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Wind Advisory 36, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this wind advisory at Dec 19, 2011, 3:40 AM CST for 7 counties in Texas. It took effect at Dec 19, 2011, 10:00 AM CST. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 19, 2011, 3:40 AM CST (09:40 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 19, 2011, 10:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Dec 19, 2011, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
Counties Brooks County, TX, Cameron County, TX, Hidalgo County, TX, Jim Hogg County, TX, Kenedy County, TX, Starr County, TX, Willacy County, TX
The radar
The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:39 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 00:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 108 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
- 52 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -37 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 487 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 195 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
731 WWUS74 KBRO 190940 NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 340 AM CST MON DEC 19 2011 ...STRONG WINDS TO AFFECT PORTIONS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS TODAY... .STRONG AND BROAD SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER THE MID- ATLANTIC AND EXTENDED ACROSS THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL INTERACT WITH SURFACE LOW PRESSURE LOCATED FROM THE TEXAS PANHANDLE TO NORTHERN MEXICO TODAY...PRODUCING STRONG WINDS WITH FREQUENT HIGHER GUSTS WITHIN THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS AND THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY. TXZ250-251-253>257-191745- /O.NEW.KBRO.WI.Y.0036.111219T1600Z-111219T2200Z/ BROOKS-KENEDY-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY-INLAND CAMERON- COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FALFURRIAS...SARITA...MCALLEN... EDINBURG...PHARR...MISSION...WESLACO...RAYMONDVILLE... BROWNSVILLE...HARLINGEN...PORT MANSFIELD...PORT ISABEL... SOUTH PADRE ISLAND...LAGUNA HEIGHTS...LAGUNA VISTA 340 AM CST MON DEC 19 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...HIDALGO...AND BROOKS COUNTY. * EVENT...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH WILL OCCUR. FREQUENT HIGHER GUSTS ARE LIKELY. * TIMING...THE STRONG SOUTHERLY 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...ALONG EXPRESSWAY 77 BETWEEN BROWNSVILLE AND SARITA...AND ALONG HIGHWAY 281 BETWEEN PHARR AND FALFURRIAS...WILL EXPERIENCE 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
115 WWUS74 KBRO 191736 NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 1136 AM CST MON DEC 19 2011 ...STRONG WINDS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY LATE THIS MORNING... .A STRONG AND BROAD SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE CENTERED OVER THE MID-ATLANTIC UNITED STATES EXTENDING ACROSS THE GULF OF MEXICO...WILL CONTINUE TO INTERACT WITH SURFACE LOW PRESSURE OVER THE TEXAS PANHANDLE TO NORTHERN MEXICO TODAY...PRODUCING STRONG WINDS WITH FREQUENT HIGHER GUSTS ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON. TXZ250-251-253>257-192200- /O.CON.KBRO.WI.Y.0036.000000T0000Z-111219T2200Z/ BROOKS-KENEDY-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY-INLAND CAMERON- COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FALFURRIAS...SARITA...MCALLEN... EDINBURG...PHARR...MISSION...WESLACO...RAYMONDVILLE... BROWNSVILLE...HARLINGEN...PORT MANSFIELD...PORT ISABEL... SOUTH PADRE ISLAND...LAGUNA HEIGHTS...LAGUNA VISTA 1136 AM CST MON DEC 19 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... * EVENT...SOUTHERLY WINDS BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WILL OCCUR. FREQUENT HIGHER GUSTS ARE LIKELY. * TIMING...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS AND PERSIST THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON TODAY. * IMPACT...MOTORISTS OPERATING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY ALONG EXPRESSWAY 83 BETWEEN MCALLEN AND BROWNSVILLE...ALONG EXPRESSWAY 77 BETWEEN BROWNSVILLE AND SARITA...AND ALONG HIGHWAY 281 BETWEEN PHARR AND FALFURRIAS... WILL EXPERIENCE 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. MOVE LIGHT AND MODERATE WEIGHT ITEMS...SUCH AS PATIO FURNITURE...EMPTY TRASH CANS...AND PORTABLE BASKETBALL POSTS...INDOORS. && $$ CASTILLO
869 WWUS74 KBRO 191812 NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 1212 PM CST MON DEC 19 2011 ...STRONG WINDS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON... .A STRONG AND BROAD SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE CENTERED OVER THE MID-ATLANTIC UNITED STATES EXTENDING ACROSS THE GULF OF MEXICO... WILL CONTINUE TO INTERACT WITH SURFACE LOW PRESSURE OVER THE TEXAS PANHANDLE TO NORTHERN MEXICO TODAY...PRODUCING STRONG WINDS WITH FREQUENT HIGHER GUSTS ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON. TXZ249-252-192200- /O.EXA.KBRO.WI.Y.0036.000000T0000Z-111219T2200Z/ JIM HOGG-STARR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HEBBRONVILLE...RIO GRANDE CITY...ROMA 1212 PM CST MON DEC 19 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...SOUTHERLY WINDS BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WILL OCCUR. FREQUENT HIGHER GUSTS ARE LIKELY. * TIMING...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS AND PERSIST THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON TODAY. * IMPACT...MOTORISTS OPERATING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES... ESPECIALLY ALONG EXPRESSWAY 83 BETWEEN MCALLEN AND BROWNSVILLE...ALONG EXPRESSWAY 77 BETWEEN BROWNSVILLE AND SARITA...AND ALONG HIGHWAY 281 BETWEEN PHARR AND FALFURRIAS... WILL EXPERIENCE 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. MOVE LIGHT AND MODERATE WEIGHT ITEMS...SUCH AS PATIO FURNITURE... EMPTY TRASH CANS...AND PORTABLE BASKETBALL POSTS...INDOORS. && $$ TXZ250-251-253>257-192200- /O.CON.KBRO.WI.Y.0036.000000T0000Z-111219T2200Z/ BROOKS-KENEDY-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY-INLAND CAMERON- COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FALFURRIAS...SARITA...MCALLEN... EDINBURG...PHARR...MISSION...WESLACO...RAYMONDVILLE... BROWNSVILLE...HARLINGEN...PORT MANSFIELD...PORT ISABEL... SOUTH PADRE ISLAND...LAGUNA HEIGHTS...LAGUNA VISTA 1212 PM CST MON DEC 19 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... * EVENT...SOUTHERLY WINDS BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WILL OCCUR. FREQUENT HIGHER GUSTS ARE LIKELY. * TIMING...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS AND PERSIST THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON TODAY. * IMPACT...MOTORISTS OPERATING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES... ESPECIALLY ALONG EXPRESSWAY 83 BETWEEN MCALLEN AND BROWNSVILLE...ALONG EXPRESSWAY 77 BETWEEN BROWNSVILLE AND SARITA...AND ALONG HIGHWAY 281 BETWEEN PHARR AND FALFURRIAS... WILL EXPERIENCE INCREASED DIFFICULTY DRIVING IN THE WINDY CONDITIONS. LOOSE AND UNSECURED OBJECTS...SUCH AS TRASH CANS... LAWN ORNAMENTS...AND HOLIDAY DECORATIONS...WILL BE EASILY MOVED AROUND AND DAMAGED BY THE STRONG WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 30 TO 39 MPH AND OR FREQUENT GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 40 AND 57 MPH. MOVE LIGHT AND MODERATE WEIGHT ITEMS...SUCH AS PATIO FURNITURE... EMPTY TRASH CANS...AND PORTABLE BASKETBALL POSTS...INDOORS. && $$ CASTILLO
987 WWUS74 KBRO 192113 NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 313 PM CST MON DEC 19 2011 ...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON... .A STRONG AND BROAD SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE CENTERED OVER THE MID-ATLANTIC UNITED STATES EXTENDING ACROSS THE GULF OF MEXICO... WILL CONTINUE TO INTERACT WITH SURFACE LOW PRESSURE OVER THE TEXAS PANHANDLE TO NORTHERN MEXICO TODAY...PRODUCING STRONG WINDS WITH FREQUENT HIGHER GUSTS ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON. TXZ249>257-200000- /O.EXT.KBRO.WI.Y.0036.000000T0000Z-111220T0000Z/ JIM HOGG-BROOKS-KENEDY-STARR-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY- INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HEBBRONVILLE...FALFURRIAS...SARITA... RIO GRANDE CITY...ROMA...MCALLEN...EDINBURG...PHARR...MISSION... WESLACO...RAYMONDVILLE...BROWNSVILLE...HARLINGEN... PORT MANSFIELD...PORT ISABEL...SOUTH PADRE ISLAND... LAGUNA HEIGHTS...LAGUNA VISTA 313 PM CST MON DEC 19 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * EVENT...SOUTHERLY WINDS BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WILL OCCUR. FREQUENT HIGHER GUSTS ARE LIKELY. * TIMING...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. * IMPACT...MOTORISTS OPERATING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES... ESPECIALLY ALONG EXPRESSWAY 83 BETWEEN MCALLEN AND BROWNSVILLE...ALONG EXPRESSWAY 77 BETWEEN BROWNSVILLE AND SARITA...AND ALONG HIGHWAY 281 BETWEEN PHARR AND FALFURRIAS... WILL EXPERIENCE 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. MOVE LIGHT AND MODERATE WEIGHT ITEMS...SUCH AS PATIO FURNITURE... EMPTY TRASH CANS...AND PORTABLE BASKETBALL POSTS...INDOORS. && $$ 65
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 19, 3:25 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | BRO | 15 hr |
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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.