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Wind Advisory 28, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this wind advisory at Nov 13, 2011, 3:42 AM CST for Cameron County, Kenedy County, Willacy County, Texas. It took effect at Nov 13, 2011, 11:00 AM CST. It was in force for 29 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 13, 2011, 3:42 AM CST (09:42 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 13, 2011, 11:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Nov 13, 2011, 11:29 AM CST
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
Counties Cameron County, TX, Kenedy County, TX, Willacy County, TX
The radar
The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:44 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, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 71 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
- 14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 854 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
641 WWUS74 KBRO 130942 NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 342 AM CST SUN NOV 13 2011 ...STRONG WINDS TO AFFECT PORTIONS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS AGAIN TODAY... .STRONG AND BROAD SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER THE SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES AND EXTENDED OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL INTERACT WITH SURFACE LOW PRESSURE LOCATED OVER THE TEXAS PANHANDLE AND THE CENTRAL PLAINS TODAY...PRODUCING STRONG WINDS FOR THE THREE COASTAL COUNTIES OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. THIS WEATHER PATTERN MAY PERSIST FOR MONDAY...POSSIBLY RESULTING IN A WIND ADVISORY ON THAT DAY AS WELL. TXZ251-254>257-131745- /O.NEW.KBRO.WI.Y.0028.111113T1700Z-111113T2100Z/ KENEDY-INLAND WILLACY-INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY- COASTAL CAMERON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SARITA...RAYMONDVILLE...BROWNSVILLE... HARLINGEN...PORT MANSFIELD...PORT ISABEL...SOUTH PADRE ISLAND... LAGUNA HEIGHTS...LAGUNA VISTA 342 AM CST SUN NOV 13 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR CAMERON...WILLACY...AND KENEDY COUNTY. * EVENT...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS BETWEEN 25 AND 30 MPH WITH FREQUENT HIGHER GUSTS WILL AFFECT THE THREE IMMEDIATE COASTAL COUNTIES OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. * TIMING...THE STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP DURING THE LATE MORNING HOURS OF TODAY AND PERSIST THROUGH THE MID-AFTERNOON HOURS. * IMPACT...MOTORISTS OPERATING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY ALONG EXPRESSWAY 83 BETWEEN MCALLEN AND BROWNSVILLE...WILL HAVE INCREASED DIFFICULTY DRIVING IN THE WINDY CONDITIONS. LOOSE AND UNSECURED OBJECTS...SUCH AS TRASH CANS...LAWN ORNAMENTS...AND HOLIDAY DECORATIONS...WILL BE EASILY MOVED AROUND AND DAMAGED BY THE STRONG WINDS. 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. && $$ TOMASELLI
1 follow-up statement
705 WWUS74 KBRO 131729 NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 1129 AM CST SUN NOV 13 2011 TXZ251-254>257-131830- /O.CAN.KBRO.WI.Y.0028.000000T0000Z-111113T2100Z/ KENEDY-INLAND WILLACY-INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY- COASTAL CAMERON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SARITA...RAYMONDVILLE...BROWNSVILLE... HARLINGEN...PORT MANSFIELD...PORT ISABEL...SOUTH PADRE ISLAND... LAGUNA HEIGHTS...LAGUNA VISTA 1129 AM CST SUN NOV 13 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS HAVE NOT INCREASED AS MUCH AS EXPECTED THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 13, 3:38 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | BRO | 13 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.