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Wind Chill Warning 2, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this wind chill warning at Feb 2, 2011, 8:03 AM CST for 8 counties in Texas. It took effect at Feb 2, 2011, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 41 hr. 37 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 2, 2011, 8:03 AM CST (14:03 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 2, 2011, 6:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 4, 2011, 11:27 AM CST
- In force
- 41 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, Zapata County, TX
The radar
The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:02 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 3, 3:13 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Weslaco, TX | PUBLIC REPORTED FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW FLURRIES IN INTERVALS. LIGHT DUSTING OF ICE ALSO OBSERVED ON WINDSHIELDS. TEMPERATURE 27 DEGREES. |
| Feb 3, 3:45 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Raymondville, TX | WILLACY COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTS LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE IN RAYMONDVILLE. ICE ACCUMULATION BEGINNING TO OCCUR ON OVERPASSES. TXDOT SPREADING SAND ON OVERPASSES AND THEY REMAIN OPEN AT THIS TIME. |
| Feb 3, 3:45 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Weslaco, TX | WESLACO EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTS A TRACE OF FREEZING DRIZZLE ON CAR WINDSHIELDS. PASEO DEL NORTE OVERPASS IN THE VICINITY OF KRGV-TV5 STUDIOS WILL BE CLOSED AT 4PM IN ANTICIPATION OF ADDITIONAL FREEZING PRECIPITATION. |
| Feb 3, 4:23 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Port Isabel, TX | CAMERON COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTS LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE ON EXPOSED SURFACES IN PORT ISABEL. PAREDES LINE ROAD SHUT DOWN FROM FM 511 TO ALTON GLOOR DUE TO ICY PATCHES AND PREVIOUS 4-6 CAR PILEUP. |
| Feb 3, 4:38 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Brownsville, TX | BROWNSVILLE EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTS FREEZING DRIZZLE IN CITY OF BROWNSVILLE. TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS OCCURRING AT THE RATE OF ONE EVERY TWO MINUTES. NUMEROUS TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS OCCURRING ON OVERPASSES OF FM 511...HIGHWAY 48...AND PAREDES LINE ROAD. |
| Feb 3, 4:46 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Brownsville, TX | HEAVY FREEZING DRIZZLE OCCURRING AT BROWNSVILLE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATION. VISIBLE ICE ON VEHICLES...TREES AND PLANTS. TEMPERATURE 29 DEGREES. |
| Feb 3, 4:51 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Mcallen, TX | PUBLIC REPORTED LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE BEGINNING TO FORM ON WINDSHIELD ON JACKSON ROAD. |
| Feb 3, 5:00 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Mcallen, TX | SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN CONTINUES TO DEVELOP AND BEGINNING TO STICK ON CARS IN THE AREA. |
| Feb 3, 5:13 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Weslaco, TX | WESLACO EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTS ICE ACCUMULATING ON EXPRESSWAY 83 BETWEEN DONNA AND WESLACO. ONE AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT HAS RESULTED FROM ICY CONDITIONS. |
| Feb 3, 5:28 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Raymondville, TX | WILLACY COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTS MODERATE FREEZING RAIN WITH MULTIPLE VEHICLE ACCIDENTS. TXDOT IS IN THE PROCESS OF CLOSING EXPRESSWAY 77 THROUGH WILLACY COUNTY AT THIS TIME. |
| Feb 3, 7:16 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Falfurrias, TX | BROOKS COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTS FREEZING DRIZZLE WITH ACCRETION ON EXPOSED SURFACES. PRECIPITATION BEGAN ABOUT 6PM. |
| Feb 3, 7:16 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Sarita, TX | BORDER PATROL CHECKPOINT IN SARITA REPORTS LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE. PRECIPITATION BEGAN AT 530PM. |
| Feb 3, 7:57 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Weslaco, TX | WESLACO EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTS 17 VEHICLE ACCIDENTS IN CITIES OF WESLACO AND DONNA COMBINED BETWEEN 430PM AND 7PM. NO FATALITIES OR SERIOUS INJURIES. |
| Feb 3, 7:57 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Zapata, TX | ZAPATA COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTS ICING ON BRIDGES AND WINDSHIELDS THAT BEGAN AROUND 730PM. ALREADY 5 VEHICLE ACCIDENTS. TXDOT TO BEGIN SANDING BRIDGES SHORTLY. |
| Feb 3, 8:12 PM CST | SLEET 0 | Hebbronville, TX | JIM HOGG COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTS LIGHT SLEET BEGAN ABOUT 630PM OR 7PM. |
| Feb 3, 8:12 PM CST | SLEET 0 | Rio Grande City, TX | STARR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTS SLEET WITH FREEZING RAIN. TEMPERATURE 27 DEGREES. |
| Feb 3, 8:20 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | 5 W Port Mansfield, TX | *** 1 FATAL, 1 INJ *** WILLACY COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTS A VEHICLE ROLLOVER ON HIGHWAY 186 BETWEEN PORT MANSFIELD AND RAYMONDVILLE. MULTIPLE PERSONS EJECTED FROM VEHICLE. ONE CONFIRMED FATALITY AND CRITICAL INJURY. |
| Feb 3, 8:20 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Raymondville, TX | WILLACY COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTS HALF OF RAYMONDVILLE EXPERIENCING BROWNOUT. AMBULANCE SERVICES POSSIBLY WILL BE SUSPENDED DUE TO FRONTAGE ROADS BECOMING VERY ICY. |
| Feb 3, 8:31 PM CST | SLEET 0 | Rio Grande City, TX | SLLET TURNING TO ICE IN THE AREA MIXED WITH FREEZING RAIN. SOME CARS STALLED ON SIDE OF ROAD. |
| Feb 3, 8:40 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Brownsville, TX | CAMERON COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTS POWER OUTAGE ALONG SECTION OF ALTON GLOOR BLVD. ALSO POWER OUTAGES IN PORTIONS OF HARLINGEN AND SANTA ROSA. |
| Feb 3, 9:20 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Raymondville, TX | WILLACY COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTS A TOTAL OF 20 VEHICLE ACCIDENTS BETWEEN 5PM AND 9PM TONIGHT DUE TO ICY ROADS. |
| Feb 3, 9:59 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Weslaco, TX | PUBLIC REPORTS STEADY FREEZING RAIN IN WESLACO. |
| Feb 3, 9:59 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Brownsville, TX | APPROXIMATELY 1/4 OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATED ON VEHICLES PARKED AT BROWNSVILLE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE PARKING LOT. |
| Feb 3, 9:59 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 1 | Brownsville, TX | APPROXIMATELY 1/4 OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATED ON VEHICLES PARKED AT BROWNSVILLE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE PARKING LOT. |
| Feb 4, 2:17 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.38 | Brownsville, TX | ICE ACCUMULATION TO THREE EIGTHS OF AN INCH AT NWS OFFICE AT BROWNSVILLE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. |
| Feb 4, 3:00 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Roma, TX | ONE INCH OF SNOW REPORTED BY LOCAL MEDIA WITH SLEET AND ICE GLAZE. |
| Feb 4, 3:24 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Hebbronville, TX | FM 1017 CLOSED DUE TO ICE. |
| Feb 4, 6:00 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Mcallen, TX | ICE ACCUMULATED TO AN EIGTH OF AN INCH ON LOW LYING SURFACES TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH ON ELEVATED SURFACES. |
| Feb 4, 6:00 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.5 | Raymondville, TX | ICE ACCUMULATION OF AN EIGHTH OF AN INCH ON MOST ROADS TO HALF AN INCH ON ELEVATED ROADS AND OVERPASSES. |
| Feb 4, 6:00 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 1 | Brownsville, TX | TRACE OF SNOW REPORTED BY LOCAL MEDIA WITH SLEET AND ICE GLAZE DOWNTOWN AREA. |
| Feb 4, 6:00 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 1 | Harlingen, TX | ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A QUARTER TO HALF AN INCH ON ELEVATED ROADS AND OVERPASSES AND THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH TO AN INCH ON TREES AND ELEVATED OBJECTS. |
| Feb 4, 6:00 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 1.5 | Brownsville, TX | ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF 1.25 TO 1.50 INCHES ON ELEVATED TOWER NEXT TO BRONSVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY ON CENTRAL BLVD. |
| Feb 4, 8:51 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | La Joya, TX | ONE QUARTER INCH ICE ACCUMULATION... COVERING ALL PLANTS AND EXPOSED SURFACES. |
| Feb 4, 8:55 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Mccook, TX | ONE EIGHTH TO ONE QUARTER INCH ICE AND SLEET COVERING ALL SURFACES. |
| Feb 4, 8:59 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | 7 E Sarita, TX | ONE EIGHTH TO ONE QUARTER INCH ICE COVERING ALL SURFACES. |
| Feb 4, 9:00 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 1 | Brownsville, TX | ICE ACCUMULATION TO ONE INCH ON MORNINGSIDE PARK SIGN AT RUBEN TORRES AND CENTRAL AVE. |
| Feb 4, 9:20 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 1 | Weslaco, TX | WESLACO EM REPORTS FM 88 AND FM 493 CLOSED DUE TO 1 INCH ICE ACCUMULATION OVER FLOODWAY. SEVERAL ACCIDENTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Brownsville Intl, TX (KBRO), launched 12:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 120 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
- 983 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 169 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 600 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
585 WWUS44 KBRO 021403 WSWBRO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 803 AM CST WED FEB 2 2011 ...HAZARDOUS WIND CHILL VALUES FOR DEEP SOUTH TEXAS TONIGHT... .AN ARCTIC AIR MASS WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD OVER DEEP SOUTH TEXAS TODAY. BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL COMBINE WITH NORTH WINDS TO DRIVE WIND CHILL VALUES DOWN INTO THE TEENS WEDNESDAY EVENING INTO THURSDAY. TXZ248>257-021800- /O.UPG.KBRO.WC.A.0001.110203T0000Z-110203T2100Z/ /O.NEW.KBRO.WC.W.0002.110203T0000Z-110203T2100Z/ /O.CON.KBRO.WC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110202T1800Z/ ZAPATA-JIM HOGG-BROOKS-KENEDY-STARR-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY- INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ZAPATA...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 803 AM CST WED FEB 2 2011 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 PM CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 PM CST THURSDAY. A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. COLD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AS AN ARCTIC AIR MASS RETAINS ITS ICY GRIP ON DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL DECREASE INTO THE TEENS IN EASTERN SECTIONS AND TO SINGLE DIGITS INLAND AND NORTH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN WIND CHILL INDEX VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO OR BELOW 20 FOR AT LEAST 3 HOURS. PERSONS NOT ACCLIMATED TO THESE EXTREME VALUES MAY EXPERIENCE FROSTBITE IF NOT PROTECTED...AND COULD DIE. && $$
7 follow-up statements
415 WWUS44 KBRO 021849 WSWBRO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 1249 PM CST WED FEB 2 2011 ...WINTRY PRECIPITATION FOR PORTIONS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS THURSDAY THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY... .AN ARCTIC AIR MASS WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD OVER DEEP SOUTH TEXAS TODAY. BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL COMBINE WITH NORTH WINDS TO DRIVE WIND CHILL VALUES DOWN INTO THE TEENS WEDNESDAY EVENING INTO THURSDAY. THE COLD WEATHER WILL PERSIST THURSDAY...WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF A RANGE OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION FROM LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS INLAND TO FREEZING RAIN NEAR THE COAST THURSDAY THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY. TXZ250-251-253>257-031000- /O.NEW.KBRO.WS.A.0001.110203T1800Z-110204T1500Z/ /O.CON.KBRO.WC.W.0002.110203T0000Z-110203T2100Z/ 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 1249 PM CST WED FEB 2 2011 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 PM CST THURSDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 PM CST THURSDAY. VERY COLD WEATHER WILL CONTINUE WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AS AN ARCTIC AIR MASS RETAINS ITS ICY GRIP ON DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL DECREASE INTO THE TEENS IN EASTERN SECTIONS AND TO SINGLE DIGITS INLAND AND NORTH. A MID LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO TEXAS FROM THE WEST THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. UPWARD MOTION COMBINED WITH VERY COLD LOW LEVEL TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE THE POTENTIAL FOR A MIX OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION IN THE FORM OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW. FREEZING RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE COAST BEGINNING AROUND NOON ON THURSDAY...WITH SLEET POSSIBLE IN THE COASTAL COUNTIES AND LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS POSSIBLE FOR THE MID VALLEY INCLUDING BROOKS AND HIDALGO COUNTIES. CHANCES FOR WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL INCREASE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. ACCUMULATION OF PRECIPITATION MAY BE UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH THROUGH ABOUT NOON ON FRIDAY...WITH ICE ACCUMULATION OF THE SAME AMOUNT POSSIBLE NEAR THE COAST WHERE FREEZING RAIN WILL BE MORE LIKELY. RESIDENTS OF SOUTH TEXAS SHOULD PREPARE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN WIND CHILL INDEX VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO OR BELOW 20 FOR AT LEAST 3 HOURS. PERSONS NOT ACCLIMATED TO THESE EXTREME VALUES MAY EXPERIENCE FROSTBITE IF NOT PROTECTED...AND COULD DIE. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER IS POSSIBLE. THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR AT LEAST ONE INCH OF SNOW ACCUMULATION ON ROADS OR WALKWAYS...AT LEAST ONE HALF INCH OF SLEET ACCUMULATION...OR SUBSTANTIAL ICE ACCRETION. FUTURE DRIVING AND WALKING CONDITIONS MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS. && $$ TXZ248-249-252-031000- /O.CON.KBRO.WC.W.0002.110203T0000Z-110203T2100Z/ ZAPATA-JIM HOGG-STARR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ZAPATA...HEBBRONVILLE... RIO GRANDE CITY...ROMA 1249 PM CST WED FEB 2 2011 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 PM CST THURSDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 PM CST THURSDAY. VERY COLD WEATHER WILL CONTINUE WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AS AN ARCTIC AIR MASS RETAINS ITS ICY GRIP ON DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL DECREASE INTO THE TEENS IN EASTERN SECTIONS AND TO SINGLE DIGITS INLAND AND NORTH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN WIND CHILL INDEX VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO OR BELOW 20 FOR AT LEAST 3 HOURS. PERSONS NOT ACCLIMATED TO THESE EXTREME VALUES MAY EXPERIENCE FROSTBITE IF NOT PROTECTED...AND COULD DIE. && $$
842 WWUS44 KBRO 030307 WSWBRO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 907 PM CST WED FEB 2 2011 ...FROZEN PRECIPITATION EXPECTED ACROSS DEEP SOUTH TEXAS... .VERY COLD ARCTIC AIR FROM CANADA IS NOW IN PLACE ACROSS ALL OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS AND THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY. THIS AIR WILL COMBINE WITH MODERATE WINDS FROM THE NORTH TO PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES FROM NOW THROUGH LATE FRIDAY MORNING. ALSO...THE APPROACH OF A DISTURBANCE IN THE MIDDLE LAYERS OF THE ATMOSPHERE FROM THE WEST...COMBINED WITH THE FORMATION OF A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE ALONG THE LOWER TEXAS COAST...WILL PRODUCE SOME FROZEN PRECIPITATION IN THE FORM OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN... MAINLY FROM THE AFTERNOON HOURS OF THURSDAY THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS OF FRIDAY. TXZ250-251-253>257-031115- /O.UPG.KBRO.WS.A.0001.110203T1800Z-110204T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KBRO.WS.W.0001.110203T1800Z-110204T1800Z/ /O.EXT.KBRO.WC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110204T1800Z/ 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 907 PM CST WED FEB 2 2011 ...WIND CHILL WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON THURSDAY TO NOON CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON THURSDAY TO NOON CST FRIDAY FOR ALL OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. THE WIND CHILL WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN THE MIDDLE LAYERS OF THE ATMOSPHERE WILL GRADUALLY MOVE FROM THE TEXAS BIG BEND TO THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE LONE STAR STATE FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON TO FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE APPROACH OF THIS DISTURBANCE...COMBINED WITH THE FORMATION OF A SURFACE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE ALONG THE LOWER TEXAS COAST... WILL PRODUCE FROZEN PRECIPITATION ACROSS DEEP SOUTH TEXAS AND THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY IN THE FORM OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN. SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BEGIN DEVELOPING AROUND NOON THURSDAY EAST OF THE HIGHWAY 281 CORRIDOR THAT RUNS FROM MCALLEN TO FALFURRIAS. WEST OF THIS CORRIDOR...SNOW AND SLEET ARE LIKELY. THE FROZEN PRECIPITATION WILL INTENSIFY FOR THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING...WITH SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN CONTINUING EAST OF THE HIGHWAY 281 CORRIDOR...AND SNOW AND SLEET WEST OF THE CORRIDOR. UP TO AN INCH OF SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATION WILL BE POSSIBLE EAST OF THE HIGHWAY 281 CORRIDOR...WITH UP TO A HALF INCH POSSIBLE WEST OF THE HIGHWAY 281 CORRIDOR. ALSO...MODERATE WINDS FROM THE NORTH WILL COMBINE WITH COLD ARCTIC AIR ALREADY IN PLACE TO PRODUCE WIND CHILL VALUES BETWEEN 5 AND 15 DEGREES TONIGHT AND THURSDAY NIGHT...AND BETWEEN 15 AND 25 DEGREES THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. RESIDENTS OF SOUTH TEXAS SHOULD PREPARE NOW FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS LIKELY THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN WIND CHILL INDEX VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO OR BELOW 20 FOR AT LEAST 3 HOURS. PERSONS NOT ACCLIMATED TO THESE EXTREME VALUES MAY EXPERIENCE FROSTBITE IF NOT PROTECTED...AND COULD DIE. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER IS IMMINENT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF AT LEAST ONE INCH ON ROADS OR WALKWAYS...AT LEAST ONE HALF INCH OF SLEET ACCUMULATION...OR ICE ACCRETION OF ONE EIGHTH INCH OR MORE ON EXPOSED SURFACES. HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL RESULT. PERSONS WITH TRAVEL PLANS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO POSTPONE THEM UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE. && $$ TXZ248-249-252-031115- /O.NEW.KBRO.WS.W.0001.110203T1800Z-110204T1800Z/ /O.EXT.KBRO.WC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110204T1800Z/ ZAPATA-JIM HOGG-STARR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ZAPATA...HEBBRONVILLE... RIO GRANDE CITY...ROMA 907 PM CST WED FEB 2 2011 ...WIND CHILL WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON THURSDAY TO NOON CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON THURSDAY TO NOON CST FRIDAY FOR ALL OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. THE WIND CHILL WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN THE MIDDLE LAYERS OF THE ATMOSPHERE WILL GRADUALLY MOVE FROM THE TEXAS BIG BEND TO THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE LONE STAR STATE FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON TO FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE APPROACH OF THIS DISTURBANCE...COMBINED WITH THE FORMATION OF A SURFACE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE ALONG THE LOWER TEXAS COAST... WILL PRODUCE FROZEN PRECIPITATION ACROSS DEEP SOUTH TEXAS AND THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY IN THE FORM OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN. SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BEGIN DEVELOPING AROUND NOON THURSDAY EAST OF THE HIGHWAY 281 CORRIDOR THAT RUNS FROM MCALLEN TO FALFURRIAS. WEST OF THIS CORRIDOR...SNOW AND SLEET ARE LIKELY. THE FROZEN PRECIPITATION WILL INTENSIFY FOR THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING...WITH SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN CONTINUING EAST OF THE HIGHWAY 281 CORRIDOR...AND SNOW AND SLEET WEST OF THE CORRIDOR. UP TO AN INCH OF SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATION WILL BE POSSIBLE EAST OF THE HIGHWAY 281 CORRIDOR...WITH UP TO A HALF INCH POSSIBLE WEST OF THE HIGHWAY 281 CORRIDOR. ALSO...MODERATE WINDS FROM THE NORTH WILL COMBINE WITH COLD ARCTIC AIR ALREADY IN PLACE TO PRODUCE WIND CHILL VALUES BETWEEN 5 AND 15 DEGREES TONIGHT AND THURSDAY NIGHT...AND BETWEEN 15 AND 25 DEGREES THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. RESIDENTS OF SOUTH TEXAS SHOULD PREPARE NOW FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS LIKELY THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN WIND CHILL INDEX VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO OR BELOW 20 FOR AT LEAST 3 HOURS. PERSONS NOT ACCLIMATED TO THESE EXTREME VALUES MAY EXPERIENCE FROSTBITE IF NOT PROTECTED...AND COULD DIE. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER IS IMMINENT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF AT LEAST ONE INCH ON ROADS OR WALKWAYS...AT LEAST ONE HALF INCH OF SLEET ACCUMULATION...OR ICE ACCRETION OF ONE EIGHTH INCH OR MORE ON EXPOSED SURFACES. HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL RESULT. PERSONS WITH TRAVEL PLANS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO POSTPONE THEM UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE. && $$ TOMASELLI
560 WWUS44 KBRO 031059 WSWBRO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 459 AM CST THU FEB 3 2011 ...FROZEN PRECIPITATION EXPECTED ACROSS DEEP SOUTH TEXAS... .VERY COLD ARCTIC AIR FROM CANADA IS NOW IN PLACE ACROSS ALL OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS AND THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY. THIS AIR WILL COMBINE WITH MODERATE WINDS FROM THE NORTH TO PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES FROM NOW THROUGH LATE FRIDAY MORNING. ALSO...THE APPROACH OF A DISTURBANCE IN THE MIDDLE LAYERS OF THE ATMOSPHERE FROM THE WEST...COMBINED WITH THE FORMATION OF A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE ALONG THE LOWER TEXAS COAST...WILL PRODUCE SOME FROZEN PRECIPITATION IN THE FORM OF SNOW...SLEET... AND FREEZING RAIN...MAINLY FROM THE AFTERNOON HOURS OF THURSDAY THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS OF FRIDAY. TXZ248>257-031900- /O.CON.KBRO.WC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110204T1800Z/ /O.CON.KBRO.WS.W.0001.110203T1800Z-110204T1800Z/ ZAPATA-JIM HOGG-BROOKS-KENEDY-STARR-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY- INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ZAPATA...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 459 AM CST THU FEB 3 2011 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO NOON CST FRIDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO NOON CST FRIDAY. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN THE MIDDLE LAYERS OF THE ATMOSPHERE WILL GRADUALLY MOVE FROM WEST TEXAS TO THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE LONE STAR STATE BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE APPROACH OF THIS DISTURBANCE...COMBINED WITH THE FORMATION OF A SURFACE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE ALONG THE LOWER TEXAS COAST...WILL PRODUCE FROZEN PRECIPITATION ACROSS DEEP SOUTH TEXAS AND THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY IN THE FORM OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN. SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BEGIN DEVELOPING AROUND NOON TODAY EAST OF THE HIGHWAY 281 CORRIDOR. WEST OF THIS CORRIDOR... SNOW AND SLEET ARE LIKELY. THE FROZEN PRECIPITATION WILL INTENSIFY LATER TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING...WITH SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN CONTINUING EAST OF THE HIGHWAY 281 CORRIDOR...AND SNOW AND SLEET WEST OF THE CORRIDOR. UP TO AN INCH OF SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATION WILL BE POSSIBLE EAST OF THE HIGHWAY 281 CORRIDOR... WITH UP TO A HALF INCH POSSIBLE WEST OF THE HIGHWAY 281 CORRIDOR. ALSO...MODERATE WINDS FROM THE NORTH WILL COMBINE WITH COLD ARCTIC AIR ALREADY IN PLACE OVER THE REGION TO PRODUCE WIND CHILL VALUES IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 20S BY THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE WIND CHILL VALUES FALLING INTO THE TEENS TONIGHT. RESIDENTS OF SOUTH TEXAS SHOULD PREPARE NOW FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DEVELOPING THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND CONTINUING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN WIND CHILL INDEX VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO OR BELOW 20 FOR AT LEAST 3 HOURS. PERSONS NOT ACCLIMATED TO THESE EXTREME VALUES MAY EXPERIENCE FROSTBITE IF NOT PROTECTED...AND COULD DIE. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER IS IMMINENT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF AT LEAST ONE INCH ON ROADS OR WALKWAYS...AT LEAST ONE HALF INCH OF SLEET ACCUMULATION...OR ICE ACCRETION OF ONE EIGHTH INCH OR MORE ON EXPOSED SURFACES. HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL RESULT. PERSONS WITH TRAVEL PLANS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO POSTPONE THEM UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE. && $$
344 WWUS44 KBRO 031623 WSWBRO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 1023 AM CST THU FEB 3 2011 ...FROZEN PRECIPITATION EXPECTED ACROSS DEEP SOUTH TEXAS... .VERY COLD ARCTIC AIR FROM CANADA IS NOW IN PLACE ACROSS ALL OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS AND THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY. THIS AIR WILL COMBINE WITH MODERATE WINDS FROM THE NORTH TO PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES FROM NOW THROUGH LATE FRIDAY MORNING. ALSO...THE APPROACH OF A DISTURBANCE IN THE MIDDLE LAYERS OF THE ATMOSPHERE FROM THE WEST...COMBINED WITH THE FORMATION OF A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE ALONG THE LOWER TEXAS COAST...WILL PRODUCE SOME FROZEN PRECIPITATION IN THE FORM OF SNOW...SLEET... AND FREEZING RAIN...MAINLY FROM THE AFTERNOON HOURS OF THURSDAY THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS OF FRIDAY. TXZ248>257-040000- /O.EXT.KBRO.WS.W.0001.110203T1623Z-110204T1800Z/ /O.CON.KBRO.WC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110204T1800Z/ ZAPATA-JIM HOGG-BROOKS-KENEDY-STARR-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY- INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ZAPATA...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 1023 AM CST THU FEB 3 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY... A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN THE MIDDLE LAYERS OF THE ATMOSPHERE WILL GRADUALLY MOVE FROM WEST TEXAS TO THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE LONE STAR STATE BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE APPROACH OF THIS DISTURBANCE...COMBINED WITH THE FORMATION OF A SURFACE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE ALONG THE LOWER TEXAS COAST...WILL PRODUCE FROZEN PRECIPITATION ACROSS DEEP SOUTH TEXAS AND THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY IN THE FORM OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN. SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN HAS ALREADY BEGUN TO DEVELOP...ESPECIALLY IN THE LOWER VALLEY...AND WILL SLOWLY SPREAD INLAND THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THE FROZEN PRECIPITATION WILL INTENSIFY LATER TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING...WITH SNOW... SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN CONTINUING EAST OF THE HIGHWAY 281 CORRIDOR...AND SNOW AND SLEET WEST OF THE CORRIDOR. UP TO AN INCH OF SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATION WILL BE POSSIBLE EAST OF THE HIGHWAY 281 CORRIDOR... WITH UP TO A HALF INCH POSSIBLE WEST OF THE HIGHWAY 281 CORRIDOR. ALSO...MODERATE WINDS FROM THE NORTH WILL COMBINE WITH COLD ARCTIC AIR ALREADY IN PLACE OVER THE REGION TO PRODUCE WIND CHILL VALUES IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 20S BY THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE WIND CHILL VALUES FALLING INTO THE TEENS TONIGHT. RESIDENTS OF SOUTH TEXAS SHOULD PREPARE NOW FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DEVELOPING THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND CONTINUING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN WIND CHILL INDEX VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO OR BELOW 20 FOR AT LEAST 3 HOURS. PERSONS NOT ACCLIMATED TO THESE EXTREME VALUES MAY EXPERIENCE FROSTBITE IF NOT PROTECTED...AND COULD DIE. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER IS IMMINENT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF AT LEAST ONE INCH ON ROADS OR WALKWAYS...AT LEAST ONE HALF INCH OF SLEET ACCUMULATION...OR ICE ACCRETION OF ONE EIGHTH INCH OR MORE ON EXPOSED SURFACES. HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL RESULT. PERSONS WITH TRAVEL PLANS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO POSTPONE THEM UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE. && $$
806 WWUS44 KBRO 032332 WSWBRO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 532 PM CST THU FEB 3 2011 ...FROZEN PRECIPITATION DEVELOPING WITHIN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS... .VERY COLD ARCTIC AIR FROM CANADA IS NOW IN PLACE ACROSS ALL OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS AND THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY. THIS AIR WILL COMBINE WITH MODERATE WINDS FROM THE NORTH TO PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES FROM NOW UNTIL NOON FRIDAY. ALSO...THE APPROACH OF A DISTURBANCE IN THE MIDDLE LAYERS OF THE ATMOSPHERE FROM THE WEST... COMBINED WITH THE FORMATION OF A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE ALONG THE LOWER TEXAS COAST...IS BEGINNING TO PRODUCE SOME FROZEN PRECIPITATION IN THE FORM OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN...AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO FROM NOW THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS OF FRIDAY. TXZ248>257-040800- /O.CON.KBRO.WC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110204T1800Z/ /O.CON.KBRO.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110204T1800Z/ ZAPATA-JIM HOGG-BROOKS-KENEDY-STARR-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY- INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ZAPATA...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 532 PM CST THU FEB 3 2011 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY FOR ALL OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY ALSO FOR ALL OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN CONTINUES TO DEVELOP WITHIN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS...ESPECIALLY IN THE LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY...AND WILL SLOWLY SPREAD INLAND THROUGH THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE FROZEN PRECIPITATION WILL INTENSIFY LATER TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING...WITH SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN CONTINUING EAST OF THE HIGHWAY 281 CORRIDOR...AND SNOW AND SLEET WEST OF THE CORRIDOR. UP TO AN INCH OF SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATION WILL BE POSSIBLE EAST OF THE HIGHWAY 281 CORRIDOR...WITH UP TO A HALF INCH POSSIBLE WEST OF THE HIGHWAY 281 CORRIDOR. ALSO...MODERATE WINDS FROM THE NORTH WILL COMBINE WITH COLD ARCTIC AIR ALREADY IN PLACE OVER THE REGION TO PRODUCE WIND CHILL VALUES BETWEEN 10 AND 20 DEGREES TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. RESIDENTS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS AND THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY SHOULD PREPARE NOW FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DEVELOPING TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN WIND CHILL INDEX VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO OR BELOW 20 FOR AT LEAST 3 HOURS. PERSONS NOT ACCLIMATED TO THESE EXTREME VALUES MAY EXPERIENCE FROSTBITE IF NOT PROTECTED...AND COULD DIE. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER IS IMMINENT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF AT LEAST ONE INCH ON ROADS OR WALKWAYS...AT LEAST ONE HALF INCH OF SLEET ACCUMULATION...OR ICE ACCRETION OF ONE EIGHTH INCH OR MORE ON EXPOSED SURFACES. HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL RESULT. PERSONS WITH TRAVEL PLANS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO POSTPONE THEM UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE. && $$ TOMASELLI
650 WWUS44 KBRO 040739 WSWBRO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 139 AM CST FRI FEB 4 2011 ...FROZEN PRECIPITATION CONTINUES WITHIN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS... .VERY COLD ARCTIC AIR FROM CANADA REMAINS IN PLACE ACROSS ALL OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS AND THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY. THIS AIR WILL COMBINE WITH MODERATE WINDS FROM THE NORTH TO PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES FROM NOW UNTIL NOON TODAY. THE NORTHEAST MOVEMENT OF A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN THE MIDDLE LAYERS OF THE ATMOSPHERE OVER THE LONE STAR STATE...COMBINED WITH THE PRESENCE OF A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE ALONG THE LOWER TEXAS COAST...WILL ALLOW FROZEN PRECIPITATION IN THE FORM OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN TO CONTINUE ACROSS DEEP SOUTH TEXAS FROM NOW THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS OF TODAY. TXZ248>257-041545- /O.CON.KBRO.WC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110204T1800Z/ /O.CON.KBRO.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110204T1800Z/ ZAPATA-JIM HOGG-BROOKS-KENEDY-STARR-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY- INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ZAPATA...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 139 AM CST FRI FEB 4 2011 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY ACROSS ALL OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY ALSO ACROSS ALL OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. FROZEN PRECIPITATION CONTINUES TO DEVELOP WITHIN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS... ESPECIALLY IN THE LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY...AND WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS OF TODAY. SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE EAST OF THE HIGHWAY 281 CORRIDOR...WITH MAINLY SNOW AND SLEET WEST OF THE CORRIDOR. UP TO AN INCH OF SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATION WILL BE POSSIBLE EAST OF THE HIGHWAY 281 CORRIDOR... WITH UP TO A HALF INCH POSSIBLE WEST OF THE HIGHWAY 281 CORRIDOR. ALSO...MODERATE WINDS FROM THE NORTH WILL COMBINE WITH COLD ARCTIC AIR ALREADY IN PLACE OVER THE REGION TO PRODUCE WIND CHILL VALUES BETWEEN 10 AND 20 DEGREES THROUGH THIS MORNING. RESIDENTS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS AND THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR...AND CAN EXPECT...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ON ROADS AND HIGHWAYS THROUGH THIS MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN WIND CHILL INDEX VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO OR BELOW 20 FOR AT LEAST 3 HOURS. PERSONS NOT ACCLIMATED TO THESE EXTREME VALUES MAY EXPERIENCE FROSTBITE IF NOT PROTECTED...AND COULD DIE. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER IS IMMINENT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF AT LEAST ONE INCH ON ROADS OR WALKWAYS...AT LEAST ONE HALF INCH OF SLEET ACCUMULATION...OR ICE ACCRETION OF ONE EIGHTH INCH OR MORE ON EXPOSED SURFACES. HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL RESULT. PERSONS WITH TRAVEL PLANS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO POSTPONE THEM UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE. && $$ TOMASELLI
623 WWUS44 KBRO 041727 WSWBRO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 1127 AM CST FRI FEB 4 2011 ...WINTER STORM SYSTEM DEPARTING TO THE EAST... .THE STORM SYSTEM THAT BROUGHT RAIN SLEET AND SOME SNOW TO THE VALLEY IS DEPARTING TO THE EAST. PRECIPITATION ENDED EARLIER THIS MORNING...AND TEMPERATURES HAVE BEGUN TO RISE ABOVE THE FREEZING LEVEL AS SKIES CLEAR. BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...WITH WIND CHILLS REMAINING IN THE 20S THROUGH THE DAY. TXZ248>257-041830- /O.CAN.KBRO.WC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110204T1800Z/ /O.CAN.KBRO.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110204T1800Z/ ZAPATA-JIM HOGG-BROOKS-KENEDY-STARR-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY- INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ZAPATA...HEBBRONVILLE...FALFURRIAS... SARITA...RIO GRANDE CITY...ROMA...MCALLEN...EDINBURG...PHARR... MISSION...WESLACO...RAYMONDVILLE...BROWNSVILLE...HARLINGEN... PORT MANSFIELD...PORT ISABEL...SOUTH PADRE ISLAND... LAGUNA HEIGHTS...LAGUNA VISTA 1127 AM CST FRI FEB 4 2011 ...WIND CHILL WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND CHILL WARNING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN CANCELLED. WINTRY PRECIPITATION HAS CEASED FOR THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY THIS MORNING...AND CLEARING SKIES HAVE BEGUN THE MELTING PROCESS FOR THE REGION. BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE WIND CHILLS IN THE 20S...BUT WILL NOT BE AS BITTERLY COLD AS THE PREVIOUS DAYS. THUS THE WIND CHILL AND WINTER STORM WARNINGS HAVE BEEN CEASED. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2, 7:54 AM CST | Freeze Warning | BRO | 52 hr | |
| Feb 2, 7:54 AM CST | Hard Freeze Warning | BRO | Brooks, Cameron, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Kenedy, Starr and 2 more | 52 hr |
| Feb 2, 12:49 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | BRO | Brooks, Cameron, Hidalgo, Kenedy, Willacy | 8 hr |
| Feb 2, 3:56 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | BRO | 50 hr |
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