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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this wind advisory at Apr 10, 2011, 3:57 AM CDT for Cameron County, Kenedy County, Willacy County, Texas. It took effect at Apr 10, 2011, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 10, 2011, 3:57 AM CDT (08:57 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 10, 2011, 11:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 10, 2011, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
Counties Cameron County, TX, Kenedy County, TX, Willacy County, TX
The radar
The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:01 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, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 71 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
- 1028 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -539 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1312 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
374 WWUS74 KBRO 100857 NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 357 AM CDT SUN APR 10 2011 ...THE VALLEYS CEASELESS WIND CONTINUES FOR ANOTHER DAY... .INTENSIFYING TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE IN THE LEE OF THE SIERRA MADRE WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS ACROSS THE HIGHWAY 77 CORRIDOR FROM LATE THIS MORNING TO LATE AFTERNOON TODAY. TXZ251-254>257-102300- /O.NEW.KBRO.WI.Y.0013.110410T1600Z-110410T2300Z/ KENEDY-INLAND WILLACY-INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY- COASTAL CAMERON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SARITA...RAYMONDVILLE...BROWNSVILLE... HARLINGEN...PORT MANSFIELD...PORT ISABEL...SOUTH PADRE ISLAND... LAGUNA HEIGHTS...LAGUNA VISTA 357 AM CDT SUN APR 10 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE ONCE AGAIN AFTER SUNRISE AND REACH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS 40 TO 45 MPH BETWEEN 10 AM AND NOON...CONTINUING THROUGH THE BALANCE OF THE AFTERNOON BEFORE DIMINISHING THIS EVENING. THE WINDS WILL BE FELT MAINLY ALONG THE HIGHWAY 77 CORRIDOR IN CAMERON AND WILLACY COUNTY...EXTENDING INTO SOUTHERN KENEDY COUNTY. LOCATIONS INCLUDING BROWNSVILLE...HARLINGEN...LOS FRESNOS...BAYVIEW...AND RAYMONDVILLE WILL SEE THE STRONGEST WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 30 TO 39 MPH OR FREQUENT GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 40 AND 57 MPH. MOVE LIGHT AND MODERATE WEIGHT ITEMS...SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE...EMPTY TRASH CANS...AND PORTABLE BASKETBALL POSTS...INDOORS EARLY THIS MORNING. HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES WILL BE DIFFICULT TO DRIVE...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES OR OVERPASSES AND IN CROSS WINDS. && $$ 52/BSG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 4:03 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | BRO | 21 hr | |
| Apr 10, 4:28 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | BRO | Brooks, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Starr, Zapata | 9 hr |
| Apr 10, 1:43 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | BRO | 3 hr | |
| Apr 10, 1:56 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | BRO | Cameron, Kenedy, Willacy | 16 hr |
| Apr 10, 1:56 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | BRO | Brooks, Cameron, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Kenedy, Starr and 2 more | 31 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.