Alert archive / Texas / Freeze Warnings in 2012
Freeze Warning 2, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this freeze warning at Jan 12, 2012, 12:53 PM CST for 7 counties in Texas. It took effect at Jan 13, 2012, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 9 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 12, 2012, 12:53 PM CST (18:53 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 13, 2012, 12:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 13, 2012, 9:00 AM CST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
Counties Brooks 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), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:01 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 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 134 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
- 552 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
480 WWUS74 KBRO 121853 NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 1253 PM CST THU JAN 12 2012 ...FREEZE EXPECTED OVER PORTIONS OF THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND DEEP SOUTH TEXAS TONIGHT... .A STRONG COLD FRONT HAS BROUGHT IN COLDER AND MUCH DRIER AIR TO THE REGION. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE TONIGHT UNDER PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES WHICH SHOULD ALLOW MANY LOCATIONS TO DIP BELOW FREEZING FOR A NUMBER OF HOURS TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. TXZ248>254-130600- /O.NEW.KBRO.FZ.W.0002.120113T0600Z-120113T1500Z/ ZAPATA-JIM HOGG-BROOKS-KENEDY-STARR-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ZAPATA...HEBBRONVILLE...FALFURRIAS... SARITA...RIO GRANDE CITY...ROMA...MCALLEN...EDINBURG...PHARR... MISSION...WESLACO...RAYMONDVILLE 1253 PM CST THU JAN 12 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST FRIDAY. * TIMING...LOWS IN THE UPPER 20S TO NEAR 30 ARE EXPECTED IN PORTIONS OF BROOKS...JIM HOGG...KENNEDY...ZAPATA AND STARR COUNTIES. SPOTS THAT ARE TYPICALLY COLDER MAY DROP INTO THE MID 20S. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW FREEZING FOR FOUR TO SIX HOURS. FURTHER SOUTH...IN INLAND WILLACY AND HIDALGO COUNTIES LOWS IN THE UPPER 20S TO NEAR FREEZING ARE FORECAST. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FREEZING FOR TWO TO THREE HOURS IN THE MCALLEN...MISSION...AND RAYMONDVILLE AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO BETWEEN 28 AND 32 DEGREES FOR 2 OR MORE HOURS OVER A WIDESPREAD AREA. RESIDENTS SHOULD COVER OR MOVE INDOORS ANY COLD SENSITIVE PLANTS...AND BRING PETS INDOORS THIS EVENING. && $$ GIBBS
2 follow-up statements
856 WWUS74 KBRO 130316 AAA NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 916 PM CST THU JAN 12 2012 ...FREEZE EXPECTED OVER PORTIONS OF THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND DEEP SOUTH TEXAS TONIGHT... .A STRONG COLD FRONT HAS BROUGHT IN COLDER AND MUCH DRIER AIR TO THE REGION. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE TONIGHT UNDER PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES WHICH SHOULD ALLOW MANY LOCATIONS TO DIP BELOW FREEZING FOR A NUMBER OF HOURS TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. TXZ248>254-131200- /O.CON.KBRO.FZ.W.0002.120113T0600Z-120113T1500Z/ ZAPATA-JIM HOGG-BROOKS-KENEDY-STARR-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ZAPATA...HEBBRONVILLE...FALFURRIAS... SARITA...RIO GRANDE CITY...ROMA...MCALLEN...EDINBURG...PHARR... MISSION...WESLACO...RAYMONDVILLE 916 PM CST THU JAN 12 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST FRIDAY... * TIMING...LOWS AROUND 30 ARE EXPECTED IN PORTIONS OF BROOKS...JIM HOGG...KENNEDY...ZAPATA AND STARR COUNTIES. SPOTS THAT ARE TYPICALLY COLDER MAY BRIEFLY DROP INTO THE UPPER 20S RIGHT AROUND DAWN. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW FREEZING FOR TWO TO FOUR HOURS. FURTHER SOUTH...IN INLAND WILLACY AND HIDALGO COUNTIES LOWS OF 30 TO 32 ARE FORECAST. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FREEZING FOR TWO TO THREE HOURS IN THE EDINBURG...MISSION...AND RAYMONDVILLE AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO BETWEEN 28 AND 32 DEGREES FOR 2 OR MORE HOURS OVER A WIDESPREAD AREA. RESIDENTS SHOULD COVER OR MOVE INDOORS ANY COLD SENSITIVE PLANTS...AND BRING PETS INDOORS THIS EVENING. && $$
612 WWUS74 KBRO 131514 NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 914 AM CST FRI JAN 13 2012 ...TEMPERATURES ARE ABOVE FREEZING ACROSS THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY... .TEMPERATURES ARE STARTING TO RISE THIS MORNING AND WILL CONTINUE TO WARM UP DURING THE DAY. TXZ248>254-131615- /O.EXP.KBRO.FZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120113T1500Z/ ZAPATA-JIM HOGG-BROOKS-KENEDY-STARR-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ZAPATA...HEBBRONVILLE...FALFURRIAS... SARITA...RIO GRANDE CITY...ROMA...MCALLEN...EDINBURG...PHARR... MISSION...WESLACO...RAYMONDVILLE 914 AM CST FRI JAN 13 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING HAS EXPIRED... TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN ABOVE FREEZING THE REST OF THE DAY. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 11, 9:11 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | BRO | 31 hr | |
| Jan 12, 2:16 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | BRO | Brooks, Cameron, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Kenedy, Starr and 1 more | 14 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.