Alert archive / Texas / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 4, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this wind advisory at Feb 20, 2011, 9:22 AM CST for Cameron County, Kenedy County, Willacy County, Texas. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 20, 2011, 9:22 AM CST (15:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 20, 2011, 7:00 PM CST
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
Counties Cameron County, TX, Kenedy County, TX, Willacy County, TX
The radar
The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Brownsville Intl, TX (KBRO), launched 12:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 71 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 577 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 174 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
615 WWUS74 KBRO 201522 NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 922 AM CST SUN FEB 20 2011 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED TODAY FOR COASTAL DEEP SOUTH TEXAS... .INTERACTION BETWEEN HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS THE GULF OF MEXICO AND LOW PRESSURE FROM THE CENTRAL PLAINS SOUTHWARD INTO WEST TEXAS IS PRODUCING SUSTAINED WINDS AROUND 30 MPH...WITH SOME LOCALIZED GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH ACROSS THE COASTAL COUNTIES OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PERSIST THROUGH MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. TXZ251-254>257-202200- /O.NEW.KBRO.WI.Y.0004.110220T1522Z-110220T2200Z/ KENEDY-INLAND WILLACY-INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY- COASTAL CAMERON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SARITA...RAYMONDVILLE...BROWNSVILLE... HARLINGEN...PORT MANSFIELD...PORT ISABEL...SOUTH PADRE ISLAND... LAGUNA HEIGHTS...LAGUNA VISTA 922 AM CST SUN FEB 20 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. STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 30 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO RELAX BY THIS EVENING. 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. && $$ VIPOND
2 follow-up statements
808 WWUS74 KBRO 202144 AAA NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 344 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED TODAY FOR COASTAL DEEP SOUTH TEXAS... .INTERACTION BETWEEN HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS THE GULF OF MEXICO AND LOW PRESSURE FROM THE CENTRAL PLAINS SOUTHWARD INTO WEST TEXAS IS PRODUCING SUSTAINED WINDS AROUND 30 MPH...WITH SOME LOCALIZED GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH ACROSS THE COASTAL COUNTIES OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PERSIST THROUGH MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. TXZ251-254>257-210100- /O.EXT.KBRO.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-110221T0100Z/ KENEDY-INLAND WILLACY-INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY- COASTAL CAMERON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SARITA...RAYMONDVILLE...BROWNSVILLE... HARLINGEN...PORT MANSFIELD...PORT ISABEL...SOUTH PADRE ISLAND... LAGUNA HEIGHTS...LAGUNA VISTA 344 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING. STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 30 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO RELAX RIGHT AFTER SUNSET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 30 TO 39 MPH AND OR FREQUENT GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 40 AND 57 MPH. && $$
543 WWUS74 KBRO 210124 NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 724 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011 TXZ251-254>257-210230- /O.EXP.KBRO.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-110221T0100Z/ KENEDY-INLAND WILLACY-INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY- COASTAL CAMERON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SARITA...RAYMONDVILLE...BROWNSVILLE... HARLINGEN...PORT MANSFIELD...PORT ISABEL...SOUTH PADRE ISLAND... LAGUNA HEIGHTS...LAGUNA VISTA 724 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. WINDS HAVE FALLEN TO AROUND 15 TO 20 MPH. WHILE WINDS WILL REMAIN ELEVATED THROUGH THE NIGHT...WINDS WILL STAY BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. THUS THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 20, 3:55 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | BRO | 17 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.