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Wind Advisory 22, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this wind advisory at May 24, 2011, 3:48 AM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It took effect at May 24, 2011, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 24, 2011, 3:48 AM CDT (08:48 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 24, 2011, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- May 24, 2011, 3:49 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 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 08:50 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, 8.8 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
- 2553 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -372 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1112 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 126 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
513 WWUS74 KBRO 240848 NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 348 AM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011 ...STRONG SOUTH WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS THE COASTAL SECTIONS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... ...HIGH HEAT INDEX VALUES CONTINUE ACROSS EXTREME WESTERN PORTIONS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING... .SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS EASTERN AND SOUTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS BY LATE THIS MORNING...AS HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO INTERACTS WITH LOW PRESSURE INLAND. IN ADDITION...HEAT INDEX VALUES OVER EXTREME WESTERN PORTIONS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 110 AND 115 DEGREES FROM LATE THIS MORNING INTO EARLY THIS EVENING AS WELL AS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. TXZ251-253>257-241700- /O.NEW.KBRO.WI.Y.0022.110524T1500Z-110524T2300Z/ 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 348 AM CDT TUE MAY 24 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. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO...COMBINED WITH AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER WEST TEXAS...WILL PRODUCE WINDS FROM THE SOUTHEAST BETWEEN 25 AND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH BY LATE THIS MORNING AND THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE EASTERN AND SOUTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL DIMINISH SLIGHTLY BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA EARLY THIS EVENING. 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. && $$ TXZ248-241700- /O.EXT.KBRO.HT.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110526T0000Z/ ZAPATA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ZAPATA 348 AM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011 ...HEAT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY... THE HEAT ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL AGAIN BE SEEN OVER EXTREME WESTERN PORTIONS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS TODAY...WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES REACHING 100 TO 105 DEGREES. THESE HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL COMBINE WITH SURFACE DEWPOINTS IN TH 60S TO PROVIDE HEAT INDEX VALUES BETWEEN 110 AND 115 DEGREES FOR A COUPLE HOURS DURING FROM LATE THIS MORNING AND THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...AS WELL AS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. LITTLE RELIEF FROM THE HEAT WILL BE SEEN TONIGHT WITH LOW TEMPERATURES FALLING INTO THE UPPER 70S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HEAT ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN THE HEAT INDEX...A MEASURE OF HOW IT FEELS WHEN TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY ARE COMBINED...EQUALS OR EXCEEDS 111 FOR 2 HOURS OR MORE DURING THE DAY...AND OBSERVED NIGHTTIME TEMPERATURES REMAIN 75 DEGREES OR ABOVE...FOR TWO CONSECUTIVE DAYS OR MORE. && $$
2 follow-up statements
580 WWUS74 KBRO 241704 NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 1204 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011 ...STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS... ...HIGH HEAT INDEX VALUES CONTINUE ACROSS EXTREME WESTERN PORTIONS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING... .STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL PERSIST EASTERN AND SOUTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS...AS HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO INTERACTS WITH LOW PRESSURE INLAND. IN ADDITION...HEAT INDEX VALUES OVER EXTREME WESTERN PORTIONS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 110 AND 115 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON AS WELL AS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. TXZ248-250115- /O.CON.KBRO.HT.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110526T0000Z/ ZAPATA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ZAPATA 1204 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011 ...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY... A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL AGAIN BE SEEN OVER EXTREME WESTERN PORTIONS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS TODAY...WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES REACHING 100 TO 105 DEGREES. THESE HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL COMBINE WITH SURFACE DEWPOINTS IN THE 60S TO PROVIDE HEAT INDEX VALUES BETWEEN 110 AND 115 DEGREES FOR A COUPLE HOURS DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS...AS WELL AS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. LITTLE RELIEF FROM THE HEAT WILL BE SEEN TONIGHT WITH LOW TEMPERATURES FALLING INTO THE UPPER 70S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HEAT ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN THE HEAT INDEX...A MEASURE OF HOW IT FEELS WHEN TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY ARE COMBINED...EQUALS OR EXCEEDS 111 FOR 2 HOURS OR MORE DURING THE DAY...AND OBSERVED NIGHTTIME TEMPERATURES REMAIN 75 DEGREES OR ABOVE...FOR TWO CONSECUTIVE DAYS OR MORE. && $$ TXZ251-253>257-242300- /O.CON.KBRO.WI.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-110524T2300Z/ KENEDY-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY-INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY- COASTAL CAMERON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SARITA...MCALLEN...EDINBURG...PHARR... MISSION...WESLACO...RAYMONDVILLE...BROWNSVILLE...HARLINGEN... PORT MANSFIELD...PORT ISABEL...SOUTH PADRE ISLAND... LAGUNA HEIGHTS...LAGUNA VISTA 1204 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO...COMBINED WITH AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE TEXAS PANHANDLE...WILL PRODUCE WINDS FROM THE SOUTHEAST BETWEEN 25 AND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE EASTERN AND SOUTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL DIMINISH SLIGHTLY BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA EARLY THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 30 TO 39 MPH AND OR FREQUENT GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 40 AND 57 MPH. && $$
878 WWUS74 KBRO 242049 NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 349 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011 ...WINDS DIMINISHING AND LOWER HEAT INDICES... .CURRENT OBSERVATIONS INDICATE THAT DEW POINTS ACROSS ZAPATA COUNTY ARE LOWER WHICH RESULTS IN LOWER HEAT INDICES. FORECAST DEW POINTS ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO REMAIN AT LOWER VALUES. HEAT INDEX VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW HEAT ADVISORY CRITERIA TODAY AND WEDNESDAY. SOUTHEAST WINDS HAVE PEAKED ACROSS THE MIDDLE AND LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY ARE BEGINNING TO DIMINISHING. WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY. TXZ248-242200- /O.CAN.KBRO.HT.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-110526T0000Z/ ZAPATA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ZAPATA 349 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011 ...HEAT ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS CANCELLED THE HEAT ADVISORY. DEW POINT VALUES IN THE LOWER 60S AND TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER 100S WILL KEEP HEAT INDICES BELOW 111 DEGREES. HEAT INDEX VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BETWEEN 100 AND 109 THIS AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. WHICH WILL WARRANT A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR WEDNESDAY. $$ TXZ251-253>257-242200- /O.CAN.KBRO.WI.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-110524T2300Z/ KENEDY-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY-INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY- COASTAL CAMERON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SARITA...MCALLEN...EDINBURG...PHARR... MISSION...WESLACO...RAYMONDVILLE...BROWNSVILLE...HARLINGEN... PORT MANSFIELD...PORT ISABEL...SOUTH PADRE ISLAND... LAGUNA HEIGHTS...LAGUNA VISTA 349 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 9:55 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | BRO | 21 hr |
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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.