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High Surf Advisory 2, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this high surf advisory at Jun 29, 2011, 2:37 PM CDT for Kenedy County, Texas. It was in force for 43 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 29, 2011, 2:37 PM CDT (19:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 2011, 10:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 43 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
County Kenedy County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:39 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
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 94 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1342 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -37 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 772 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -80 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -47 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
708 WHUS44 KBRO 291937 CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 237 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2011 ...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING AND ROUGH SURF AFFECTING THE LOWER TEXAS COAST... .TROPICAL STORM ARLENE OVER THE SOUTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO AND THE BAY OF CAMPECHE WILL CONTINUE MOVE TO THE WEST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. THE GULF SEAS WILL STEADILY INCREASE FROM THE EAST AND NORTHEAST OFFSHORE THE LOWER TEXAS COAST TODAY INTO TONIGHT...BUILDING SWELL AND WAVES ALONG THE LOWER TEXAS COASTLINE. SOME MINOR COASTAL FLOODING MAY DEVELOP DURING HIGH TIDES. A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY. TXZ251-256-257-300400- /O.UPG.KBRO.CF.A.0001.110630T0000Z-110701T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KBRO.CF.Y.0001.110629T1937Z-110701T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KBRO.SU.Y.0002.110629T1937Z-110701T1200Z/ /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-110701T0000Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 237 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2011 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT FRIDAY... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT FRIDAY... ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT FRIDAY. A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT FRIDAY. * TIMING...MODERATE EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS OFFSHORE THE LOWER TEXAS COAST THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WILL BEGIN TO PUSH LARGE GULF SWELLS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM ARLENE UP ONTO THE BEACHES OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY. * IMPACTS...THESE LARGE SWELLS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM ARLENE WILL PRODUCE ROUGH SURF CONDITIONS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS... TIDAL OVERFLOW...AND SOME MINOR COASTAL FLOODING ALONG AREA BEACHES THIS AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY. SOME BEACH EROSION MAY ALSO OCCUR AS THE WAVES PUSH FURTHER ONTO THE AREA BEACHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN DANGEROUS WATER ACTION IS EXPECTED ALONG THE COAST. THIS INCLUDES ROUGH OR HIGH SURF...LARGE BREAKING WAVES...RIP CURRENTS...AND STRONG UNDERTOW. HIGH SURF IS DEFINED GENERALLY TO BE HEAD HIGH OR GREATER ON AN AVERAGE MAN... ABOUT 6 FEET OR MORE. A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IS ISSUED FOR THE LIKELIHOOD OF MINOR TIDAL FLOODING OR TIDAL OVERWASH...DEFINED AS TIDES EXPECTED TO BE AROUND 2.5 FEET ABOVE MEAN LOWER LOW WATER ALONG SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND COMMUNITIES ALONG THE LAGUNA MADRE. THERE WILL BE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGHOUT TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS...JETTIES AND PIERS. PLEASE HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM SPEECE
6 follow-up statements
698 WHUS44 KBRO 300441 CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 1141 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2011 ...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING AND ROUGH SURF CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE LOWER TEXAS COAST... .TROPICAL STORM ARLENE OVER THE SOUTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO AND THE BAY OF CAMPECHE WILL MAKE LANDFALL ACROSS THE EASTERN MEXICAN COAST LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. THE SEAS OVER THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO WILL CONTINUE TO STEADILY INCREASE FROM THE EAST AND NORTHEAST OFFSHORE THE LOWER TEXAS COAST TONIGHT...BUILDING SWELL AND WAVES ALONG THE LOWER TEXAS COASTLINE. SOME MINOR COASTAL FLOODING WILL DEVELOP DURING HIGH TIDES. A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL PERSIST THROUGH LATE THURSDAY. TXZ251-256-257-301245- /O.CON.KBRO.CF.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110701T1200Z/ /O.CON.KBRO.SU.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110701T1200Z/ /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-110701T0000Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 1141 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2011 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT FRIDAY... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT FRIDAY... ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * TIMING...MODERATE TO STRONG EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS OFFSHORE THE LOWER TEXAS COAST THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH LARGE GULF SWELLS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM ARLENE UP ONTO THE BEACHES OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS FROM LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY. * IMPACTS...THESE LARGE SWELLS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM ARLENE WILL PRODUCE ROUGH SURF CONDITIONS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS... TIDAL OVERFLOW...AND SOME MINOR COASTAL FLOODING ALONG AREA BEACHES TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY. SOME BEACH EROSION WILL ALSO OCCUR AS THE WAVES PUSH FURTHER ONTO THE AREA BEACHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN DANGEROUS WATER ACTION IS EXPECTED ALONG THE COAST. THIS INCLUDES ROUGH OR HIGH SURF... LARGE BREAKING WAVES...RIP CURRENTS...AND STRONG UNDERTOW. HIGH SURF IS DEFINED GENERALLY TO BE HEAD HIGH OR GREATER ON AN AVERAGE MAN...ABOUT 6 FEET OR MORE. A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IS ISSUED FOR THE LIKELIHOOD OF MINOR TIDAL FLOODING OR TIDAL OVER WASH...DEFINED AS TIDES EXPECTED TO BE AROUND 2.5 FEET ABOVE MEAN LOWER LOW WATER ALONG SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND COMMUNITIES ALONG THE LAGUNA MADRE. THERE WILL BE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. PLEASE HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
120 WHUS44 KBRO 300942 CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 442 AM CDT THU JUN 30 2011 ...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING AND ROUGH SURF WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE LOWER TEXAS COAST TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT... .TROPICAL STORM ARLENE WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE LANDFALL ACROSS THE EASTERN MEXICAN COAST THIS MORNING. THE SEAS OVER THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO WILL CONTINUE TO STEADILY INCREASE FROM THE EAST AND NORTHEAST OFFSHORE THE LOWER TEXAS COAST THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...BUILDING SWELL AND WAVES ALONG THE LOWER TEXAS COASTLINE. SOME MINOR COASTAL FLOODING WILL DEVELOP DURING HIGH TIDES. A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY. TXZ251-256-257-301745- /O.EXT.KBRO.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-110702T0000Z/ /O.CON.KBRO.CF.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110701T1200Z/ /O.CON.KBRO.SU.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110701T1200Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 442 AM CDT THU JUN 30 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT FRIDAY... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT FRIDAY... * TIMING...MODERATE TO STRONG EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS OFFSHORE THE LOWER TEXAS COAST THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH LARGE GULF SWELLS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM ARLENE UP ONTO THE BEACHES OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS FROM THIS MORNING THROUGH TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...THESE LARGE SWELLS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM ARLENE WILL PRODUCE ROUGH SURF CONDITIONS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS... TIDAL OVERFLOW...AND SOME MINOR COASTAL FLOODING ALONG AREA BEACHES THIS MORNING THROUGH TONIGHT. SOME BEACH EROSION WILL ALSO OCCUR AS THE WAVES PUSH FURTHER ONTO THE AREA BEACHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN DANGEROUS WATER ACTION IS EXPECTED ALONG THE COAST. THIS INCLUDES ROUGH OR HIGH SURF...LARGE BREAKING WAVES...RIP CURRENTS...AND STRONG UNDERTOW. HIGH SURF IS DEFINED GENERALLY TO BE HEAD HIGH OR GREATER ON AN AVERAGE MAN...ABOUT 6 FEET OR MORE. A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IS ISSUED FOR THE LIKELIHOOD OF MINOR TIDAL FLOODING OR TIDAL OVER WASH...DEFINED AS TIDES EXPECTED TO BE AROUND 2.5 FEET ABOVE MEAN LOWER LOW WATER ALONG SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND COMMUNITIES ALONG THE LAGUNA MADRE. THERE WILL BE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY AND FRIDAY. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS...JETTIES AND PIERS. PLEASE HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
531 WHUS44 KBRO 301001 CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE...RESENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 501 AM CDT THU JUN 30 2011 ...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING AND ROUGH SURF WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE LOWER TEXAS COAST TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT... .TROPICAL STORM ARLENE WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE LANDFALL ACROSS THE EASTERN MEXICAN COAST THIS MORNING. THE SEAS OVER THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO WILL CONTINUE TO STEADILY INCREASE FROM THE EAST AND NORTHEAST OFFSHORE THE LOWER TEXAS COAST THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...BUILDING SWELL AND WAVES ALONG THE LOWER TEXAS COASTLINE. SOME MINOR COASTAL FLOODING WILL DEVELOP DURING HIGH TIDES. A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY. TXZ251-256-257-301830- /O.EXT.KBRO.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-110702T0000Z/ /O.CON.KBRO.CF.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110701T1200Z/ /O.CON.KBRO.SU.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110701T1200Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 501 AM CDT THU JUN 30 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT FRIDAY... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT FRIDAY... * TIMING...MODERATE TO STRONG EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS OFFSHORE THE LOWER TEXAS COAST THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH LARGE GULF SWELLS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM ARLENE UP ONTO THE BEACHES OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS FROM THIS MORNING THROUGH TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...THESE LARGE SWELLS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM ARLENE WILL PRODUCE ROUGH SURF CONDITIONS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS... TIDAL OVERFLOW...AND SOME MINOR COASTAL FLOODING ALONG AREA BEACHES THIS MORNING THROUGH TONIGHT. SOME BEACH EROSION WILL ALSO OCCUR AS THE WAVES PUSH FURTHER ONTO THE AREA BEACHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN DANGEROUS WATER ACTION IS EXPECTED ALONG THE COAST. THIS INCLUDES ROUGH OR HIGH SURF...LARGE BREAKING WAVES...RIP CURRENTS...AND STRONG UNDERTOW. HIGH SURF IS DEFINED GENERALLY TO BE HEAD HIGH OR GREATER ON AN AVERAGE MAN...ABOUT 6 FEET OR MORE. A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IS ISSUED FOR THE LIKELIHOOD OF MINOR TIDAL FLOODING OR TIDAL OVER WASH...DEFINED AS TIDES EXPECTED TO BE AROUND 2.5 FEET ABOVE MEAN LOWER LOW WATER ALONG SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND COMMUNITIES ALONG THE LAGUNA MADRE. THERE WILL BE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY AND FRIDAY. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS...JETTIES AND PIERS. PLEASE HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
973 WHUS44 KBRO 301810 CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 110 PM CDT THU JUN 30 2011 ...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING AND ROUGH SURF WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE LOWER TEXAS COAST... .TROPICAL STORM ARLENE MADE LANDFALL ACROSS THE EASTERN MEXICAN COAST EARLY THIS MORNING. THE ELEVATED SEAS FROM ARLENE OVER THE WESTERN AND SOUTHWESTERN GULF OF MEXICO WILL PERSIST FROM THE EAST AND NORTHEAST OFFSHORE THE LOWER TEXAS COAST THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT BUILDING SWELL AND WAVES ALONG THE LOWER TEXAS COASTLINE. SOME MINOR COASTAL FLOODING WILL DEVELOP DURING HIGH TIDES. A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY. TXZ251-256-257-010300- /O.CON.KBRO.CF.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110701T1200Z/ /O.CON.KBRO.SU.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110701T1200Z/ /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-110702T0000Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 110 PM CDT THU JUN 30 2011 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT FRIDAY... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT FRIDAY... ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * TIMING...MODERATE TO STRONG EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS OFFSHORE THE LOWER TEXAS COAST THIS AFTERNOON WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH LARGE GULF SWELLS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM ARLENE UP ONTO THE BEACHES OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS THROUGH TONIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. THE HAZARDOUS BEACH CONDITIONS WILL THEN START TO IMPROVE SLOWLY LATER IN THE DAY ON FRIDAY AS THE GULF SWELLS WEAKEN. * IMPACTS...THESE LARGE SWELLS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM ARLENE WILL PRODUCE ROUGH SURF CONDITIONS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS...TIDAL OVERFLOW...AND SOME MINOR COASTAL FLOODING ALONG AREA BEACHES THROUGH TONIGHT AND INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. SOME BEACH EROSION WILL ALSO OCCUR AS THE WAVES PUSH FURTHER ONTO THE AREA BEACHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN DANGEROUS WATER ACTION IS EXPECTED ALONG THE COAST. THIS INCLUDES ROUGH OR HIGH SURF... LARGE BREAKING WAVES...RIP CURRENTS...AND STRONG UNDERTOW. HIGH SURF IS DEFINED GENERALLY TO BE HEAD HIGH OR GREATER ON AN AVERAGE MAN...ABOUT 6 FEET OR MORE. A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IS ISSUED FOR THE LIKELIHOOD OF MINOR TIDAL FLOODING OR TIDAL OVER WASH...DEFINED AS TIDES EXPECTED TO BE AROUND 2.5 FEET ABOVE MEAN LOWER LOW WATER ALONG SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND COMMUNITIES ALONG THE LAGUNA MADRE. THERE WILL BE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY AND FRIDAY. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. PLEASE HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
998 WHUS44 KBRO 010223 CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 923 PM CDT THU JUN 30 2011 ...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING AND ROUGH SURF WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE LOWER TEXAS COAST... .TROPICAL STORM ARLENE MADE LANDFALL ACROSS THE EASTERN MEXICAN COAST EARLY THIS MORNING. THE ELEVATED SEAS FROM ARLENE OVER THE WESTERN AND SOUTHWESTERN GULF OF MEXICO WILL PERSIST FROM THE EAST AND NORTHEAST OFFSHORE THE LOWER TEXAS COAST THROUGH TONIGHT BUILDING SWELL AND WAVES ALONG THE LOWER TEXAS COASTLINE. SOME MINOR COASTAL FLOODING WILL DEVELOP DURING HIGH TIDES. A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY. TXZ251-256-257-011200- /O.CON.KBRO.CF.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110701T1200Z/ /O.CON.KBRO.SU.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110701T1200Z/ /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-110702T0000Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 923 PM CDT THU JUN 30 2011 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT FRIDAY... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT FRIDAY... ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * TIMING...MODERATE TO STRONG EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS OFFSHORE THE LOWER TEXAS COAST TONIGHT WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH LARGE GULF SWELLS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM ARLENE UP ONTO THE BEACHES OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS THROUGH TONIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. THE HAZARDOUS BEACH CONDITIONS WILL THEN START TO IMPROVE SLOWLY LATER IN THE DAY ON FRIDAY AS THE GULF SWELLS WEAKEN. * IMPACTS...THESE LARGE SWELLS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM ARLENE WILL PRODUCE ROUGH SURF CONDITIONS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS...TIDAL OVERFLOW...AND SOME MINOR COASTAL FLOODING ALONG AREA BEACHES THROUGH TONIGHT AND INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. SOME BEACH EROSION WILL ALSO OCCUR AS THE WAVES PUSH FURTHER ONTO THE AREA BEACHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN DANGEROUS WATER ACTION IS EXPECTED ALONG THE COAST. THIS INCLUDES ROUGH OR HIGH SURF... LARGE BREAKING WAVES...RIP CURRENTS...AND STRONG UNDERTOW. HIGH SURF IS DEFINED GENERALLY TO BE HEAD HIGH OR GREATER ON AN AVERAGE MAN...ABOUT 6 FEET OR MORE. A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IS ISSUED FOR THE LIKELIHOOD OF MINOR TIDAL FLOODING OR TIDAL OVER WASH...DEFINED AS TIDES EXPECTED TO BE AROUND 2.5 FEET ABOVE MEAN LOWER LOW WATER ALONG SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND COMMUNITIES ALONG THE LAGUNA MADRE. THERE WILL BE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY AND FRIDAY. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. PLEASE HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
546 WHUS44 KBRO 010935 CFWBRO COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 435 AM CDT FRI JUL 1 2011 ...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING AND ROUGH SURF WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE LOWER TEXAS COAST... .RESIDAL LONG PERIOD SWELL TRAIN STILL INDICATED BY OCEAN BUOYS EAST OF SOUTH PADRE ISLAND. ALTHOUGH THE SWELL IS LOWERING A HIGH TIDE OCCURRING AT 650 AM THIS MORNING COULD PUSH HIGHER SURF UP TO THE DUNES. SWELL PERIODS REMAIN AT 9 TO 10 SECONDS AT HEIGHTS AROUND 7 FEET. DIRECTION OF THE SWELL REMAIN PERPENDICULAR TO THE SHORE LINE WHICH WILL MAINTAIN A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AND ALLOW FOR SOME HIGHER SURF TO PILE UP AT THE BREAK ZONE. TXZ251-256-257-011530- /O.EXT.KBRO.CF.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110701T1500Z/ /O.EXT.KBRO.SU.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110701T1500Z/ /O.CON.KBRO.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-110702T0000Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 435 AM CDT FRI JUL 1 2011 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING... ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SOME TIDAL OVERFLOW AND POSSIBLE COASTAL FLOODING TO OCCUR THIS MORNING DURING HIGH TIDE AROUND 7 AM AND THEN DIMINISHING THROUGH MID MORNING. HIGHER SURF CONDITIONS TO PERSIST THROUGH THE MORNING. THE HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENT TO CONTINUE ALL DAY AS SWELLS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO FALL SIGNIFICANTLY TO LOWER THE THREAT. * IMPACTS...THE LARGE SWELLS TO PRODUCE ROUGH SURF CONDITIONS...TIDAL OVERFLOW...AND SOME MINOR COASTAL FLOODING ALONG AREA BEACHES THROUGH MID MORNING. DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ALONG ALL AREAS BEACHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN DANGEROUS WATER ACTION IS EXPECTED ALONG THE COAST. THIS INCLUDES ROUGH OR HIGH SURF... LARGE BREAKING WAVES...RIP CURRENTS...AND STRONG UNDERTOW. HIGH SURF IS DEFINED GENERALLY TO BE HEAD HIGH OR GREATER ON AN AVERAGE MAN...ABOUT 6 FEET OR MORE. A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IS ISSUED FOR THE LIKELIHOOD OF MINOR TIDAL FLOODING OR TIDAL OVER WASH...DEFINED AS TIDES EXPECTED TO BE AROUND 2.5 FEET ABOVE MEAN LOWER LOW WATER ALONG SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND COMMUNITIES ALONG THE LAGUNA MADRE. THERE WILL BE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. PLEASE HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this high surf 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 high surf advisory went out at Jun 29, 2:18 PM CDT, 19 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 29, 2:18 PM CDT, 19 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTION FOR TEXT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
218 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2011
.SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/...PLENTY TO DISCUSS
ACROSS DEEP SOUTH TX THIS AFTERNOON. FIRST OFF TS ARLENE CONTINUES
TO PUSH WEST AT AROUND 8 MPH AND IS EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL ALONG
THE MEXICAN GULF COAST SOUTH OF TAMPICO EARLY TOMORROW MORNING AND
WILL THEN CONTINUE MOVING WEST AROUND THE SOUTHERN PERIPHERY OF
THE STRONG MID LEVEL RIDGE ENTRENCHED OVER THE CENTRAL U.S. THIS
CURRENT TRACK WILL KEEP DEEP SOUTH TX WELL NORTH OF THE TROPICAL
STORM FORCE WINDS THROUGH LANDFALL. THE MAIN EFFECTS FROM THE
SYSTEM CONTINUE TO BE THE POTENTIAL RAINFALL ACROSS THE CWA AND
THE COASTAL EFFECTS WHICH WILL BE DISCUSSED IN THE MARINE SEGMENT
BELOW. CURRENT KBRO RADAR REFLECTIVITY SHOWS SCT AREAS OF CONV ON
THE NORTH EDGE OF ARLENE APPROACHING LOWER TX COASTLINE AND THE
NORTHEASTERN PORTION OF MEXICO TODAY. WV IMAGERY SUGGESTS THAT
DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH ARLENE WILL CONTINUE TO
SKIRT THE BRO CWA THROUGHOUT TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY. ENOUGH UPPER
LEVEL VORTICITY MAXES AND SURFACE CONVERGENCE ON THE NORTH EDGE OF
THIS FEATURE WILL MOVE OVER THE REGION TO HELP INITIATE AREAS OF
CONV IN THE SHORT TERM. OVERALL CONV COVERAGE AND QPF AMOUNTS MAY
BE PROBLEMATIC AS THE 10 AM NHC FORECAST TRACK OF ARLENE TAKES
THIS FEATURE INLAND A BIT MORE SOUTH VERSUS THE EARLY MORNING
FORECAST. THIS MAY LIMIT THE QPF AMOUNTS SOMEWHAT THROUGHOUT
TOMORROW NIGHT. WILL NOT POST ANY FLOOD/FLASH FLOOD WATCHES AT
THIS TIME AS THE SOIL CONDITIONS AROUND THE AREA WILL LIKELY BE
ABLE TO HANDLE SOME ADDITIONAL MDT TO HVY RAINFALL IN THE SHORT
TERM. WILL MENTION SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL ON THROUGH
THURSDAY NIGHT. MAV AND MET POPS ARE IN REASONABLE AGREEMENT IN
THE SHORT TERM AND WILL GO WITH A BLEND OF THESE TWO SETS OF POPS.
FOR TEMPS THE CLD COVER AND THE CONV AND THE MILDER EASTERLY FLOW
OFF OF THE GULF WILL LOWER THE TEMPS A BIT IN THE SHORT TERM. THE
MAV HAS A COOLER BIAS VERSUS THE MET NUMBERS. AM NOT THAT
CONFIDENT OF THE COOLER BIAS SHOWN IN THE MAV GUIDANCE AND WILL
LEAN TOWARDS THE WARMER MET OUTPOUT.
&&
.LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...ARLENE WILL BE WELL INLAND
BY FRIDAY...BUT RAIN CHANCES WILL HANG ON FOR SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF
THE CWFA. MADE SMALL ADJUSTMENTS TO POPS TO TAPER RAIN CHANCES OFF
FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY AS THE THREAT DIMINISHES. SOME AREAS MAY SEE
ONE HALF TO ONE INCH OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL DURING THIS PERIOD.
BEYOND SUNDAY...BROAD H5 RIDGING WILL REMAIN STRETCHED FROM EAST
TO WEST ACROSS THE SOUTHERN UNITED STATES AND LESS DOMINANT OVER
DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. HIGH PRESSURE WILL ALSO NOT BE AS STRONG IN THE
GULF...RESULTING IN A SOMEWHAT LIGHTER EAST TO SOUTHEAST WIND
REGIME. ISOLATED TROPICAL SHOWERS WILL BE MORE LIKELY. TEMPS WILL
SETTLE TO NEAR NORMAL WITH PARTLY CLOUDY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES...
BECOMING MOSTLY CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY AT NIGHT.
&&
.MARINE...TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...HAVE UPGRADED THE COASTAL
FLOOD WATCH TO A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY AS A LOOK AT THE BEACH
WEBCAMS SHOWS THE SURF PRETTY HIGH UP TO THE DUNES TODAY. HAVE ALSO
ISSUED A HIGH SURF ADVISORY CONSIDERING THE OVERALL HEIGHT OF THE
WAVES PUSHING INTO THE REGION. MEANWHILE FURTHER OFFSHORE BUOY020
REPORTS A ENE WIND FROM 15 TO 20 KNOTS WITH SWELLS NEAR 9 FT. WILL
MAINTAIN THE SCA FOR THE OFFSHORE WATERS AS THE STRONG PGF ON THE
NORTH SIDE OF ARLENE WILL KEEP UP THE THE ELEVATED GULF CONDITIONS.
THESE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY PERSIST ON INTO THURS AND
THURS NIGHT AS THE SWELL TRAIN FROM ARLENE LINGERS ON. AN UPDATED
CFW WILL FOLLOW SHORTLY.
FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS WILL BE
POSSIBLE INTO FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT DUE TO HIGH SEAS...MORE SO
FOR THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE MARINE AREA. WINDS WILL BE LIGHT TO
MODERATE FROM THE EAST TO SOUTHEAST. CONDITIONS WILL BE IMPROVED
FROM SATURDAY THROUGH THE END OF THE FORECAST AS A WEAK PRESSURE
FIELD SETS UP OVER THE GULF. LIGHT TO MODERATE EAST TO SOUTHEAST
WINDS AND LOW TO MODERATE SEAS WILL BE ON TAP. KEPT IN MENTION OF
THUNDER ON FRIDAY...BUT AFTER THAT SHOWERS ONLY SHOULD BE THE
PREDOMINANT WEATHER.
&&
.HYDROLOGY...SINCE WIDESPREAD HEAVIER RAINFALL WILL LIKELY IMPACT
MUCH OF THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF MEXICO TO OUR SOUTH WE WILL BE
CLOSELY COORD WITH THE WGRFC CONCERNING ANY POTENTIAL AFFECTS THAT
THIS RAINFALL MAY HAVE ON INFLOW INTO THE RIO GRANDE.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
BAYVIEW/PORT ISABEL 79 85 79 87 / 50 70 40 40
BROWNSVILLE 78 87 77 87 / 50 70 40 40
HARLINGEN 78 88 76 88 / 50 70 40 40
MCALLEN 77 89 77 90 / 50 70 50 50
RIO GRANDE CITY 78 91 78 94 / 40 70 40 50
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND 79 84 79 88 / 50 70 40 40
&&
.BRO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...HIGH SURF ADVISORY UNTIL 7 AM CDT FRIDAY FOR TXZ251-256-257.
COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY UNTIL 7 AM CDT FRIDAY FOR TXZ251-256-257.
GM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM CDT THURSDAY FOR GMZ150-155-170-
175.
&&
THIS PRODUCT IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT:
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BROWNSVILLE
60/54/VEGAHazardous weather outlook, Jun 29, 5:23 AM CDT, 9 hours 14 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 523 AM CDT WED JUN 29 2011 TXZ251-256-257-301030- KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 523 AM CDT WED JUN 29 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE LATER TODAY INTO TONIGHT AS RAIN BANDS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM ARLENE ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS THE LOWER TEXAS COAST. SOME OF THESE RAIN BANDS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS AT TIMES. THERE IS A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES TODAY AND TONIGHT. A COASTAL FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER TEXAS COAST TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS THE LOWER TEXAS COAST THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT AS TROPICAL STORM ARLENE MAKES LANDFALL INTO EASTERN MEXICO. SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE ALONG AREA BEACHES THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. AN ELEVATED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL PERSIST SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY. A COASTAL FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER TEXAS COAST THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. GMZ130-132-135-150-155-170-175-301030- 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- 523 AM CDT WED JUN 29 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO AND THE LAGUNA MADRE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE OFFSHORE WATERS OF THE LOWER TEXAS COAST TODAY AND TONIGHT. WINDS AND SEAS WILL BE HIGHER IN AND NEAR RAIN BANDS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM ARLENE MOVING ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS LATER TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE OFFSHORE WATERS OF THE LOWER TEXAS COAST THURSDAY. WINDS AND SEAS WILL CONTINUE TO BE HIGHER IN AND NEAR RAIN BANDS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM ARLENE MOVING ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS THURSDAY. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED FOR THE OFFSHORE WATERS FRIDAY AND POSSIBLY SATURDAY AS SEAS REMAIN HIGH IN THE WAKE OF TROPICAL STORM ARLENE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. TXZ248>250-252>255-301030- ZAPATA-JIM HOGG-BROOKS-STARR-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY- INLAND CAMERON- 523 AM CDT WED JUN 29 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE LATER TODAY INTO TONIGHT AS RAIN BANDS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM ARLENE ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. SOME OF THESE RAIN BANDS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS AT TIMES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS DEEP SOUTH TEXAS THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT AS TROPICAL STORM ARLENE MAKES LANDFALL INTO EASTERN MEXICO. SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. CASTILLO
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 1:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 125 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2011 TXZ248>257-300200- ZAPATA-JIM HOGG-BROOKS-KENEDY-STARR-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY- INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ZAPATA...HEBBRONVILLE...FALFURRIAS... SARITA...RIO GRANDE CITY...ROMA...MCALLEN...EDINBURG...PHARR... MISSION...WESLACO...RAYMONDVILLE...BROWNSVILLE...HARLINGEN... PORT MANSFIELD...PORT ISABEL...SOUTH PADRE ISLAND... LAGUNA HEIGHTS...LAGUNA VISTA 125 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2011 ...TROPICAL STORM ARLENE MOVING CLOSER TO THE COAST OF MEXICO... DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE WILL MOVE INTO DEEP SOUTH TEXAS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AS TROPICAL STORM ARLENE MOVES WESTWARD TOWARD THE EASTERN MEXICAN COAST TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. OCCASIONAL HEAVY RAIN BANDS WILL AFFECT THE LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGHOUT THE OVERNIGHT HOURS INTO THURSDAY AS ARLENE MOVES IN OVER THE MEXICAN COAST WELL SOUTH OF TAMPICO MEXICO THURSDAY MORNING. THE OVERALL RAINFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT WILL RANGE 1 TO 3 INCHES IN GENERAL WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS RANGING FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES. ALTHOUGH NO WIDESPREAD FLOODING PROBLEMS ARE EXPECTED FOR DEEP SOUTH TEXAS THIS WEEK WITH THIS RAIN EVENT... MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND ROADWAYS WILL BE LIKELY. WITH THE TROPICAL STORM MOVING INLAND WELL SOUTH OF THE AREA THURSDAY MORNING...WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BEAR ANY SIGNIFICANT IMPACT TO DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. EASTERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO 20 TO 25 MPH WILL PREVAIL TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY. THE MARINE AND BEACH CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO DETERIORATE TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE OFFSHORE WATERS OF THE LOWER TEXAS COAST TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY. THE GULF WINDS WILL RANGE FROM 20 TO 30 KNOTS WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE IN EMBEDDED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. THE GULF SWELLS WILL INCREASE TO 8 TO 10 FEET THIS AFTERNOON AND THESE ELEVATED GULF SWELLS WILL LIKELY PERSIST INTO THURSDAY. DEEP SOUTH TEXAS MARINERS ARE URGED TO REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL TROPICAL STORM ARLENE MOVES WELL INLAND ACROSS EASTERN MEXICO ON THURSDAY. ALONG THE BEACHES...THE RIP CURRENT RISK HAS BEEN ELEVATED TO HIGH AND WILL REMAIN HIGH THROUGH THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY AND A HIGH SURF ADVISORY HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR THE LOWER TEXAS COAST FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. SPEECE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 4:23 AM CDT | Coastal Flood Watch | BRO | Kenedy | 10 hr |
| Jun 29, 4:23 AM CDT | Rip Current Statement | BRO | Kenedy | 63 hr |
| Jun 29, 2:37 PM CDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | BRO | Kenedy | 43 hr |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.