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Wind Advisory 24, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this wind advisory at May 29, 2011, 3:54 AM CDT for 5 counties in Texas. It took effect at May 29, 2011, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 29, 2011, 3:54 AM CDT (08:54 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 29, 2011, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- May 29, 2011, 6:57 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 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 08:59 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, 8.9 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
- 2103 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -438 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1122 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
630 WWUS74 KBRO 290854 NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 354 AM CDT SUN MAY 29 2011 ...STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS CONTINUING FOR THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND... .THE COMBINATION OF A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE AREA DEVELOPING OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS STATES AND BROAD HIGH PRESSURE LOCATED OVER THE EAST COAST AND THE GULF COAST REGIONS WILL PRODUCE VERY STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS ACROSS DEEP SOUTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON. THE STRONGEST WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS TODAY. TXZ250-251-253>257-291700- /O.NEW.KBRO.WI.Y.0024.110529T1800Z-110530T0100Z/ 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 354 AM CDT SUN MAY 29 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO AND THE EAST COAST COMBINED WITH AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE TEXAS PANHANDLE WILL PRODUCE STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS FROM 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL WEAKEN BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA AROUND SUNSET 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
065 WWUS74 KBRO 291632 NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 1132 AM CDT SUN MAY 29 2011 ...STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS CONTINUING FOR THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND... .THE COMBINATION OF A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE AREA DEVELOPING OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS STATES AND BROAD HIGH PRESSURE LOCATED OVER THE EAST COAST AND THE GULF COAST REGIONS WILL PRODUCE VERY STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS ACROSS DEEP SOUTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON. THE STRONGEST WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS TODAY. TXZ250-251-253>257-300100- /O.CON.KBRO.WI.Y.0024.110529T1800Z-110530T0100Z/ BROOKS-KENEDY-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY-INLAND CAMERON- COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FALFURRIAS...SARITA...MCALLEN... EDINBURG...PHARR...MISSION...WESLACO...RAYMONDVILLE... BROWNSVILLE...HARLINGEN...PORT MANSFIELD...PORT ISABEL... SOUTH PADRE ISLAND...LAGUNA HEIGHTS...LAGUNA VISTA 1132 AM CDT SUN MAY 29 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO AND THE EAST COAST COMBINED WITH AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE TEXAS PANHANDLE WILL PRODUCE STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS FROM 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL WEAKEN BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA AROUND SUNSET THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 30 TO 39 MPH AND OR FREQUENT GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 40 AND 57 MPH. && $$
901 WWUS74 KBRO 292357 NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 657 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY CANCELLED A LITTLE EARLY... .SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATE THAT WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA...AND THEREFORE THE ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED A LITTLE EARLY THIS EVENING. TXZ250-251-253>257-300100- /O.CAN.KBRO.WI.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-110530T0100Z/ 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 657 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT FOR CAMERON...WILLACY...KENEDY... BROOKS...AND HIDALGO COUNTY. OBSERVATION STATIONS ACROSS DEEP SOUTH TEXAS INDICATE THAT SURFACE WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED BELOW ESTABLISHED WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA... AND THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED EARLY TO REFLECT THIS TREND. BREEZY SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH SOME OCCASIONAL HIGHER GUSTS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. ANOTHER WIND ADVISORY IS POSSIBLE ALONG AND EAST OF THE HIGHWAY 281 CORRIDOR ON MEMORIAL DAY. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 4:32 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | BRO | Jim Hogg, Starr, Zapata | 14 hr |
| May 29, 4:12 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | BRO | 28 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.