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Wind Advisory 33, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this wind advisory at Dec 3, 2011, 3:25 AM CST for 4 counties in Texas. It took effect at Dec 3, 2011, 10:00 AM CST. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 3, 2011, 3:25 AM CST (09:25 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 3, 2011, 10:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Dec 3, 2011, 4:00 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 09:25 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, 9.4 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
- 131 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 852 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
196 WWUS74 KBRO 030925 NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 325 AM CST SAT DEC 3 2011 ...STRONG WINDS TO AFFECT PORTIONS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS TODAY... .STRONG AND BROAD SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER NEW ENGLAND AND EXTENDED DOWN THE EAST COAST AND INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL INTERACT WITH SURFACE LOW PRESSURE LOCATED OVER NORTHERN MEXICO TODAY...PRODUCING STRONG WINDS WITH FREQUENT HIGHER GUSTS WITHIN THE EASTERN AND CENTRAL PORTIONS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS AND THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY. TXZ251-253>257-031730- /O.NEW.KBRO.WI.Y.0033.111203T1600Z-111203T2200Z/ 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 325 AM CST SAT DEC 3 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR CAMERON...WILLACY...KENEDY...AND HIDALGO COUNTY. * EVENT...STRONG SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS BETWEEN 30 AND 35 MPH WITH FREQUENT HIGHER GUSTS WILL OCCUR. * TIMING...THE STRONG SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP DURING THE MID-MORNING HOURS OF TODAY AND PERSIST THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS OF TODAY. * IMPACT...MOTORISTS OPERATING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY ALONG EXPRESSWAY 83 BETWEEN MCALLEN AND BROWNSVILLE...AND ALONG EXPRESSWAY 77 BETWEEN BROWNSVILLE AND SARITA...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. && $$ TOMASELLI
1 follow-up statement
910 WWUS74 KBRO 031756 AAA NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 1156 AM CST SAT DEC 3 2011 ...STRONG WINDS TO AFFECT PORTIONS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS TODAY... .STRONG AND BROAD SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER NEW ENGLAND AND EXTENDED DOWN THE EAST COAST AND INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL INTERACT WITH SURFACE LOW PRESSURE LOCATED OVER NORTHERN MEXICO TODAY...PRODUCING STRONG WINDS WITH FREQUENT HIGHER GUSTS WITHIN THE EASTERN AND CENTRAL PORTIONS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS AND THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY. TXZ251-253>257-032200- /O.CON.KBRO.WI.Y.0033.000000T0000Z-111203T2200Z/ KENEDY-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY-INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY- COASTAL CAMERON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SARITA...MCALLEN...EDINBURG...PHARR... MISSION...WESLACO...RAYMONDVILLE...BROWNSVILLE...HARLINGEN... PORT MANSFIELD...PORT ISABEL...SOUTH PADRE ISLAND... LAGUNA HEIGHTS...LAGUNA VISTA 1156 AM CST SAT DEC 3 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... * EVENT...STRONG SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS BETWEEN 30 AND 35 MPH WITH FREQUENT HIGHER GUSTS WILL OCCUR. * TIMING...THE STRONG SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP DURING THE MID-MORNING HOURS OF TODAY AND PERSIST THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS OF TODAY. * IMPACT...MOTORISTS OPERATING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES... ESPECIALLY ALONG EXPRESSWAY 83 BETWEEN MCALLEN AND BROWNSVILLE...AND ALONG EXPRESSWAY 77 BETWEEN BROWNSVILLE AND SARITA...WILL HAVE INCREASED DIFFICULTY DRIVING IN THE WINDY CONDITIONS. LOOSE AND UNSECURED OBJECTS...SUCH AS TRASH CANS... LAWN ORNAMENTS...AND HOLIDAY DECORATIONS...WILL BE EASILY MOVED AROUND AND DAMAGED BY THE STRONG WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 30 TO 39 MPH AND OR FREQUENT GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 40 AND 57 MPH. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 3, 3:05 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | BRO | 15 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.