Alert archive / Texas / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 17, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this wind advisory at May 1, 2011, 2:24 AM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It took effect at May 1, 2011, 9:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 1, 2011, 2:24 AM CDT (07:24 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 1, 2011, 9:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- May 1, 2011, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
Counties Cameron County, TX, Hidalgo County, TX, Kenedy County, TX, Willacy County, TX
The radar
The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:26 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, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 73 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
- 2918 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -428 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 992 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 189 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
804 WWUS74 KBRO 010724 NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 224 AM CDT SUN MAY 1 2011 ...STRONG SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH WINDS ACROSS COASTAL SECTIONS TODAY... .HIGH PRESSURE TO THE EAST WILL INTERACT WITH LOWER PRESSURE INLAND AND UPSTREAM TO PRODUCE STRONG WINDS NEAR THE COAST TODAY. WINDS ACROSS CAMERON AND WILLACY COUNTIES WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH FOR SEVERAL HOURS TODAY...WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE. TXZ254>257-012100- /O.NEW.KBRO.WI.Y.0017.110501T1400Z-110501T2100Z/ INLAND WILLACY-INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RAYMONDVILLE...BROWNSVILLE... HARLINGEN...PORT MANSFIELD...PORT ISABEL...SOUTH PADRE ISLAND... LAGUNA HEIGHTS...LAGUNA VISTA 224 AM CDT SUN MAY 1 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH THIS MORNING AND WILL PERSIST FOR SEVERAL HOURS. GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BETWEEN 10 AM AND 3 PM. 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. HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES WILL BE DIFFICULT TO DRIVE...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES OR OVERPASSES AND IN CROSS WINDS. && $$
1 follow-up statement
292 WWUS74 KBRO 011350 NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 850 AM CDT SUN MAY 1 2011 ...STRONG SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH WINDS ACROSS COASTAL SECTIONS TODAY... .A VERY STRONG WIND GRADIENT BETWEEN HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE GULF AND DEEP LOW PRESSURE ACROSS NORTH TEXAS WILL PRODUCE VERY STRONG WINDS ALONG AND EITHER SIDE OF HIGHWAY 77 AND ACROSS EASTERN PORTIONS OF HIDALGO COUNTY. WINDS BETWEEN 1000 AND 3000 FEET ABOVE THE SURFACE RANGE BETWEEN 45 AND 63 MPH. A PORTION OF THESE STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO MIX TO THE SURFACE TODAY. TXZ251-253-012300- /O.EXB.KBRO.WI.Y.0017.110501T1500Z-110501T2300Z/ KENEDY-HIDALGO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SARITA...MCALLEN...EDINBURG...PHARR... MISSION...WESLACO 850 AM CDT SUN MAY 1 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH MID TO LATE MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BETWEEN 11 AM AND 4 PM. BLOWING SAND...DUST AND DEBRIS COULD OCCASIONALLY LOWER VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN 2 MILES AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 30 TO 39 MPH AND OR FREQUENT GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 40 AND 57 MPH. SECURE LIGHT AND MODERATE WEIGHT ITEMS...SUCH AS PATIO FURNITURE... EMPTY TRASH CANS...AND PORTABLE BASKETBALL POSTS. HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES WILL BE DIFFICULT TO DRIVE...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES OR OVERPASSES AND IN CROSS WINDS. && $$ TXZ254>257-012300- /O.EXT.KBRO.WI.Y.0017.110501T1400Z-110501T2300Z/ INLAND WILLACY-INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RAYMONDVILLE...BROWNSVILLE... HARLINGEN...PORT MANSFIELD...PORT ISABEL...SOUTH PADRE ISLAND... LAGUNA HEIGHTS...LAGUNA VISTA 850 AM CDT SUN MAY 1 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 25 AND 40 MPH MID TO LATE MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BETWEEN 11 AM AND 4 PM. BLOWING SAND...DUST AND DEBRIS COULD OCCASIONALLY LOWER VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN 2 MILES AT TIMES. ALONG HIGHWAYS 48 AND 4 LEADING TO SOUTH PADRE ISLAND BLOWING SAND COULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE. 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. HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES WILL BE DIFFICULT TO DRIVE...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES OR OVERPASSES AND IN CROSS WINDS. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 3:01 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | BRO | 66 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.