Gale Warning 4, NWS Brownsville, TX

Issued

Feb 10, 2011, 3:06 AM CST (09:06 UTC)

Expired

Feb 10, 2011, 6:00 AM CST

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Brownsville, TX

778 
WHUS74 KBRO 100906
MWWBRO

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

...WIND GUSTS TO NEAR GALE FORCE CONTINUE OFFSHORE THE LOWER TEXAS 
COAST EARLY THIS MORNING...

.THE STRONGEST WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED OVER THE LAGUNA MADRE BUT
REMAIN VERY STRONG OVER THE OFFSHORE COASTAL WATERS. SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORIES CONTINUE ACROSS THE LAGUNA MADRE WITH WIND GUSTS NEAR
GALE FORCE OVER THE GULF WATERS THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING. SEAS
OFFSHORE WILL CONTINUE TO BE VERY HIGH AND VERY ROUGH AS A RESULT.

GMZ150-155-170-175-101715-
/O.EXP.KBRO.GL.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110210T0900Z/
/O.UPG.KBRO.SC.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-110210T1500Z/
/O.NEW.KBRO.GL.W.0004.110210T0906Z-110210T1200Z/
/O.NEW.KBRO.SC.Y.0012.110210T1200Z-110211T0000Z/
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-
306 AM CST THU FEB 10 2011

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING...
...GALE WARNING HAS EXPIRED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A GALE
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING. A
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. 

* WINDS: NORTH WINDS 25 TO 30 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 35 KNOTS
  WILL CONTINUE EARLY THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL DIMINISH TO 20 TO 25
  KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 30 KNOTS AFTER 6 AM AND GRADUALLY
  DIMINISH TO AROUND 20 KNOTS THIS AFTERNOON.

* SEAS: WAVE HEIGHTS OF 8 TO 12 FEET WILL CONTINUE EARLY THIS
  MORNING BEFORE GRADUALLY DIMINISHING TO 6 TO 10 FEET THIS
  AFTERNOON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE OCCURRING...OR
FORECAST TO OCCUR WITHIN THE NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS. OPERATING A
VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY
EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT
THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE
CONDITIONS.

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 33 KNOTS
ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS FOR SMALL
CRAFT...GENERALLY WITH COMBINED SEAS OF 7 FEET OR MORE.
INEXPERIENCED MARINERS... ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER
VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS.

&&

$$

GMZ130-132-135-101715-
/O.EXP.KBRO.SI.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-110210T0900Z/
/O.NEW.KBRO.SI.Y.0011.110210T0906Z-110210T1800Z/
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-
306 AM CST THU FEB 10 2011

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
TODAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS HAS EXPIRED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A SMALL
CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
TODAY. 

* WINDS: NORTH WINDS 20 T0 25 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 30 KNOTS WILL CONTINUE
  THIS MORNING BECOMING 15 TO 20 KNOTS THIS AFTERNOON. VERY ROUGH
  BAY WATERS THIS MORNING WILL BECOME CHOPPY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO
33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE
OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE
CONDITIONS.

&&

$$


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712 
WHUS74 KBRO 101217
MWWBRO

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

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS CONTINUE...

.SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS CONTINUE ACROSS THE LAGUNA MADRE
WITH WIND GUSTS NEAR GALE FORCE OVER THE GULF WATERS THROUGH EARLY
THIS MORNING. SEAS OFFSHORE WILL CONTINUE TO BE VERY HIGH.

GMZ150-155-170-175-101530-
/O.EXP.KBRO.GL.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110210T1200Z/
/O.CON.KBRO.SC.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-110211T0000Z/
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-
617 AM CST THU FEB 10 2011

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING...
...GALE WARNING HAS EXPIRED...

THE GALE WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING.

* WINDS: NORTH WINDS 20 TO 25 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 30 KNOTS
  WILL CONTINUE EARLY THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL DIMINISH TO 15 TO
  20 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 25 KNOTS LATE THIS MORNING OR THIS
  AFTERNOON.

* SEAS: WAVE HEIGHTS OF 8 TO 12 FEET WILL CONTINUE EARLY THIS
  MORNING BEFORE GRADUALLY DIMINISHING TO 6 TO 10 FEET THIS
  AFTERNOON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 33 KNOTS
ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS FOR SMALL
CRAFT...GENERALLY WITH COMBINED SEAS OF 7 FEET OR MORE.
INEXPERIENCED MARINERS... ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER
VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS.

&&

$$

GMZ130-132-135-101530-
/O.CON.KBRO.SI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-110210T1800Z/
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-
617 AM CST THU FEB 10 2011

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON
CST TODAY...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
TODAY. 

* WINDS: NORTH WINDS 15 T0 25 KNOTS WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING
  BECOMING 15 TO 20 KNOTS THIS AFTERNOON. VERY ROUGH BAY WATERS
  THIS MORNING WILL BECOME CHOPPY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WIND MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO
33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE
OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE
CONDITIONS.

&&

$$


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