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Wind Advisory 26, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this wind advisory at Jun 18, 2011, 4:35 AM CDT for 8 counties in Texas. It took effect at Jun 18, 2011, 9:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 18, 2011, 4:35 AM CDT (09:35 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 18, 2011, 9:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Jun 18, 2011, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
Counties Brooks County, TX, Cameron County, TX, Hidalgo County, TX, Jim Hogg County, TX, Kenedy County, TX, Starr County, TX, Willacy County, TX, Zapata County, TX
The radar
The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:34 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, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 120 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
- 2475 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -144 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 940 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 2.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
214 WWUS74 KBRO 180935 NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 435 AM CDT SAT JUN 18 2011 TXZ248>257-181800- /O.NEW.KBRO.WI.Y.0026.110618T1400Z-110619T0000Z/ /O.CON.KBRO.HT.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110619T0000Z/ ZAPATA-JIM HOGG-BROOKS-KENEDY-STARR-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY- INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ZAPATA...HEBBRONVILLE...FALFURRIAS... SARITA...RIO GRANDE CITY...ROMA...MCALLEN...EDINBURG...PHARR... MISSION...WESLACO...RAYMONDVILLE...BROWNSVILLE...HARLINGEN... PORT MANSFIELD...PORT ISABEL...SOUTH PADRE ISLAND... LAGUNA HEIGHTS...LAGUNA VISTA 435 AM CDT SAT JUN 18 2011 ...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 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 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE AREA LOCATED OVER THE SOUTH CENTRAL PLAINS STATES AND A SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE AREA OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES WILL RESULT IN STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS INCREASING INTO THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE LATER THIS MORNING. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL PERSIST INTO THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS AND WILL THEN DIMINISH SLOWLY LATER THIS EVENING. IN ADDITION TO THE WINDY CONDITIONS...THE COMBINATION OF MID LEVEL RIDGING...HIGH SURFACE RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AND ABUNDANT SUNSHINE WILL PUSH HEAT INDEX VALUES INTO THE 110 TO 115 DEGREE RANGE FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS THIS AFTERNOON. THE HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL START TO FALL LATER THIS EVENING AS SUNSET APPROACHES. 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. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
949 WWUS74 KBRO 181549 NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 1049 AM CDT SAT JUN 18 2011 TXZ248>257-190000- /O.CON.KBRO.HT.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110619T0000Z/ /O.CON.KBRO.WI.Y.0026.000000T0000Z-110619T0000Z/ ZAPATA-JIM HOGG-BROOKS-KENEDY-STARR-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY- INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ZAPATA...HEBBRONVILLE...FALFURRIAS... SARITA...RIO GRANDE CITY...ROMA...MCALLEN...EDINBURG...PHARR... MISSION...WESLACO...RAYMONDVILLE...BROWNSVILLE...HARLINGEN... PORT MANSFIELD...PORT ISABEL...SOUTH PADRE ISLAND... LAGUNA HEIGHTS...LAGUNA VISTA 1049 AM CDT SAT JUN 18 2011 ...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM LOCATED ACROSS OKLAHOMA AND A HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM LOCATED ACROSS THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE MODERATE TO STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS IN THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH DURING THE EVENING. IN ADDITION TO THE WINDY CONDITIONS...THE COMBINATION OF MID LEVEL RIDGING...HIGH SURFACE RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AND ABUNDANT SUNSHINE WILL PUSH HEAT INDEX VALUES INTO THE 110 TO 115 DEGREE RANGE FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS THIS AFTERNOON. THE HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL DECREASE THIS EVENING AS SUNSET APPROACHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HEAT ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN THE HEAT INDEX...A MEASURE OF HOW IT FEELS WHEN TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY ARE COMBINED...EQUALS OR EXCEEDS 111 FOR 2 HOURS OR MORE DURING THE DAY...AND OBSERVED NIGHTTIME TEMPERATURES REMAIN 75 DEGREES OR ABOVE...FOR TWO CONSECUTIVE DAYS OR MORE. A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 30 TO 39 MPH AND OR FREQUENT GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 40 AND 57 MPH. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 7:07 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | BRO | Brooks, Cameron, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Kenedy, Starr and 2 more | 24 hr |
| Jun 17, 7:19 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | BRO | 24 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.