Alert archive / Texas / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 29, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this wind advisory at Nov 14, 2011, 10:36 AM CST for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 14, 2011, 10:36 AM CST (16:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 14, 2011, 5:00 PM CST
- 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 16:39 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 12:00Z, 4.6 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
- 193 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -370 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 769 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
224 WWUS74 KBRO 141636 NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 1036 AM CST MON NOV 14 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 EASTERN PORTION OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. TXZ251-253>257-142300- /O.NEW.KBRO.WI.Y.0029.111114T1636Z-111114T2300Z/ 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 1036 AM CST MON NOV 14 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON FOR CAMERON...WILLACY...HIDALGO AND KENEDY COUNTY. * EVENT...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS BETWEEN 25 AND 30 MPH WITH FREQUENT HIGHER GUSTS WILL AFFECT THE EASTERN PORTION OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. * 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. && $$ 65
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 14, 3:41 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.