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Wind Advisory 29, NWS Brownsville, TX

November 14, 20114 counties in Texas

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Brownsville Intl, TX at 12:00Z on 2011-11-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 193 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Brownsville Intl, TX at 12:00Z on 2011-11-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 78 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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.

&&

$$

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 14, 3:41 AM CSTSmall Craft Advisory for WindsBRO13 hr

Nearby

Wind Advisories in Texas, 2011Every wind advisory in 2011

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.