OR ATTIC PIPES FROM FREEZING.

&&

$$

TXZ255>257-092200-
/O.EXT.KBRO.WI.Y.0002.110209T1500Z-110210T0000Z/
/O.CON.KBRO.FZ.W.0005.110210T0600Z-110210T1500Z/
INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BROWNSVILLE...HARLINGEN...
PORT MANSFIELD...PORT ISABEL...SOUTH PADRE ISLAND...
LAGUNA HEIGHTS...LAGUNA VISTA
823 AM CST WED FEB 9 2011

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING...
...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM
CST THURSDAY...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. A
FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM
CST THURSDAY. 

NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH WILL
DEVELOP AS A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. THE WINDS
WILL REMAIN STRONG THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING WITH TEMPERATURES
FALLING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS.

TEMPERATURES WILL FALL BELOW 32 DEGREES AFTER 3 AM THURSDAY
MORNING AND REMAIN BELOW FREEZING AS LATE AS 9 AM.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL
TO BETWEEN 28 AND 32 DEGREES FOR 2 OR MORE HOURS OVER A
WIDESPREAD AREA.

RESIDENTS SHOULD COVER OR MOVE INDOORS ANY COLD SENSITIVE
PLANTS...AND BRING PETS INDOORS THIS EVENING.

A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE
30 TO 39 MPH AND OR FREQUENT GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 40 AND
57 MPH.

MOVE LIGHT AND MODERATE WEIGHT ITEMS...SUCH AS PATIO FURNITURE...
EMPTY TRASH CANS...AND PORTABLE BASKETBALL POSTS...INDOORS.

HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES WILL BE DIFFICULT TO
DRIVE...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES OR OVERPASSES AND IN CROSS WINDS.

&&

$$
603 
WWUS74 KBRO 091816
NPWBRO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
1216 PM CST WED FEB 9 2011

...FREEZING TEMPERATURES TONIGHT...

.ARCTIC AIR IS THROUGH DEEP SOUTH TEXAS...USHERING IN FREEZING
TEMPERATURES FOR VIRTUALLY ALL OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS TONIGHT.
MORE VERY COLD TEMPERATURES ARE IN STORE FOR THURSDAY NIGHT AS
SKIES CLEAR AND LIGHTER WINDS PREVAIL.

TXZ254-092100-
/O.CAN.KBRO.HZ.W.0004.110210T0600Z-110210T1500Z/
/O.EXB.KBRO.FZ.W.0005.110210T0600Z-110210T1400Z/
/O.EXB.KBRO.FZ.A.0006.110211T0600Z-110211T1400Z/
/O.EXT.KBRO.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110209T2200Z/
INLAND WILLACY-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...RAYMONDVILLE
1216 PM CST WED FEB 9 2011

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON...
...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM CST
THURSDAY...
...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY
MORNING...
...HARD FREEZE WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A FREEZE
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM CST
THURSDAY. A FREEZE WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FREEZE WATCH
IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. THE
WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON.

TEMPERATURES WILL FALL BELOW FREEZING LATE TONIGHT AND WILL REMAIN
BELOW FREEZING THROUGH LATE THURSDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL
LIKELY FALL TO BELOW FREEZING LATE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY
FRIDAY MORNING AS WELL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL
TO BETWEEN 28 AND 32 DEGREES FOR 2 OR MORE HOURS OVER A
WIDESPREAD AREA.

RESIDENTS SHOULD COVER OR MOVE INDOORS ANY COLD SENSITIVE
PLANTS...AND BRING PETS INDOORS THIS EVENING.

A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE
30 TO 39 MPH AND OR FREQUENT GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 40 AND
57 MPH.

A FREEZE WATCH IS ISSUED FOR THE POTENTIAL OF 2 OR MORE HOURS OF
TEMPERATURES AT OR BELOW 32 DEGREES WITHIN 24 TO 48 HOURS.

&&

$$

TXZ249>251-092100-
/O.CAN.KBRO.FZ.A.0006.110211T0300Z-110211T1500Z/
/O.NEW.KBRO.HZ.A.0003.110211T0600Z-110211T1400Z/
/O.EXT.KBRO.HZ.W.0004.110210T0600Z-110210T1400Z/
/O.EXT.KBRO.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110209T2200Z/
JIM HOGG-BROOKS-KENEDY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HEBBRONVILLE...FALFURRIAS...SARITA
1216 PM CST WED FEB 9 2011

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON...
...HARD FREEZE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
8 AM CST THURSDAY...
...HARD FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING...
...FREEZE WATCH IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A HARD
FREEZE WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT
THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. THE HARD FREEZE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT
FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM CST THURSDAY. THE WIND ADVISORY IS
NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON.

TEMPERATURES WILL FALL BELOW FREEZING BEFORE MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND
FALL BELOW 28 DEGREES AFTER 3 AM THURSDAY MORNING AND REMAIN BELOW
FREEZING THROUGH LATE THURSDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY
FALL TO BELOW FREEZING LATE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY
MORNING AS WELL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HARD FREEZE WARNING MEANS A POTENTIALLY DEVASTATING FREEZE IS
LIKELY DURING THE NEXT 24 TO 48 HOURS.  THIS MEANS AT LEAST
2 HOURS WITH TEMPERATURES BELOW 28 DEGREES...AND GENERALLY AT
LEAST 8 HOURS WITH TEMPERATURES BELOW 32.  SUCH CONDITIONS WILL
KILL TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE VEGETATION AND COULD CAUSE WIDESPREAD
DAMAGE OR DESTRUCTION TO CROPS.

A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE
30 TO 39 MPH AND OR FREQUENT GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 40 AND
57 MPH.

A HARD FREEZE WATCH MEANS A POTENTIALLY DEVASTATING FREEZE IS
POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT 24 TO 48 HOURS. THIS MEANS SEVERAL HOURS
WITH TEMPERATURES BELOW 28 DEGREES...AND AT LEAST 8 HOURS WITH
TEMPERATURES BELOW 32. SUCH CONDITIONS WILL KILL SENSITIVE
VEGETATION AND COULD CAUSE WIDESPREAD DAMAGE OR DESTRUCTION TO
CROPS.

&&

$$

TXZ248-092100-
/O.EXT.KBRO.HZ.W.0004.110210T0600Z-110210T1400Z/
/O.EXT.KBRO.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110209T2200Z/
/O.EXT.KBRO.FZ.A.0006.110211T0600Z-110211T1400Z/
ZAPATA-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ZAPATA
1216 PM CST WED FEB 9 2011

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON...
...HARD FREEZE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
8 AM CST THURSDAY...
...FREEZE WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING...

THE HARD FREEZE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
8 AM CST THURSDAY. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM
CST THIS AFTERNOON. THE FREEZE WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE
THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. 

TEMPERATURES WILL FALL BELOW FREEZING TONIGHT AND WILL REMAIN
BELOW FREEZING THROUGH LATE THURSDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL
LIKELY FALL TO BELOW FREEZING LATE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY
FRIDAY MORNING AS WELL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HARD FREEZE WARNING MEANS A POTENTIALLY DEVASTATING FREEZE IS
LIKELY DURING THE NEXT 24 TO 48 HOURS.  THIS MEANS AT LEAST
2 HOURS WITH TEMPERATURES BELOW 28 DEGREES...AND GENERALLY AT
LEAST 8 HOURS WITH TEMPERATURES BELOW 32.  SUCH CONDITIONS WILL
KILL TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE VEGETATION AND COULD CAUSE WIDESPREAD
DAMAGE OR DESTRUCTION TO CROPS.

A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE
30 TO 39 MPH AND OR FREQUENT GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 40 AND
57 MPH.

MOVE LIGHT AND MODERATE WEIGHT ITEMS...SUCH AS PATIO FURNITURE...
EMPTY TRASH CANS...AND PORTABLE BASKETBALL POSTS...INDOORS.

HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES WILL BE DIFFICULT TO
DRIVE...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES OR OVERPASSES AND IN CROSS WINDS.

RESIDENTS AND GROWERS SHOULD QUICKLY COMPLETE PREPARATIONS TO
PROTECT TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE PLANTS OR CROPS. BRING INDOORS ALL
POTTED PLANTS...AND TIGHTLY COVER PLANTS ROOTED IN THE GROUND.

RESIDENTS WITH PIPES LOCATED ABOVE GROUND OR JUST BELOW THE
SURFACE SHOULD TRY TO PROTECT THEM FROM POSSIBLE BURSTING. HOT
WATER FAUCETS SHOULD BE TURNED ON SLIGHTLY TO HELP KEEP INTERIOR
OR ATTIC PIPES FROM FREEZING.

A FREEZE WATCH IS ISSUED FOR THE POTENTIAL OF 2 OR MORE HOURS OF
TEMPERATURES AT OR BELOW 32 DEGREES WITHIN 24 TO 48 HOURS.

&&

$$

TXZ252-253-092100-
/O.EXT.KBRO.FZ.W.0005.110210T0600Z-110210T1400Z/
/O.EXT.KBRO.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110209T2200Z/
/O.EXT.KBRO.FZ.A.0006.110211T0600Z-110211T1400Z/
STARR-HIDALGO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RIO GRANDE CITY...ROMA...MCALLEN...
EDINBURG...PHARR...MISSION...WESLACO
1216 PM CST WED FEB 9 2011

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON...
...FREEZE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM CST
THURSDAY...
...FREEZE WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING...

THE FREEZE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM
CST THURSDAY. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST
THIS AFTERNOON. THE FREEZE WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE
THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. 

TEMPERATURES WILL FALL BELOW 32 DEGREES TONIGHT AND WILL REMAIN
BELOW FREEZING THROUGH LATE THURSDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL
LIKELY FALL TO BELOW FREEZING LATE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY
FRIDAY MORNING AS WELL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL
TO BETWEEN 28 AND 32 DEGREES FOR 2 OR MORE HOURS OVER A
WIDESPREAD AREA.

RESIDENTS SHOULD COVER OR MOVE INDOORS ANY COLD SENSITIVE
PLANTS...AND BRING PETS INDOORS THIS EVENING.

A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE
30 TO 39 MPH AND OR FREQUENT GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 40 AND
57 MPH.

MOVE LIGHT AND MODERATE WEIGHT ITEMS...SUCH AS PATIO FURNITURE...
EMPTY TRASH CANS...AND PORTABLE BASKETBALL POSTS...INDOORS.

HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES WILL BE DIFFICULT TO
DRIVE...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES OR OVERPASSES AND IN CROSS WINDS.

A FREEZE WATCH IS ISSUED FOR THE POTENTIAL OF 2 OR MORE HOURS OF
TEMPERATURES AT OR BELOW 32 DEGREES WITHIN 24 TO 48 HOURS.

&&

$$

TXZ255-092100-
/O.EXB.KBRO.FZ.A.0006.110211T0600Z-110211T1400Z/
/O.EXT.KBRO.FZ.W.0005.110210T0600Z-110210T1400Z/
/O.EXT.KBRO.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110209T2200Z/
INLAND CAMERON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BROWNSVILLE...HARLINGEN
1216 PM CST WED FEB 9 2011

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON...
...FREEZE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM CST
THURSDAY...
...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY
MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A FREEZE
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING. THE FREEZE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT TO 8 AM CST THURSDAY. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT
UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. 

TEMPERATURES WILL FALL TO FREEZING TONIGHT AND REMAIN FREEZING
THROUGH LATE THURSDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY FALL TO
FREEZING LATE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING AS WELL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HARD FREEZE WARNING MEANS A POTENTIALLY DEVASTATING FREEZE IS
LIKELY DURING THE NEXT 24 TO 48 HOURS.  THIS MEANS AT LEAST
2 HOURS WITH TEMPERATURES BELOW 28 DEGREES...AND GENERALLY AT
LEAST 8 HOURS WITH TEMPERATURES BELOW 32.  SUCH CONDITIONS WILL
KILL TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE VEGETATION AND COULD CAUSE WIDESPREAD
DAMAGE OR DESTRUCTION TO CROPS.

A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE
30 TO 39 MPH AND OR FREQUENT GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 40 AND
57 MPH.

MOVE LIGHT AND MODERATE WEIGHT ITEMS...SUCH AS PATIO FURNITURE...
EMPTY TRASH CANS...AND PORTABLE BASKETBALL POSTS...INDOORS.

HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES WILL BE DIFFICULT TO
DRIVE...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES OR OVERPASSES AND IN CROSS WINDS.

RESIDENTS AND GROWERS SHOULD QUICKLY COMPLETE PREPARATIONS TO
PROTECT TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE PLANTS OR CROPS. BRING INDOORS ALL
POTTED PLANTS...AND TIGHTLY COVER PLANTS ROOTED IN THE GROUND.

RESIDENTS WITH PIPES LOCATED ABOVE GROUND OR JUST BELOW THE
SURFACE SHOULD TRY TO PROTECT THEM FROM POSSIBLE BURSTING. HOT
WATER FAUCETS SHOULD BE TURNED ON SLIGHTLY TO HELP KEEP INTERIOR
OR ATTIC PIPES FROM FREEZING.

A FREEZE WATCH IS ISSUED FOR THE POTENTIAL OF 2 OR MORE HOURS OF
TEMPERATURES AT OR BELOW 32 DEGREES WITHIN 24 TO 48 HOURS.

&&

$$

TXZ256-257-092100-
/O.EXT.KBRO.FZ.W.0005.110210T0600Z-110210T1400Z/
/O.EXT.KBRO.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110209T2200Z/
COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PORT MANSFIELD...PORT ISABEL...
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND...LAGUNA HEIGHTS...LAGUNA VISTA
1216 PM CST WED FEB 9 2011

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON...
...FREEZE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM CST
THURSDAY...

THE FREEZE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM
CST THURSDAY. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST
THIS AFTERNOON. 

TEMPERATURES WILL FALL TO NEAR 32 DEGREES TONIGHT AND WILL REMAIN
NEAR FREEZING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL
TO BETWEEN 28 AND 32 DEGREES FOR 2 OR MORE HOURS OVER A
WIDESPREAD AREA.

RESIDENTS SHOULD COVER OR MOVE INDOORS ANY COLD SENSITIVE
PLANTS...AND BRING PETS INDOORS THIS EVENING.

A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE
30 TO 39 MPH AND OR FREQUENT GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 40 AND
57 MPH.

MOVE LIGHT AND MODERATE WEIGHT ITEMS...SUCH AS PATIO FURNITURE...
EMPTY TRASH CANS...AND PORTABLE BASKETBALL POSTS...INDOORS.

HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES WILL BE DIFFICULT TO
DRIVE...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES OR OVERPASSES AND IN CROSS WINDS.

&&

$$
283 
WWUS74 KBRO 092214
NPWBRO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
414 PM CST WED FEB 9 2011

...FREEZING TEMPERATURES TONIGHT...

.ARCTIC AIR IS SPREADING ACROSS DEEP SOUTH TEXAS...USHERING IN
FREEZING TEMPERATURES FOR VIRTUALLY ALL OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS
TONIGHT. MORE VERY COLD TEMPERATURES ARE IN STORE FOR THURSDAY
NIGHT AS SKIES CLEAR AND LIGHTER WINDS PREVAIL ALLOWING THE
MERCURY TO FALL.

TXZ249>251-100400-
/O.EXP.KBRO.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110209T2200Z/
/O.CON.KBRO.HZ.W.0004.110210T0600Z-110210T1400Z/
/O.CON.KBRO.HZ.A.0003.110211T0600Z-110211T1400Z/
JIM HOGG-BROOKS-KENEDY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HEBBRONVILLE...FALFURRIAS...SARITA
414 PM CST WED FEB 9 2011

...HARD FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
8 AM CST THURSDAY...
...HARD FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT
THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...
...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A HARD FREEZE WARNING
REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM CST THURSDAY. A
HARD FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT
THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. 

THE TEMPERATURES WILL FALL BELOW FREEZING BEFORE MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
AND WILL FALL BELOW 28 DEGREES AFTER 3 AM THURSDAY MORNING AND
REMAIN BELOW FREEZING THROUGH LATE THURSDAY MORNING. THE
TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY FALL TO BELOW FREEZING AGAIN LATE
THURSDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING AS WELL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HARD FREEZE WARNING MEANS A POTENTIALLY DEVASTATING FREEZE IS
LIKELY DURING THE NEXT 24 TO 48 HOURS.  THIS MEANS AT LEAST
2 HOURS WITH TEMPERATURES BELOW 28 DEGREES...AND GENERALLY AT
LEAST 8 HOURS WITH TEMPERATURES BELOW 32.  SUCH CONDITIONS WILL
KILL TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE VEGETATION AND COULD CAUSE WIDESPREAD
DAMAGE OR DESTRUCTION TO CROPS.

A HARD FREEZE WATCH MEANS A POTENTIALLY DEVASTATING FREEZE IS
POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT 24 TO 48 HOURS. THIS MEANS SEVERAL HOURS
WITH TEMPERATURES BELOW 28 DEGREES...AND AT LEAST 8 HOURS WITH
TEMPERATURES BELOW 32. SUCH CONDITIONS WILL KILL SENSITIVE
VEGETATION AND COULD CAUSE WIDESPREAD DAMAGE OR DESTRUCTION TO
CROPS.

&&

$$

TXZ248-100400-
/O.EXP.KBRO.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110209T2200Z/
/O.CON.KBRO.HZ.W.0004.110210T0600Z-110210T1400Z/
/O.CON.KBRO.FZ.A.0006.110211T0600Z-110211T1400Z/
ZAPATA-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ZAPATA
414 PM CST WED FEB 9 2011

...HARD FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
8 AM CST THURSDAY...
...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT
THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...
...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A HARD FREEZE WARNING
REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM CST THURSDAY. A
FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING. 

THE TEMPERATURES WILL FALL BELOW FREEZING TONIGHT AND WILL REMAIN
BELOW FREEZING THROUGH LATE THURSDAY MORNING AND WILL FALL BELOW 28 
DEGREES AFTER 3 AM THURSDAY MORNING AND REMAIN BELOW FREEZING
THROUGH LATE THURSDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY FALL TO
BELOW FREEZING LATE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING AS
WELL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HARD FREEZE WARNING MEANS A POTENTIALLY DEVASTATING FREEZE IS
LIKELY DURING THE NEXT 24 TO 48 HOURS.  THIS MEANS AT LEAST
2 HOURS WITH TEMPERATURES BELOW 28 DEGREES...AND GENERALLY AT
LEAST 8 HOURS WITH TEMPERATURES BELOW 32.  SUCH CONDITIONS WILL
KILL TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE VEGETATION AND COULD CAUSE WIDESPREAD
DAMAGE OR DESTRUCTION TO CROPS.

A FREEZE WATCH IS ISSUED FOR THE POTENTIAL OF 2 OR MORE HOURS OF
TEMPERATURES AT OR BELOW 32 DEGREES WITHIN 24 TO 48 HOURS.

&&

$$

TXZ252>255-100400-
/O.EXP.KBRO.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110209T2200Z/
/O.CON.KBRO.FZ.W.0005.110210T0600Z-110210T1400Z/
/O.CON.KBRO.FZ.A.0006.110211T0600Z-110211T1400Z/
STARR-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY-INLAND CAMERON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RIO GRANDE CITY...ROMA...MCALLEN...
EDINBURG...PHARR...MISSION...WESLACO...RAYMONDVILLE...
BROWNSVILLE...HARLINGEN
414 PM CST WED FEB 9 2011

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM
CST THURSDAY...
...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT
THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...
...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A FREEZE WARNING
REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM CST THURSDAY. A
FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING. 

TEMPERATURES WILL FALL BELOW 32 DEGREES LATE TONIGHT AND WILL
REMAIN BELOW FREEZING THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. THE 
TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY FALL TO BELOW FREEZING LATE THURSDAY
NIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING AS WELL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL
TO BETWEEN 28 AND 32 DEGREES FOR 2 OR MORE HOURS OVER A
WIDESPREAD AREA.

RESIDENTS SHOULD COVER OR MOVE INDOORS ANY COLD SENSITIVE
PLANTS...AND BRING PETS INDOORS THIS EVENING.

A FREEZE WATCH IS ISSUED FOR THE POTENTIAL OF 2 OR MORE HOURS OF
TEMPERATURES AT OR BELOW 32 DEGREES WITHIN 24 TO 48 HOURS.

&&

$$

TXZ256-257-100400-
/O.EXP.KBRO.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110209T2200Z/
/O.CON.KBRO.FZ.W.0005.110210T0600Z-110210T1400Z/
COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PORT MANSFIELD...PORT ISABEL...
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND...LAGUNA HEIGHTS...LAGUNA VISTA
414 PM CST WED FEB 9 2011

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM
CST THURSDAY...
...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A FREEZE WARNING
REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM CST THURSDAY. 

THE TEMPERATURES WILL FALL TO NEAR 32 DEGREES AFTER MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT AND WILL REMAIN NEAR FREEZING THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY
MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL
TO BETWEEN 28 AND 32 DEGREES FOR 2 OR MORE HOURS OVER A
WIDESPREAD AREA.

RESIDENTS SHOULD COVER OR MOVE INDOORS ANY COLD SENSITIVE
PLANTS...AND BRING PETS INDOORS THIS EVENING.

&&

$$
133 
WWUS74 KBRO 100406
NPWBRO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
1006 PM CST WED FEB 9 2011

...FREEZING TEMPERATURES TONIGHT...

.ARCTIC AIR IS SPREADING ACROSS DEEP SOUTH TEXAS...USHERING IN
FREEZING TEMPERATURES FOR VIRTUALLY ALL OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS
TONIGHT. MORE VERY COLD TEMPERATURES ARE IN STORE FOR THURSDAY
NIGHT AS SKIES CLEAR AND LIGHTER WINDS PREVAIL ALLOWING THE
MERCURY TO FALL.

TXZ249>251-101400-
/O.CON.KBRO.HZ.W.0004.110210T0600Z-110210T1400Z/
/O.CON.KBRO.HZ.A.0003.110211T0600Z-110211T1400Z/
JIM HOGG-BROOKS-KENEDY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HEBBRONVILLE...FALFURRIAS...SARITA
1006 PM CST WED FEB 9 2011

...HARD FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CST
THURSDAY...
...HARD FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT
THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...

A HARD FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CST THURSDAY.
A HARD FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT
THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. 

THE TEMPERATURES WILL FALL BELOW FREEZING BEFORE MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
AND WILL FALL BELOW 28 DEGREES AFTER 3 AM THURSDAY MORNING AND
REMAIN BELOW FREEZING THROUGH LATE THURSDAY MORNING. THE
TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY FALL TO BELOW FREEZING AGAIN LATE
THURSDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING AS WELL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HARD FREEZE WARNING MEANS A POTENTIALLY DEVASTATING FREEZE IS
LIKELY DURING THE NEXT 24 TO 48 HOURS.  THIS MEANS AT LEAST
2 HOURS WITH TEMPERATURES BELOW 28 DEGREES...AND GENERALLY AT
LEAST 8 HOURS WITH TEMPERATURES BELOW 32.  SUCH CONDITIONS WILL
KILL TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE VEGETATION AND COULD CAUSE WIDESPREAD
DAMAGE OR DESTRUCTION TO CROPS.

A HARD FREEZE WATCH MEANS A POTENTIALLY DEVASTATING FREEZE IS
POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT 24 TO 48 HOURS. THIS MEANS SEVERAL HOURS
WITH TEMPERATURES BELOW 28 DEGREES...AND AT LEAST 8 HOURS WITH
TEMPERATURES BELOW 32. SUCH CONDITIONS WILL KILL SENSITIVE
VEGETATION AND COULD CAUSE WIDESPREAD DAMAGE OR DESTRUCTION TO
CROPS.

&&

$$

TXZ248-101400-
/O.CON.KBRO.HZ.W.0004.110210T0600Z-110210T1400Z/
/O.CON.KBRO.FZ.A.0006.110211T0600Z-110211T1400Z/
ZAPATA-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ZAPATA
1006 PM CST WED FEB 9 2011

...HARD FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CST
THURSDAY...
...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT
THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...

A HARD FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CST THURSDAY.
A FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING. 

THE TEMPERATURES WILL FALL BELOW FREEZING TONIGHT AND WILL REMAIN
BELOW FREEZING THROUGH LATE THURSDAY MORNING AND WILL FALL BELOW
28 DEGREES AFTER 3 AM THURSDAY MORNING AND REMAIN BELOW FREEZING
THROUGH LATE THURSDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY FALL TO
BELOW FREEZING LATE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING AS
WELL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HARD FREEZE WARNING MEANS A POTENTIALLY DEVASTATING FREEZE IS
LIKELY DURING THE NEXT 24 TO 48 HOURS.  THIS MEANS AT LEAST
2 HOURS WITH TEMPERATURES BELOW 28 DEGREES...AND GENERALLY AT
LEAST 8 HOURS WITH TEMPERATURES BELOW 32.  SUCH CONDITIONS WILL
KILL TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE VEGETATION AND COULD CAUSE WIDESPREAD
DAMAGE OR DESTRUCTION TO CROPS.

A FREEZE WATCH IS ISSUED FOR THE POTENTIAL OF 2 OR MORE HOURS OF
TEMPERATURES AT OR BELOW 32 DEGREES WITHIN 24 TO 48 HOURS.

&&

$$

TXZ252>255-101400-
/O.CON.KBRO.FZ.W.0005.110210T0600Z-110210T1400Z/
/O.CON.KBRO.FZ.A.0006.110211T0600Z-110211T1400Z/
STARR-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY-INLAND CAMERON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RIO GRANDE CITY...ROMA...MCALLEN...
EDINBURG...PHARR...MISSION...WESLACO...RAYMONDVILLE...
BROWNSVILLE...HARLINGEN
1006 PM CST WED FEB 9 2011

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CST THURSDAY...
...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT
THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...

A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CST THURSDAY. A
FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING. 

TEMPERATURES WILL FALL BELOW 32 DEGREES LATE TONIGHT AND WILL
REMAIN BELOW FREEZING THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. THE
TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY FALL TO BELOW FREEZING LATE THURSDAY
NIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING AS WELL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL
TO BETWEEN 28 AND 32 DEGREES FOR 2 OR MORE HOURS OVER A
WIDESPREAD AREA.

RESIDENTS SHOULD COVER OR MOVE INDOORS ANY COLD SENSITIVE
PLANTS...AND BRING PETS INDOORS THIS EVENING.

A FREEZE WATCH IS ISSUED FOR THE POTENTIAL OF 2 OR MORE HOURS OF
TEMPERATURES AT OR BELOW 32 DEGREES WITHIN 24 TO 48 HOURS.

&&

$$

TXZ256-257-101400-
/O.CON.KBRO.FZ.W.0005.110210T0600Z-110210T1400Z/
COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PORT MANSFIELD...PORT ISABEL...
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND...LAGUNA HEIGHTS...LAGUNA VISTA
1006 PM CST WED FEB 9 2011

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CST THURSDAY...

A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CST THURSDAY. 

THE TEMPERATURES WILL FALL TO NEAR 32 DEGREES AFTER MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT AND WILL REMAIN NEAR FREEZING THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY
MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL
TO BETWEEN 28 AND 32 DEGREES FOR 2 OR MORE HOURS OVER A
WIDESPREAD AREA.

RESIDENTS SHOULD COVER OR MOVE INDOORS ANY COLD SENSITIVE
PLANTS...AND BRING PETS INDOORS THIS EVENING.

&&

$$
657 
WWUS74 KBRO 100935
NPWBRO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
335 AM CST THU FEB 10 2011

...FREEZING TEMPERATURES DEVELOPING EARLY THIS MORNING...

.SHALLOW ARCTIC AIR CONTINUES TO SPREAD ACROSS DEEP SOUTH
TEXAS EARLY THIS MORNING...ALLOWING TEMPERATURES TO CONTINUE TO
FALL TO FREEZING OR BELOW FREEZING FOR MOST OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS.
VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL RETURN TONIGHT AS SKIES CLEAR AND
LIGHTER WINDS PREVAIL ALLOWING TEMPERATURES TO FALL BELOW FREEZING
LATE TONIGHT.

TXZ249>251-101745-
/O.UPG.KBRO.HZ.A.0003.110211T0600Z-110211T1400Z/
/O.NEW.KBRO.HZ.W.0005.110211T0300Z-110211T1500Z/
/O.CON.KBRO.HZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110210T1400Z/
JIM HOGG-BROOKS-KENEDY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HEBBRONVILLE...FALFURRIAS...SARITA
335 AM CST THU FEB 10 2011

...HARD FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CST THIS
MORNING...
...HARD FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM
CST FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A HARD
FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO
9 AM CST FRIDAY. THE HARD FREEZE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A
HARD FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CST THIS
MORNING. 

TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO FALL BELOW FREEZING EARLY THIS MORNING
AND MAY FALL TO 27 DEGREES BEFORE SUNRISE. TEMPERATURES WILL RISE
ABOVE FREEZING BETWEEN 9 AM AND 12 NOON TODAY. TEMPERATURES WILL
FALL TO BELOW FREEZING TONIGHT WITH LOWS IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER
20S ACROSS THE AREA FRIDAY MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HARD FREEZE WARNING MEANS A POTENTIALLY DEVASTATING FREEZE IS
LIKELY DURING THE NEXT 24 TO 48 HOURS.  THIS MEANS AT LEAST
2 HOURS WITH TEMPERATURES BELOW 28 DEGREES...AND GENERALLY AT
LEAST 8 HOURS WITH TEMPERATURES BELOW 32.  SUCH CONDITIONS WILL
KILL TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE VEGETATION AND COULD CAUSE WIDESPREAD
DAMAGE OR DESTRUCTION TO CROPS.

RESIDENTS WITH PIPES LOCATED ABOVE GROUND OR JUST BELOW THE
SURFACE SHOULD TRY TO PROTECT THEM FROM POSSIBLE BURSTING.  HOT
WATER FAUCETS SHOULD BE TURNED ON SLIGHTLY TO HELP KEEP INTERIOR
OR ATTIC PIPES FROM FREEZING.

RESIDENTS AND GROWERS SHOULD QUICKLY COMPLETE PREPARATIONS TO
PROTECT TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE PLANTS OR CROPS. BRING INDOORS ALL
POTTED PLANTS...AND TIGHTLY COVER PLANTS ROOTED IN THE GROUND.

&&

$$

TXZ248-101745-
/O.UPG.KBRO.FZ.A.0006.110211T0600Z-110211T1400Z/
/O.NEW.KBRO.FZ.W.0006.110211T0600Z-110211T1500Z/
/O.CON.KBRO.HZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110210T1400Z/
ZAPATA-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ZAPATA
335 AM CST THU FEB 10 2011

...HARD FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CST THIS
MORNING...
...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST
FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A FREEZE
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST
FRIDAY. THE FREEZE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A HARD FREEZE
WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CST THIS MORNING. 

TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO FALL BELOW FREEZING EARLY THIS MORNING
AND MAY FALL TO 27 DEGREES BEFORE SUNRISE. TEMPERATURES WILL RISE
ABOVE FREEZING BETWEEN 9 AM AND 12 NOON TODAY. TEMPERATURES WILL
FALL TO BELOW FREEZING TONIGHT WITH LOWS IN THE UPPER 20S TO NEAR
30 DEGREES ACROSS THE AREA FRIDAY MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HARD FREEZE WARNING MEANS A POTENTIALLY DEVASTATING FREEZE IS
LIKELY DURING THE NEXT 24 TO 48 HOURS.  THIS MEANS AT LEAST
2 HOURS WITH TEMPERATURES BELOW 28 DEGREES...AND GENERALLY AT
LEAST 8 HOURS WITH TEMPERATURES BELOW 32.  SUCH CONDITIONS WILL
KILL TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE VEGETATION AND COULD CAUSE WIDESPREAD
DAMAGE OR DESTRUCTION TO CROPS.

A FREEZE WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL
TO BETWEEN 28 AND 32 DEGREES FOR 2 OR MORE HOURS OVER A
WIDESPREAD AREA.

RESIDENTS SHOULD COVER OR MOVE INDOORS ANY COLD SENSITIVE
PLANTS...AND BRING PETS INDOORS THIS EVENING.

&&

$$

TXZ252>255-101745-
/O.UPG.KBRO.FZ.A.0006.110211T0600Z-110211T1400Z/
/O.NEW.KBRO.FZ.W.0006.110211T0600Z-110211T1500Z/
/O.CON.KBRO.FZ.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110210T1400Z/
STARR-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY-INLAND CAMERON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RIO GRANDE CITY...ROMA...MCALLEN...
EDINBURG...PHARR...MISSION...WESLACO...RAYMONDVILLE...
BROWNSVILLE...HARLINGEN
335 AM CST THU FEB 10 2011

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CST THIS MORNING...
...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST
FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A FREEZE
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST
FRIDAY. THE FREEZE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A FREEZE WARNING
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CST THIS MORNING. 

TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO NEAR FREEZING EARLY THIS MORNING
AND MAY FALL TO 28 DEGREES BEFORE SUNRISE. TEMPERATURES WILL RISE
ABOVE FREEZING BEFORE 9 AM TODAY. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL TO BELOW
FREEZING LATE TONIGHT WITH LOWS IN THE UPPER 20S TO NEAR 30
DEGREES ACROSS THE AREA FRIDAY MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL
TO BETWEEN 28 AND 32 DEGREES FOR 2 OR MORE HOURS OVER A
WIDESPREAD AREA.

RESIDENTS SHOULD COVER OR MOVE INDOORS ANY COLD SENSITIVE
PLANTS...AND BRING PETS INDOORS THIS EVENING.

&&

$$

TXZ256-257-101400-
/O.CON.KBRO.FZ.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110210T1400Z/
COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PORT MANSFIELD...PORT ISABEL...
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND...LAGUNA HEIGHTS...LAGUNA VISTA
335 AM CST THU FEB 10 2011

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CST THIS MORNING...

A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CST THIS MORNING. 

TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO NEAR FREEZING EARLY THIS MORNING
AND MAY FALL TO 30 DEGREES BEFORE SUNRISE. TEMPERATURES WILL RISE
ABOVE FREEZING BEFORE 9 AM TODAY. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL
TO BETWEEN 28 AND 32 DEGREES FOR 2 OR MORE HOURS OVER A
WIDESPREAD AREA.

RESIDENTS SHOULD COVER OR MOVE INDOORS ANY COLD SENSITIVE
PLANTS...AND BRING PETS INDOORS THIS EVENING.

&&

$$

CASTILLO
465 
WWUS74 KBRO 101354
NPWBRO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
754 AM CST THU FEB 10 2011

...FREEZING TEMPERATURES PERSIST THIS MORNING...

.SHALLOW ARCTIC AIR CONTINUES TO SPREAD ACROSS DEEP SOUTH TEXAS
EARLY THIS MORNING...ALLOWING TEMPERATURES TO CONTINUE AT OR BELOW
FREEZING FOR PARTS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL
RETURN TONIGHT AS SKIES CLEAR AND LIGHTER WINDS PREVAIL ALLOWING
TEMPERATURES TO FALL BELOW FREEZING.

TXZ252>255-101600-
/O.EXP.KBRO.FZ.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110210T1400Z/
/O.CON.KBRO.FZ.W.0006.110211T0600Z-110211T1500Z/
STARR-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY-INLAND CAMERON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RIO GRANDE CITY...ROMA...MCALLEN...
EDINBURG...PHARR...MISSION...WESLACO...RAYMONDVILLE...
BROWNSVILLE...HARLINGEN
754 AM CST THU FEB 10 2011

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM
CST FRIDAY...
...FREEZE WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 AM CST THIS MORNING...

THE FREEZE WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 AM CST THIS MORNING. A FREEZE
WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST
FRIDAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZE WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL
TO BETWEEN 28 AND 32 DEGREES FOR 2 OR MORE HOURS OVER A
WIDESPREAD AREA.

RESIDENTS SHOULD COVER OR MOVE INDOORS ANY COLD SENSITIVE
PLANTS...AND BRING PETS INDOORS THIS EVENING.

&&

$$

TXZ256-257-101500-
/O.EXP.KBRO.FZ.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110210T1400Z/
COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PORT MANSFIELD...PORT ISABEL...
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND...LAGUNA HEIGHTS...LAGUNA VISTA
754 AM CST THU FEB 10 2011

...FREEZE WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 AM CST THIS MORNING...

THE FREEZE WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 AM CST THIS MORNING. 

TEMPERATURES ARE AT OR ABOVE FREEZING AND WILL CONTINUE TO WARM
THIS MORNING.

$$

TXZ249>251-101600-
/O.EXT.KBRO.HZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110210T1600Z/
/O.CON.KBRO.HZ.W.0005.110211T0300Z-110211T1500Z/
JIM HOGG-BROOKS-KENEDY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HEBBRONVILLE...FALFURRIAS...SARITA
754 AM CST THU FEB 10 2011

...HARD FREEZE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS
MORNING...
...HARD FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING
TO 9 AM CST FRIDAY...

THE HARD FREEZE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS
MORNING. A HARD FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS
EVENING TO 9 AM CST FRIDAY. 

TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN BELOW FREEZING A BIT LONGER EARLY THIS
MORNING . TEMPERATURES WILL RISE ABOVE FREEZING BETWEEN 9 AM AND
12 NOON TODAY. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL TO BELOW FREEZING TONIGHT
WITH LOWS IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 20S ACROSS THE AREA FRIDAY
MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HARD FREEZE WARNING MEANS A POTENTIALLY DEVASTATING FREEZE IS
LIKELY DURING THE NEXT 24 TO 48 HOURS.  THIS MEANS AT LEAST
2 HOURS WITH TEMPERATURES BELOW 28 DEGREES...AND GENERALLY AT
LEAST 8 HOURS WITH TEMPERATURES BELOW 32.  SUCH CONDITIONS WILL
KILL TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE VEGETATION AND COULD CAUSE WIDESPREAD
DAMAGE OR DESTRUCTION TO CROPS.

RESIDENTS WITH PIPES LOCATED ABOVE GROUND OR JUST BELOW THE
SURFACE SHOULD TRY TO PROTECT THEM FROM POSSIBLE BURSTING.  HOT
WATER FAUCETS SHOULD BE TURNED ON SLIGHTLY TO HELP KEEP INTERIOR
OR ATTIC PIPES FROM FREEZING.

RESIDENTS AND GROWERS SHOULD QUICKLY COMPLETE PREPARATIONS TO
PROTECT TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE PLANTS OR CROPS. BRING INDOORS ALL
POTTED PLANTS...AND TIGHTLY COVER PLANTS ROOTED IN THE GROUND.

&&

$$

TXZ248-101600-
/O.EXT.KBRO.HZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110210T1600Z/
/O.CON.KBRO.FZ.W.0006.110211T0600Z-110211T1500Z/
ZAPATA-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ZAPATA
754 AM CST THU FEB 10 2011

...HARD FREEZE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS
MORNING...
...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM
CST FRIDAY...

THE HARD FREEZE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS
MORNING. A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
TO 9 AM CST FRIDAY. 

TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN BELOW FREEZING A BIT LONGER EARLY THIS
MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL RISE ABOVE FREEZING BETWEEN 9 AM AND 12
NOON TODAY. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL TO BELOW FREEZING TONIGHT WITH
LOWS IN THE UPPER 20S TO NEAR 30 DEGREES ACROSS THE AREA FRIDAY
MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HARD FREEZE WARNING MEANS A POTENTIALLY DEVASTATING FREEZE IS
LIKELY DURING THE NEXT 24 TO 48 HOURS.  THIS MEANS AT LEAST
2 HOURS WITH TEMPERATURES BELOW 28 DEGREES...AND GENERALLY AT
LEAST 8 HOURS WITH TEMPERATURES BELOW 32.  SUCH CONDITIONS WILL
KILL TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE VEGETATION AND COULD CAUSE WIDESPREAD
DAMAGE OR DESTRUCTION TO CROPS.

A FREEZE WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL
TO BETWEEN 28 AND 32 DEGREES FOR 2 OR MORE HOURS OVER A
WIDESPREAD AREA.

RESIDENTS SHOULD COVER OR MOVE INDOORS ANY COLD SENSITIVE
PLANTS...AND BRING PETS INDOORS THIS EVENING.

&&

$$

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this freeze 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 freeze warning went out at Feb 9, 3:57 AM CST, 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 9, 3:57 AM CST, 18 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
357 AM CST WED FEB 9 2011

.SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH 6 PM THURSDAY/...ANOTHER ARCTIC COLD
FRONT IS HEADING FOR DEEP SOUTH TEXAS TODAY BUT BELIEVE THIS AIRMASS
WILL NOT BE AS COLD AND LONG LASTING AS THE PREVIOUS ARCTIC AIR
OUTBREAK LAST WEEK. SHALLOW NATURE OF THE COLD AIR WILL FILTER INTO
THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA BY NOON AND THE REST OF THE VALLEY
DURING THE AFTERNOON ALLOWING TEMPERATURES TO HOLD STEADY OR FALL
DURING THE DAY. WILL LIKELY SEE HIGHS FOR TODAY LATE THIS MORNING
INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON FROM NORTH TO SOUTH. LOW TO MID LEVEL
MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO POOL ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT ALLOWING
SHOWERS TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF DEEP
SOUTH TX THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE THE TEMPS BEGIN
TO DROP. STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT
AND WILL GO AHEAD AND ISSUE A WIND ADVISORY FROM NOON THROUGH EARLY
THIS EVENING.

FOR TONIGHT...THE SHALLOW COLD AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE TO FILTER INTO
THE AREA AS SKIES BEGIN TO CLEAR LATE TONIGHT. WITH DRIER AND COLDER
AIR BUILDING INTO THE AREA...A HARD FREEZE IS LIKELY FOR THE
NORTHERN COUNTIES OF THE CWA AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY
THURSDAY ESPECIALLY AS WINDS DECREASE AND SKIES CLEAR. FREEZING
TEMPERATURES WILL BE LIKELY ACROSS THE REST OF THE CWA LATE TONIGHT
INTO THURS MORNING. WILL GO AHEAD AND ISSUE HARD FREEZE WARNINGS FOR
ZAPATA...JIM HOGG...BROOKS...AND KENEDY COUNTIES FOR TONIGHT WITH A
FREEZE WARNING FOR STARR...HIDALGO...CAMERON...AND COASTAL SECTIONS
OF CAMERON AND WILLACY. HARD FREEZE WARNINGS MAY BE EXPANDED ACROSS
STARR AND HIDALGO COUNTIES IF LOWS TONIGHT REACH 27 OR LOWER ACROSS
MOST PORTIONS OF THOSE COUNTIES. WITH TEMPERATURES DROPPING TO BELOW
FREEZING AND WINDS REMAINING AT OR ABOVE 10 MPH...WIND CHILL INDEX
VALUES WILL LIKELY REACH ADVISORY CRITERIA LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY
THURSDAY. WILL GO AHEAD AND ISSUE A WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR THE
ENTIRE CWA IN EFFECT AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH THURS MORNING.

FOR THURSDAY...EVEN THOUGH SKIES WILL BE RELATIVELY CLEAR...THE
SHALLOW ARCTIC AIR WILL BE ENTRENCHED ACROSS THE LOWER RIO GRANDE
VALLEY KEEPING TEMPERATURES FAIRLY COLD THROUGH THE AFTERNOON BUT
DIURNAL HEATING WILL ALLOW TEMPS TO CLIMB ABOVE FREEZING LATE THURS
MORNING.
&&

.LONG TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/...THE PERIOD WILL
START WITH THE HIGH PRESSURE AREA DRIFTING THROUGH TEXAS...BEING
OPPOSED BY A WEAK COASTAL TROUGH. THIS WILL BRING WEAK BUT
SUFFICIENT NORTHEAST WINDS TO BRING SOME GULF MOISTURE BACK INTO
THE REGION. THERE WILL BE A FINE LINE BETWEEN WHERE THE MOISTURE
INHIBITS FALLING OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES AND WHERE LOWS WILL AGAIN
FALL WELL BELOW FREEZING FOR EXTENDED AMOUNTS OF TIME. CURRENTLY
SEE THE DIVIDING LINE RUNNING FROM MFE TO RAYMONDVILLE...WITH
AREAS ALONG THE RIVER STAYING ABOVE FREEZING AND AREAS NORTH OF
THERE STAYING 30 OR BELOW FOR SEVERAL HOURS. FREEZE WATCH HAS BEEN
POSTED FOR ALL BUT CAMERON AND WILLACY FOR THIS AREA...AND DOES
INCLUDE HIDALGO COUNTY FOR THE NORTHERN HALF. THIS HIGH MOVES EAST
OVER THE WEEKEND...TURNING WINDS BACK TO THE SOUTHEAST AND
MODERATING TEMPERATURES. THE NEXT FRONT WILL DRIFT INTO SOUTH
TEXAS MONDAY NIGHT...BUT MIDLEVEL STEERING WINDS WILL NOT HAVE
ENOUGH PUSH TO GET THIS FRONT THROUGH DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. MODELS
DIFFER ON SMALL SHORTWAVE MOVING THROUGH TEXAS MONDAY NIGHT.
CHANCES OF RAIN DEPEND HIGHLY ON THE STRENGTH OF THIS FEATURE.
CURRENTLY GOING WITH WEAKER FORECAST AS INITIALIZATION OF THAT
FEATURE IN THE PRESENT IS BETTER HANDLED BY WEAKER SOLUTION...SO
HAVE LEFT POPS OUT FOR NOW. HIGH PRESSURE BEHIND THIS FRONT WILL
DEFLECT MORE INTO THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY...KEEPING OUR
REGION IN GENERALLY SOUTHEAST WINDS THROUGH TUESDAY.

&&

.AVIATION...
SATELLITE IMAGES AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATE LOW CLOUDS
DEVELOPING ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA
EARLY THIS MORNING WITH MID LEVEL CLOUDS ELSEWHERE. CEILINGS WERE
NEAR 1000FT AT KHBV TO NEAR 4400FT AT KHRL. VISIBILITIES WERE NEAR
3SM WITH FOG AT KSPL. EXPECT CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES TO LOWER
THIS MORNING AS MOISTURE CONTINUES TO POOL ACROSS THE RIO GRANDE
PLAINS. MVFR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE CWA
BEFORE 15Z BECOMING IFR AFTER 15Z AS A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES
INTO THE NORTHERN PORTIONS BY NOON. LIGHT RAINSHOWERS WILL DEVELOP
ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT THIS MORNING AND LIGHT RAIN AND
DRIZZLE WILL PREVAIL IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT THIS AFTERNOON.
EXPECT CEILINGS TO IMPROVE TO MVFR CONDITIONS LATE TODAY AS LOW TO
MID LEVEL MOISTURE DECREASES ACROSS THE LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY.

&&

.MARINE...
TODAY THROUGH 6 PM THURSDAY...SEAS WERE NEAR 9 FEET WITH
SOUTHEAST WINDS NEAR 23 KNOTS AT BUOY020 EARLY THIS MORNING. WINDS
WILL BRIEFLY DIMINISH THIS MORNING AS THEY VEER TO THE SOUTH AND
SOUTHWEST AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD FRONT. SEAS WILL REMAIN HIGH
OFFSHORE AND WILL EXTEND SCA THROUGH 12 NOON AS A RESULT. WILL
ALSO GO AHEAD AND POST GALE WARNINGS FOR THE LAGUNA MADRE AND THE
OFFSHORE WATERS FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND FOR THE OFFSHORE WATERS
THROUGH TONIGHT AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL TIGHTEN IN THE WAKE
OF THE COLD FRONT AND WINDS SHIFT TO THE NORTH AND INCREASE
RAPIDLY WITH GUSTS TO NEAR GALE FORCE LIKELY ACROSS THE BAY THIS
AFTERNOON AND OFFSHORE THE LOWER TX COAST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
LATE TONIGHT. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES WILL BE NEEDED FOR THE LAGUNA
MADRE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY AND FOR THE OFFSHORE WATERS
THURSDAY AS WINDS REMAIN STRONG FROM THE NORTH AND SEAS REMAIN
HIGH.

THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY...QUIETER EXTENDED PERIOD NOTED FOR
MARINE SECTIONS...STARTING WITH HIGH PRESSURE BEHIND THE FRONT
MOVING INTO THE NORTHWEST GULF. WINDS LOWER GRADUALLY THURSDAY
NIGHT INTO FRIDAY...BUT REMAIN SLIGHTLY ELEVATED AS HIGH PRESSES
UP AGAINST A WEAK COASTAL TROUGH...WHILE TURNING WINDS TO THE
NORTHEAST. WINDS REMAIN LIGHT ONSHORE OVER THE WEEKEND...ALLOWING
SEAS TO SETTLE TO 2 TO 3 FEET.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
BAYVIEW/PORT ISABEL  66  29  43  43 /  50  20   0   0
BROWNSVILLE          65  29  46  37 /  40  20   0   0
HARLINGEN            63  27  47  35 /  30  10   0   0
MCALLEN              61  28  49  33 /  20  10   0   0
RIO GRANDE CITY      60  28  51  32 /  10  10   0   0
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND   67  34  44  44 /  50  30   0   0

&&

.BRO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...HARD FREEZE WARNING FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST THURSDAY
     FOR TXZ248>251-254.

     FREEZE WATCH FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING FOR
     TXZ248>253.

     WIND ADVISORY FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR
     TXZ248>257.

     WIND CHILL ADVISORY FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST THURSDAY
     FOR TXZ248>257.

     FREEZE WARNING FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST THURSDAY FOR
     TXZ252-253-255>257.

GM...GALE WARNING FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT FOR GMZ130-
     132-135.

     SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL NOON CST TODAY FOR GMZ150-155-170-175.

     GALE WARNING FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM CST THURSDAY FOR GMZ150-155-
     170-175.

&&

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

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 8, 1:13 PM CST, 15 hours 2 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
113 PM CST TUE FEB 8 2011

TXZ251-256-257-091915-
KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON-
113 PM CST TUE FEB 8 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR DEEP SOUTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

ELEVATED RIP CURRENT RISK WILL CONTINUE THIS WEEK AS UNSETTLED
WEATHER ON THE GULF CONTINUES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

TXZ248-252>255-091915-
ZAPATA-STARR-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY-INLAND CAMERON-
113 PM CST TUE FEB 8 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR DEEP SOUTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE INTO THE 30S THURSDAY AND
FRIDAY MORNINGS IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT. COLD WEATHER WATCHES
AND WARNINGS MAY BE REQUIRED AS THE SITUATION UNFOLDS...BUT ARE
NOT CURRENTLY IN EFFECT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

GMZ130-132-135-150-155-170-175-091915-
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-
113 PM CST TUE FEB 8 2011

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL ON THE BAY THROUGH
THIS EVENING...WITH ADVISORY CONDITIONS ON THE GULF WATERS THROUGH
WEDNESDAY MORNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

HIGH END SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS WITH GALE FORCE GUSTS
WILL OCCUR WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING ON THE BAY
AND GULF IN THE WAKE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT. WAVE HEIGHTS ON THE
GULF WILL BUILD TO BETWEEN 10 AND 12 FEET THURSDAY MORNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

TXZ249-250-091915-
JIM HOGG-BROOKS-
113 PM CST TUE FEB 8 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR DEEP SOUTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

A FREEZE WATCH IS IN EFFECT WEDNESDAY NIGHT...AND TEMPERATURES ARE
EXPECTED TO DECREASE INTO THE UPPER 20S FOR A FEW HOURS THURSDAY
MORNING. WIND CHILL VALUES MAY ALSO DECREASE TO AROUND 20 DEGREES
THURSDAY MORNING. COLD TEMPERATURES WILL RETURN FRIDAY MORNING...
BUT MAY BE A DEGREE OR TWO HIGHER AS THE COLD AIR MASS MODIFIES.

.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
Feb 9, 3:41 AM CSTGale WarningBRO23 hr
Feb 9, 4:15 AM CSTFreeze WatchBROBrooks, Cameron, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Kenedy, Starr and 2 more23 hr
Feb 9, 4:15 AM CSTHard Freeze WarningBROBrooks, Jim Hogg, Kenedy, Willacy, Zapata30 hr
Feb 9, 4:15 AM CSTWind AdvisoryBROBrooks, Cameron, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Kenedy, Starr and 2 more12 hr
Feb 9, 4:31 AM CSTWind Chill AdvisoryBROBrooks, Cameron, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Kenedy, Starr and 2 more27 hr
Feb 9, 9:13 AM CSTSmall Craft Advisory for WindsBRO18 hr
Feb 9, 12:16 PM CSTHard Freeze WatchBROBrooks, Jim Hogg, Kenedy15 hr
Feb 9, 12:24 PM CSTSmall Craft AdvisoryBRO15 hr
Feb 9, 12:29 PM CSTWind Chill WarningBROBrooks, Jim Hogg, Kenedy, Zapata22 hr

Nearby

Freeze Warnings in Texas, 2011Every freeze warning 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.