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Wind Advisory 12, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this wind advisory at Apr 9, 2011, 3:18 AM CDT for 5 counties in Texas. It took effect at Apr 9, 2011, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 9, 2011, 3:18 AM CDT (08:18 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 9, 2011, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 9, 2011, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
Counties Brooks County, TX, Cameron County, TX, Hidalgo County, TX, Kenedy County, TX, Willacy County, TX
The radar
The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 88 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
- 1665 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -446 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1025 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
344 WWUS74 KBRO 090818 NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 318 AM CDT SAT APR 9 2011 ...STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS DEEP SOUTH TEXAS TODAY... .THE COMBINATION OF A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE UNITED STATES AND SURFACE RIDGING OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN PORTION OF THE COUNTRY WILL MAINTAIN STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS OVER DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. TXZ250-251-253>257-091900- /O.NEW.KBRO.WI.Y.0012.110409T1500Z-110410T0000Z/ BROOKS-KENEDY-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY-INLAND CAMERON- COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FALFURRIAS...SARITA...MCALLEN... EDINBURG...PHARR...MISSION...WESLACO...RAYMONDVILLE... BROWNSVILLE...HARLINGEN...PORT MANSFIELD...PORT ISABEL... SOUTH PADRE ISLAND...LAGUNA HEIGHTS...LAGUNA VISTA 318 AM CDT SAT APR 9 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE SOUTHERLY SURFACE WINDS WILL INCREASE INTO THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE ACROSS MUCH OF THE EASTERN HALF OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS TODAY WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLY REACHING INTO THE 35 TO 40 MPH RANGE. THESE STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL PERSIST INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. THESE GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL THEN WEAKEN SOMEWHAT AFTER SUNSET THIS EVENING FALLING INTO THE 15 TO 25 MPH RANGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
283 WWUS74 KBRO 091621 NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 1121 AM CDT SAT APR 9 2011 ...STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS DEEP SOUTH TEXAS TODAY... .THE COMBINATION OF A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE UNITED STATES AND SURFACE RIDGING OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN PORTION OF THE COUNTRY WILL MAINTAIN STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS OVER DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. TXZ250-251-253>257-100000- /O.CON.KBRO.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-110410T0000Z/ BROOKS-KENEDY-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY-INLAND CAMERON- COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FALFURRIAS...SARITA...MCALLEN... EDINBURG...PHARR...MISSION...WESLACO...RAYMONDVILLE... BROWNSVILLE...HARLINGEN...PORT MANSFIELD...PORT ISABEL... SOUTH PADRE ISLAND...LAGUNA HEIGHTS...LAGUNA VISTA 1121 AM CDT SAT APR 9 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE SOUTHERLY SURFACE WINDS WILL INCREASE INTO THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE ACROSS MUCH OF THE EASTERN HALF OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS TODAY WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLY REACHING INTO THE 35 TO 40 MPH RANGE. THESE STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL PERSIST INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. THESE GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL THEN WEAKEN SOMEWHAT AFTER SUNSET THIS EVENING FALLING INTO THE 15 TO 25 MPH RANGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 30 TO 39 MPH AND OR FREQUENT GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 40 AND 57 MPH. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 3:37 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | BRO | 15 hr |
Nearby
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.