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Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this winter storm warning at Feb 2, 2011, 9:07 PM CST for 8 counties in Texas. It took effect at Feb 3, 2011, 10:23 AM CST. It was in force for 25 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, 9:07 PM CST (03:07 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 3, 2011, 10:23 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 4, 2011, 11:27 AM CST
- In force
- 25 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 03:10 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 00:00Z, 3.1 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
- 1233 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 125 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 458 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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
5 follow-up statements
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. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Brownsville, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Feb 2, 1:35 PM CST, 7 hours 32 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 2, 1:35 PM CST, 7 hours 32 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
135 PM CST WED FEB 2 2011
.SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH 6 AM FRIDAY/...AN AIR MASS OF ARCTIC
ORIGIN WILL MAINTAIN UNSEASONABLY COLD TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE RIO
GRANDE VALLEY FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. THE APPROACH OF A MID
LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL COMPLICATE MATTERS...LEADING TO THE
POTENTIAL OF A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION...PRIMARILY THURSDAY
THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. FORECAST SOUNDINGS AT BRO SHOW A BIT LESS OF
THE SATURATED PROFILE ALOFT ABOVE FREEZING...RESULTING IN A FORECAST
THAT INCLUDES SNOW FLURRIES FOR THE MID VALLEY...SLEET FOR THE COAST
AND FREEZING RAIN FOR THE IMMEDIATE COAST AND COASTAL WATERS.
ACCUMULATION WILL BE LIGHT TO MODERATE IN THOSE AREAS...BUT THE RARE
OCCURRENCE OF WINTRY PRECIP WILL BE AN ISSUE IN AND OF ITSELF.
&&
.LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...WINTER PRECIPITATION EPISODE
WILL BE ONGOING AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PERIOD. EXPECT ANY WINTRY
PRECIP TO TRANSITION TO COLD RAIN BRIEFLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR
COASTAL COUNTIES BEFORE QUICKLY DEPARTING. SKIES WILL CLEAR
QUICKLY...ALLOWING FOR ANOTHER SUBFREEZING NIGHT FRIDAY NIGHT.
ONSHORE FLOW BEGINS SATURDAY AS THE HIGH MOVES EAST...WITH
MODERATING TEMPS THROUGH THE WEEKEND. LONGER RANGE MODELS STILL
INDICATING A SIGNIFICANT POLAR OUTBREAK AGAIN TUESDAY AS ANOTHER
1050 HIGH SKIMS DOWN THE EASTERN EDGE OF THE ROCKIES. SIMILAR
MODELS SOLUTIONS INDICATE THAT THE NEXT EVENT WILL BE A SHORT
COLD BLAST.
&&
.AVIATION...
MVFR CEILINGS NEAR THE COAST SHOULD SPREAD WEST OVER TIME AS A
MID LEVEL STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. LIMITED IMPACT TO
FLYING EXPECTED UNTIL ROUGHLY THURSDAY MID DAY WHEN A WINTRY MIX
OF PRECIP WILL BE POSSIBLE....RANGING FROM FREEZING RAIN NEAR THE
COAST TO SNOW FLURRIES INLAND. ACCUMULATION WILL BE LIGHT TO
MODERATE...WITH A QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH OVERALL...BUT THE
SITUATION COULD RESULT IN DISRUPTIONS OR DELAYS DUE TO THE
UNCOMMON OCCURRENCE OF SAID PRECIPITATION IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS.
&&
.MARINE...
TONIGHT THROUGH 6 AM FRIDAY...AN ARCTIC AIR MASS CONTINUES TO SPREAD
ACROSS DEEP SOUTH TEXAS AND THE LOWER TEXAS COAST. BUOY 020 REPORTED
NORTH NORTHWEST WINDS AT 15 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 21 KNOTS AND SEAS AT
7.2 FEET WITH AN 8 SECOND PERIOD AT 1250 PM THIS AFTERNOON. SMALL
CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE LAGUNA MADRE
THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON...WHILE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS
WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE OFFSHORE GULF OF MEXICO COASTAL WATERS
THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...WITH AN EXTENDED SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY
LIKELY ACROSS THE OFFSHORE GULF OF MEXICO COASTAL WATERS BEYOND
THURSDAY MORNING AS SEAS OFFSHORE REMAIN AT 7 FEET OR ABOVE.
FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...POLAR AIRMASS WILL BEGIN TO EXIT THE
REGION FRIDAY...WITH SOME COLD RAINS FOR THE GULF WATERS AND SOME
FROZEN PRECIP POSSIBLE RIGHT ALONG THE COAST. ONSHORE FLOW DEVELOP
SATURDAY MORNING AS THE HIGH MOVES OFF TO THE EAST...WITH
SOUTHEAST WINDS PREVALENT BY SATURDAY NIGHT. WINDS WILL REMAIN
AROUND 15 KNOTS OVER THE WEEKEND...WITH SEAS FALLING FROM 8 FEET
FRIDAY TO 3 TO 5 FEET SUNDAY.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
BAYVIEW/PORT ISABEL 26 38 25 42 / 30 30 50 30
BROWNSVILLE 26 37 25 39 / 30 30 50 30
HARLINGEN 23 35 24 39 / 20 20 40 30
MCALLEN 21 34 24 41 / 10 10 30 20
RIO GRANDE CITY 23 36 24 44 / 10 10 10 20
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND 37 44 36 43 / 40 40 60 30
&&
.BRO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...HARD FREEZE WARNING FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 PM CST THURSDAY
FOR TXZ248>255.
WIND CHILL WARNING FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 PM CST THURSDAY
FOR TXZ248>257.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY
MORNING FOR TXZ250-251-253>257.
FREEZE WARNING FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 PM CST THURSDAY FOR
TXZ256-257.
GM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR
GMZ130-132-135.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 3 PM CST THURSDAY FOR GMZ150-155-170-
175.
&&
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54/64Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 2, 4:37 PM CST, 4 hours 30 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 437 PM CST WED FEB 2 2011 TXZ248>257-031200- ZAPATA-JIM HOGG-BROOKS-KENEDY-STARR-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY- INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 437 PM CST WED FEB 2 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. A HARD FREEZE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS EXCEPT THE COASTAL PORTIONS OF CAMERON AND WILLACY COUNTY. A FREEZE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL PORTIONS OF CAMERON AND WILLACY COUNTY. A WIND CHILL WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE BEACHES OF SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND BOCA CHICA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THE HARD FREEZE WARNING...FREEZE WARNING...AND WIND CHILL WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THURSDAY. ADDITIONAL FREEZE AND HARD FREEZE WARNINGS WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY NIGHT. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS EXCEPT ZAPATA...JIM HOGG...AND STARR COUNTY FROM 3 PM CST THURSDAY UNTIL 9 AM CST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH WILL LIKELY BE UPGRADED TO A WINTER STORM WARNING. A MODERATE TO HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IS LIKELY AT THE LOCAL BEACHES THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... RESIDENTS SHOULD REPORT ANY OBSERVATIONS OF SLEET...SNOW...AND ICE ACCUMULATION THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OR THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BROWNSVILLE. GMZ130-132-135-150-155-170-175-031200- LAGUNA MADRE FROM THE PORT OF BROWNSVILLE TO THE ARROYO COLORADO- LAGUNA MADRE FROM THE ARROYO COLORADO TO 5 NM NORTH OF PORT MANSFIELD TX- LAGUNA MADRE FROM 5 NM NORTH OF PORT MANSFIELD TO BAFFIN BAY TX- COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT MANSFIELD TO THE RIO GRANDE OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT MANSFIELD OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM PORT MANSFIELD TO THE RIO GRANDE EXTENDING FROM 20 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT MANSFIELD EXTENDING FROM 20 TO 60 NM- 437 PM CST WED FEB 2 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO AND THE LAGUNA MADRE. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO WATERS EAST OF PADRE ISLAND FROM 0 TO 60 NAUTICAL MILES OFFSHORE. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR THE LAGUNA MADRE BEGINNING AT MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO WATERS EAST OF PADRE ISLAND...AND SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS FOR THE LAGUNA MADRE...WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THURSDAY. ADDITIONAL SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED FOR THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... MARINERS SHOULD REPORT ANY OBSERVATIONS OF SLEET...SNOW...AND ICE ACCUMULATION THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING TO UNITED STATES COAST GUARD OR THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BROWNSVILLE. TOMASELLI
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 3, 7:57 AM CST | Freeze Watch | BRO | Cameron, Hidalgo, Starr, Willacy | 18 hr |
| Feb 3, 7:57 AM CST | Hard Freeze Watch | BRO | Brooks, Cameron, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Kenedy, Starr and 2 more | 18 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.