Wind Advisory 1, NWS Brownsville, TX

Issued

Feb 1, 2011, 4:12 AM CST (10:12 UTC)

In effect from

Feb 1, 2011, 8:00 AM CST

Expired

Feb 1, 2011, 3:00 PM CST

In force

7 hr

Issued by

NWS Brownsville, TX

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

The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:09 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.

223 
WWUS74 KBRO 011012
NPWBRO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
412 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011

...COLD FRONT TO BRING STRONG WINDS AND FREEZING TEMPERATURES...

.THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT THROUGH DEEP SOUTH TEXAS THIS MORNING...
AND A STRONG ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM SURGING SOUTH THROUGH THE
LONE STAR STATE...WILL PRODUCE STRONG WINDS ACROSS THE RIO GRANDE
VALLEY TODAY WITH FREEZING TEMPERATURES TONIGHT...AND MORE FREEZING
TEMPERATURES LIKELY FOR TOMORROW NIGHT. 

TXZ248>255-011800-
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/O.NEW.KBRO.HZ.W.0001.110202T0600Z-110202T1600Z/
/O.NEW.KBRO.WI.Y.0001.110201T1400Z-110201T2100Z/
/O.NEW.KBRO.HZ.A.0001.110203T0400Z-110203T1800Z/
ZAPATA-JIM HOGG-BROOKS-KENEDY-STARR-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY-
INLAND CAMERON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ZAPATA...HEBBRONVILLE...FALFURRIAS...
SARITA...RIO GRANDE CITY...ROMA...MCALLEN...EDINBURG...PHARR...
MISSION...WESLACO...RAYMONDVILLE...BROWNSVILLE...HARLINGEN
412 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 3 PM CST
THIS AFTERNOON...
...HARD FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM
CST WEDNESDAY...
...HARD FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A HARD
FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
10 AM CST WEDNESDAY FOR ALL OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS EXCEPT THE COASTAL
PORTIONS OF CAMERON AND WILLACY COUNTY. A WIND ADVISORY HAS ALSO
BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS AREA...AND IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS
MORNING TO 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...A HARD FREEZE
WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS AREA...AND IS IN EFFECT FROM
WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. 

TODAY...NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS BETWEEN 20 AND 35 MPH WITH HIGHER
GUSTS WILL DEVELOP AND PREVAIL IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT THAT
WILL PASS THROUGH DEEP SOUTH TEXAS EARLY THIS MORNING...THEREFORE
A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT. THE STRONG WINDS WILL DIMINISH BELOW
WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA LATER THIS AFTERNOON. 

TONIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES AND COLD ARCTIC AIR CONTINUING TO
SURGE INTO DEEP SOUTH TEXAS ON NORTHERLY WINDS WILL PRODUCE LOW
TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER 20S ACROSS THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY.
THUS...A HARD FREEZE WARNING IS IN EFFECT. 

WEDNESDAY NIGHT...DIMINISHING SURFACE WINDS AND COLD ARCTIC AIR
REMAINING IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS SHOULD ALLOW LOW TEMPERATURES TO
ONCE AGAIN FALL INTO THE MID TO UPPER 20S ACROSS THE RIO GRANDE
VALLEY. THEREFORE...A HARD FREEZE WATCH IS IN EFFECT...AND WILL
LIKELY BE UPGRADED TO ANOTHER HARD FREEZE WARNING SOMETIME WITHIN
THE NEXT 24 HOURS. 

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.

&&

$$

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/O.UPG.KBRO.FZ.A.0002.110202T0600Z-110202T1800Z/
/O.NEW.KBRO.FZ.W.0002.110202T0600Z-110202T1600Z/
/O.NEW.KBRO.WI.Y.0001.110201T1400Z-110201T2100Z/
/O.NEW.KBRO.FZ.A.0003.110203T0400Z-110203T1800Z/
COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PORT MANSFIELD...PORT ISABEL...
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND...LAGUNA HEIGHTS...LAGUNA VISTA
412 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 3 PM CST
THIS AFTERNOON...
...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM CST
WEDNESDAY...
...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY
MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A FREEZE
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM CST
WEDNESDAY FOR THE COASTAL PORTIONS OF CAMERON AND WILLACY COUNTY. 
A WIND ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS AREA...AND IS IN
EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. IN
ADDITION...A FREEZE WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS AREA...
AND IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.

TODAY...NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS BETWEEN 20 AND 35 MPH WITH HIGHER
GUSTS WILL DEVELOP AND PREVAIL IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT THAT
WILL PASS THROUGH DEEP SOUTH TEXAS EARLY THIS MORNING...THEREFORE
A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT. THE STRONG WINDS WILL DIMINISH BELOW
WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA LATER THIS AFTERNOON. 

TONIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES AND COLD ARCTIC AIR CONTINUING TO
SURGE INTO DEEP SOUTH TEXAS ON NORTHERLY WINDS WILL PRODUCE LOW
TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 20S TO AROUND 30 DEGREES WITHIN THE
COASTAL PORTIONS OF CAMERON AND WILLACY COUNTY. THUS...A FREEZE
WARNING IS IN EFFECT.

WEDNESDAY NIGHT...DIMINISHING SURFACE WINDS AND COLD ARCTIC AIR
REMAINING IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS SHOULD ALLOW LOW TEMPERATURES TO
ONCE AGAIN FALL INTO THE UPPER 20S TO AROUND 30 DEGREES WITHIN THE
COASTAL SECTIONS OF CAMERON AND WILLACY COUNTY. THEREFORE...A
FREEZE WATCH IS IN EFFECT...AND WILL LIKELY BE UPGRADED TO ANOTHER
FREEZE WARNING SOMETIME WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

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.

&&

$$

TOMASELLI

086 
WWUS74 KBRO 011756
NPWBRO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
1156 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011

...STRONG WINDS AND FREEZING TEMPERATURES IN WAKE OF ARCTIC FRONT...

.AN ARCTIC AIR MASS IS SPREADING OVER DEEP SOUTH TEXAS TODAY...
WITH STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS AND TEMPERATURES STEADY OR SLOWLY
FALLING TO BELOW FREEZING TONIGHT.

TXZ248>255-012100-
/O.CON.KBRO.HZ.W.0001.110202T0600Z-110202T1600Z/
/O.CON.KBRO.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110201T2100Z/
/O.CON.KBRO.HZ.A.0001.110203T0400Z-110203T1800Z/
ZAPATA-JIM HOGG-BROOKS-KENEDY-STARR-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY-
INLAND CAMERON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ZAPATA...HEBBRONVILLE...FALFURRIAS...
SARITA...RIO GRANDE CITY...ROMA...MCALLEN...EDINBURG...PHARR...
MISSION...WESLACO...RAYMONDVILLE...BROWNSVILLE...HARLINGEN
1156 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...
...HARD FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
10 AM CST WEDNESDAY...
...HARD FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING
THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...

A HARD FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 10 AM CST
WEDNESDAY. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON. A HARD FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY
EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.

TODAY...NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH WITH HIGHER
GUSTS WILL PREVAIL IN THE WAKE OF AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT. THEREFORE
A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT. THE STRONG WINDS WILL DIMINISH BELOW
WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA LATER THIS AFTERNOON.

TONIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES AND COLD ARCTIC AIR CONTINUING TO
SURGE INTO DEEP SOUTH TEXAS ON NORTHERLY WINDS WILL PRODUCE LOW
TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER 20S ACROSS THE RIO GRANDE
VALLEY. THUS...A HARD FREEZE WARNING IS IN EFFECT.

WEDNESDAY NIGHT...DIMINISHING SURFACE WINDS AND COLD ARCTIC AIR
REMAINING IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS SHOULD ALLOW LOW TEMPERATURES TO
ONCE AGAIN FALL INTO THE MID TO UPPER 20S ACROSS THE RIO GRANDE
VALLEY. THEREFORE...A HARD FREEZE WATCH IS IN EFFECT.

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.

&&

$$

TXZ256-257-012100-
/O.CON.KBRO.FZ.W.0002.110202T0600Z-110202T1600Z/
/O.CON.KBRO.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110201T2100Z/
/O.CON.KBRO.FZ.A.0003.110203T0400Z-110203T1800Z/
COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PORT MANSFIELD...PORT ISABEL...
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND...LAGUNA HEIGHTS...LAGUNA VISTA
1156 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...
...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
10 AM CST WEDNESDAY...
...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING...

A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM
CST WEDNESDAY. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST
THIS AFTERNOON. A FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY
EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. 

NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS
WILL PREVAIL TODAY IN THE WAKE OF AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT. THEREFORE
A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT. THE STRONG WINDS WILL DIMINISH BELOW
WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA LATER THIS AFTERNOON.

TONIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES AND COLD ARCTIC AIR CONTINUING TO
SURGE INTO DEEP SOUTH TEXAS ON NORTHERLY WINDS WILL PRODUCE LOW
TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 20S TO AROUND 30 DEGREES WITHIN THE
COASTAL PORTIONS OF CAMERON AND WILLACY COUNTY. THUS...A FREEZE
WARNING IS IN EFFECT.

WEDNESDAY NIGHT...DIMINISHING SURFACE WINDS AND COLD ARCTIC AIR
REMAINING IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS SHOULD ALLOW LOW TEMPERATURES TO
ONCE AGAIN FALL INTO THE UPPER 20S TO AROUND 30 DEGREES WITHIN
THE COASTAL SECTIONS OF CAMERON AND WILLACY COUNTY. THEREFORE...A
FREEZE WATCH IS IN EFFECT.

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.

&&

$$

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