Alert archive / Texas / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 20, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this wind advisory at May 22, 2011, 4:22 AM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It took effect at May 22, 2011, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 22, 2011, 4:22 AM CDT (09:22 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 22, 2011, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- May 22, 2011, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 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 09:25 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, 9.4 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
- 4464 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -54 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 722 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
868 WWUS74 KBRO 220922 NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 422 AM CDT SUN MAY 22 2011 ...STRONG WINDS OVER A PORTION OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS TODAY... .STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE EASTERN AND SOUTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS TODAY...AS HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO INTERACTS WITH LOW PRESSURE INLAND. TXZ251-253>257-221730- /O.NEW.KBRO.WI.Y.0020.110522T1500Z-110522T2200Z/ KENEDY-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY-INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY- COASTAL CAMERON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SARITA...MCALLEN...EDINBURG...PHARR... MISSION...WESLACO...RAYMONDVILLE...BROWNSVILLE...HARLINGEN... PORT MANSFIELD...PORT ISABEL...SOUTH PADRE ISLAND... LAGUNA HEIGHTS...LAGUNA VISTA 422 AM CDT SUN MAY 22 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 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 5 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR CAMERON...WILLACY...KENEDY...AND HIDALGO COUNTY. BROAD HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO...COMBINED WITH A PERSISTENT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE TEXAS PANHANDLE...AND THERMAL LOW PRESSURE OVER NORTHERN MEXICO...WILL PRODUCE WINDS FROM THE SOUTHEAST BETWEEN 25 AND 30 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH TODAY OVER THE EASTERN AND SOUTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL DIMINISH SLIGHTLY BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY THIS EVENING. ANOTHER WIND ADVISORY IS LIKELY FOR THE EASTERN AND SOUTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS TOMORROW...AS WINDS INCREASE FROM THE SOUTHEAST TO BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. 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. && $$ TOMASELLI
1 follow-up statement
364 WWUS74 KBRO 221739 NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 1239 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2011 ...STRONG WINDS CONTINUE OVER PARTS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON... .STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON...AS HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO INTERACTS WITH LOW PRESSURE CENTERED OVER THE CENTRAL UNITED STATES. TXZ251-253>257-222200- /O.CON.KBRO.WI.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-110522T2200Z/ KENEDY-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY-INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY- COASTAL CAMERON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SARITA...MCALLEN...EDINBURG...PHARR... MISSION...WESLACO...RAYMONDVILLE...BROWNSVILLE...HARLINGEN... PORT MANSFIELD...PORT ISABEL...SOUTH PADRE ISLAND... LAGUNA HEIGHTS...LAGUNA VISTA 1239 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. BROAD HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO...COMBINED WITH A PERSISTENT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE TEXAS PANHANDLE...AND THERMAL LOW PRESSURE OVER NORTHERN MEXICO...WILL PRODUCE WINDS FROM THE SOUTHEAST BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH TODAY OVER THE EASTERN AND SOUTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL DIMINISH SLIGHTLY BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY THIS EVENING. ANOTHER WIND ADVISORY IS LIKELY FOR THE EASTERN AND SOUTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS TOMORROW...AS WINDS INCREASE FROM THE SOUTHEAST TO BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 30 TO 39 MPH AND OR FREQUENT GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 40 AND 57 MPH. && $$ SPEECE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 8:41 PM CDT | High Surf Advisory | BRO | Kenedy | 52 hr |
| May 22, 3:30 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | BRO | 42 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.