Alert archive / Texas / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 35, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this wind advisory at Dec 14, 2011, 10:40 AM CST for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 14, 2011, 10:40 AM CST (16:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 14, 2011, 4:00 PM CST
- In force
- 5 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 16:46 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, 4.7 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
- 382 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -156 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 610 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 138 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
793 WWUS74 KBRO 141640 NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 1040 AM CST WED DEC 14 2011 ...STRONG WINDS TO AFFECT PORTIONS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS TODAY... .STRONG SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER THE EASTERN UNITED STATES AND EXTENDED DOWN INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL INTERACT WITH SURFACE LOW PRESSURE LOCATED OVER WESTERN TEXAS TODAY... RESULTING IN STRONG WINDS IN EASTERN AND CENTRAL PORTIONS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS AND THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY. TXZ251-253>257-142200- /O.NEW.KBRO.WI.Y.0035.111214T1640Z-111214T2200Z/ 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 1040 AM CST WED DEC 14 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * EVENT...STRONG SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS BETWEEN 25 AND 30 MPH. * TIMING...STRONG SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TODAY THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. * IMPACT...MOTORISTS OPERATING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY ALONG EXPRESSWAY 83 BETWEEN WESLACO 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. && $$ 65
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 14, 4:32 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.