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Wind Advisory 18, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this wind advisory at May 9, 2011, 3:27 AM CDT for Cameron County, Willacy County, Texas. It took effect at May 9, 2011, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 9, 2011, 3:27 AM CDT (08:27 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 9, 2011, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- May 9, 2011, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
Counties Cameron County, TX, Willacy County, TX
The radar
The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:30 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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 48 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
- 1515 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -387 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1105 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
762 WWUS74 KBRO 090827 NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 327 AM CDT MON MAY 9 2011 ...STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS ACROSS COASTAL SECTIONS TODAY... .HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL INTERACT WITH LOW PRESSURE ACROSS THE HIGH PLAINS AND WEST TEXAS TO PROD 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 WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE. TXZ254-255-091700- /O.NEW.KBRO.WI.Y.0018.110509T1500Z-110510T0000Z/ INLAND WILLACY-INLAND CAMERON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RAYMONDVILLE...BROWNSVILLE...HARLINGEN 327 AM CDT MON MAY 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. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
516 WWUS74 KBRO 091407 NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 907 AM CDT MON MAY 9 2011 ...STRONG SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH WINDS ACROSS COASTAL SECTIONS TODAY... .HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL INTERACT WITH LOW PRESSURE ACROSS THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS AND WEST TEXAS TO PRODUCE STRONG WINDS NEAR THE COAST TODAY. WINDS ACROSS CAMERON AND WILLACY COUNTIES WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH FOR SEVERAL HOURS TODAY...WITH WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE. TXZ256-257-100000- /O.EXA.KBRO.WI.Y.0018.110509T1500Z-110510T0000Z/ COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PORT MANSFIELD...PORT ISABEL... SOUTH PADRE ISLAND...LAGUNA HEIGHTS...LAGUNA VISTA 907 AM CDT MON MAY 9 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH LATE THIS MORNING AND WILL PERSIST FOR SEVERAL HOURS. GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BETWEEN 11 AM AND 3 PM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 30 TO 39 MPH AND OR FREQUENT GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 40 AND 57 MPH. && $$ TXZ254-255-100000- /O.CON.KBRO.WI.Y.0018.110509T1500Z-110510T0000Z/ INLAND WILLACY-INLAND CAMERON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RAYMONDVILLE...BROWNSVILLE...HARLINGEN 907 AM CDT MON MAY 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. SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH LATE THIS MORNING AND WILL PERSIST FOR SEVERAL HOURS. GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BETWEEN 11 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. && $$
629 WWUS74 KBRO 100006 NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 706 PM CDT MON MAY 9 2011 ...WINDS CONTINUE TO DIMINISH... .THE STRONG WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED WITH THE WINDS DECOUPLING FROM THE SURFACE. BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL HOWEVER PERSIST THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. ANOTHER WIND ADVISORY IS POSSIBLE FOR TUESDAY AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT REMAINS STRONG WITH A LOW PRESSURE TROUGH TO MOVE ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS. TXZ254>257-100115- /O.EXP.KBRO.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-110510T0000Z/ INLAND WILLACY-INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RAYMONDVILLE...BROWNSVILLE... HARLINGEN...PORT MANSFIELD...PORT ISABEL...SOUTH PADRE ISLAND... LAGUNA HEIGHTS...LAGUNA VISTA 706 PM CDT MON MAY 9 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH ARE LIKELY THROUGH THE NIGHT. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 8:31 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | BRO | 49 hr | |
| May 9, 3:52 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.