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Fire Weather Watch 3, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this fire weather watch at Mar 2, 2012, 4:13 AM CST for 8 counties in Texas. It took effect at Mar 3, 2012, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 2, 2012, 4:13 AM CST (10:13 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 3, 2012, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Mar 3, 2012, 4:37 AM CST
- In force
- 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 10:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this fire weather watch 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 fire weather watch went out at Mar 2, 4:07 AM CST, 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 2, 4:07 AM CST, 6 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 1, 6:20 PM CST, 9 hours 53 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 620 PM CST THU MAR 1 2012 TXZ251-254>257-021200- KENEDY-INLAND WILLACY-INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY- COASTAL CAMERON- 620 PM CST THU MAR 1 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE BEACHES OF SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND AT BOCA CHICA BEACH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. A MODERATE TO HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IS POSSIBLE AT THE LOCAL BEACHES THROUGH THE PERIOD. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. GMZ130-132-135-150-155-170-175-021200- 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- 620 PM CST THU MAR 1 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO AND THE LAGUNA MADRE. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. AREAS OF FOG...POSSIBLY DENSE...WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES FOR MARINERS ON THE LAGUNA MADRE AND GULF OF MEXICO WATERS EAST OF PADRE ISLAND. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES ARE POSSIBLE FOR ALL OR PORTIONS OF THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS AND THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. TXZ248>250-252-253-021200- ZAPATA-JIM HOGG-BROOKS-STARR-HIDALGO- 620 PM CST THU MAR 1 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. TOMASELLI/STRAUB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 4:01 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | BRO | 48 hr | |
| Mar 2, 4:01 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | BRO | 38 hr | |
| Mar 2, 5:22 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | BRO | 10 hr |
Nearby
Fire Weather Watches in Texas, 2012Every fire weather watch in 2012
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.