Alert archive / Texas / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 16, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this wind advisory at Apr 30, 2011, 5:12 AM CDT for 5 counties in Texas. It took effect at Apr 30, 2011, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 30, 2011, 5:12 AM CDT (10:12 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 30, 2011, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 30, 2011, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 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 10:16 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, 10.2 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
- 696 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -649 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 936 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 202 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
114 WWUS74 KBRO 301012 NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 512 AM CDT SAT APR 30 2011 ...STRONG WINDS FOR A FEW HOURS FOR CAMERON COUNTY TODAY... .A LOW LEVEL JET OF 55 KNOTS OVER CAMERON COUNTY IS MIXING DOWN TO THE SURFACE THIS MORNING. HIGH PRESSURE TO THE EAST IS INTERACTING WITH LOWER PRESSURE UPSTREAM OVER WEST TEXAS AND THE SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS. WINDS WILL DECREASE LATER TODAY. TXZ255-257-302000- /O.NEW.KBRO.WI.Y.0016.110430T1500Z-110430T2000Z/ INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL CAMERON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BROWNSVILLE...HARLINGEN...PORT ISABEL... SOUTH PADRE ISLAND...LAGUNA HEIGHTS...LAGUNA VISTA 512 AM CDT SAT APR 30 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 3 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 3 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE FROM 25 TO 35 MPH ACROSS CAMERON COUNTY WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH BY MID MORNING AND WILL LAST THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
802 WWUS74 KBRO 301151 NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 651 AM CDT SAT APR 30 2011 ...STRONG WINDS TO DEVELOP ACROSS EASTERN PORTIONS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS LATER THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON... .A STRONG LOW LEVEL JET ACROSS THE LOWER TEXAS COAST THIS MORNING IN COMBINATION WITH A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL ALLOW WINDS TO INCREASE FROM THE SOUTHEAST LATER THIS MORNING INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. TXZ250-251-253-254-256-302000- /O.EXB.KBRO.WI.Y.0016.110430T1500Z-110430T2300Z/ BROOKS-KENEDY-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY-COASTAL WILLACY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FALFURRIAS...SARITA...MCALLEN... EDINBURG...PHARR...MISSION...WESLACO...RAYMONDVILLE... PORT MANSFIELD 651 AM CDT SAT APR 30 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 MPH ACROSS EASTERN PORTIONS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS...MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF THE HIGHWAY 281 CORRIDOR WITH GUSTS FROM 35 TO 40 MPH BY MID MORNING AND WILL LAST THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOVE LIGHT AND MODERATE WEIGHT ITEMS...SUCH AS PATIO FURNITURE...EMPTY TRASH CANS...AND PORTABLE BASKETBALL POSTS...INDOORS. HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES WILL BE DIFFICULT TO DRIVE...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES OR OVERPASSES AND IN CROSS WINDS. A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 30 TO 39 MPH AND OR FREQUENT GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 40 AND 57 MPH. && $$ TXZ255-257-302000- /O.EXT.KBRO.WI.Y.0016.110430T1500Z-110430T2300Z/ INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL CAMERON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BROWNSVILLE...HARLINGEN...PORT ISABEL... SOUTH PADRE ISLAND...LAGUNA HEIGHTS...LAGUNA VISTA 651 AM CDT SAT APR 30 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 MPH ACROSS EASTERN PORTIONS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS...MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF THE HIGHWAY 281 CORRIDOR WITH GUSTS FROM 35 TO 40 MPH BY MID MORNING AND WILL LAST THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOVE LIGHT AND MODERATE WEIGHT ITEMS...SUCH AS PATIO FURNITURE...EMPTY TRASH CANS...AND PORTABLE BASKETBALL POSTS...INDOORS. HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES WILL BE DIFFICULT TO DRIVE...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES OR OVERPASSES AND IN CROSS WINDS. 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. && $$ CASTILLO
323 WWUS74 KBRO 301807 AAA NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 107 PM CDT SAT APR 30 2011 ...VERY STRONG WINDS CONTINUE ACROSS THE COASTAL SECTIONS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON... .A STRONG LOW LEVEL JET ACROSS THE LOWER TEXAS COAST EARLY THIS AFTERNOON IN COMBINATION WITH A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL ALLOW VERY STRONG WINDS FROM THE SOUTHEAST TO CONTINUE THROUGH THIS THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. TXZ250-251-253>257-302300- /O.CON.KBRO.WI.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-110430T2300Z/ BROOKS-KENEDY-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY-INLAND CAMERON- COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FALFURRIAS...SARITA...MCALLEN... EDINBURG...PHARR...MISSION...WESLACO...RAYMONDVILLE... BROWNSVILLE...HARLINGEN...PORT MANSFIELD...PORT ISABEL... SOUTH PADRE ISLAND...LAGUNA HEIGHTS...LAGUNA VISTA 107 PM CDT SAT APR 30 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH WINDS 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE ACROSS EASTERN PORTIONS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS...MAINLY EAST OF THE HIGHWAY 281 CORRIDOR THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FASTEN LOOSE DOORS...WINDOWS...SHINGLES...AND SIDING. MOVE LIGHT AND MODERATE WEIGHT ITEMS...SUCH AS PATIO FURNITURE... EMPTY TRASH CANS...AND PORTABLE BASKETBALL POSTS...INDOORS. HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES WILL BE DIFFICULT TO DRIVE...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES OR OVERPASSES AND IN CROSS WINDS. A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 30 TO 39 MPH AND OR FREQUENT GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 40 AND 57 MPH. && $$ CASTILLO
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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.