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Wind Advisory 1, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this wind advisory at Jan 20, 2012, 4:10 AM CST for Cameron County, Kenedy County, Willacy County, Texas. It took effect at Jan 20, 2012, 11:00 AM CST. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 20, 2012, 4:10 AM CST (10:10 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 20, 2012, 11:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 20, 2012, 4:00 PM CST
- In force
- 5 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 10:12 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 00:00Z, 10.2 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
- 7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -298 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 665 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 160 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
048 WWUS74 KBRO 201010 NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 410 AM CST FRI JAN 20 2012 ...STRONG WINDS TO AFFECT PORTIONS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS TODAY... .HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL INTERACT WITH A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING OVER THE TEXAS PANHANDLE TODAY...PRODUCING STRONG WINDS WITH FREQUENT HIGHER GUSTS OVER THE EASTERN PORTION OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS AND THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY. TXZ251-254>257-201800- /O.NEW.KBRO.WI.Y.0001.120120T1700Z-120120T2200Z/ 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 410 AM CST FRI JAN 20 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR CAMERON...WILLACY...AND KENEDY COUNTY. * EVENT...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS BETWEEN 25 AND 30 MPH WILL OCCUR. FREQUENT HIGHER GUSTS ARE LIKELY. * TIMING...THE STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP DURING THE MID- MORNING HOURS OF TODAY AND PERSIST THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS OF TODAY. * IMPACT...MOTORISTS OPERATING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY ALONG EXPRESSWAY 77 BETWEEN BROWNSVILLE AND SARITA...WILL HAVE INCREASED DIFFICULTY DRIVING IN THE WINDY CONDITIONS. LOOSE AND UNSECURED OBJECTS...SUCH AS TRASH CANS...LAWN ORNAMENTS...AND PORTABLE BASKETBALL GOALS...WILL BE EASILY MOVED AROUND AND POSSIBLY DAMAGED BY THE STRONG WINDS. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
348 WWUS74 KBRO 201840 AAA NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 1240 PM CST FRI JAN 20 2012 ...STRONG WINDS TO AFFECT PORTIONS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS TODAY... .HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL INTERACT WITH A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING OVER THE TEXAS PANHANDLE TODAY...PRODUCING STRONG WINDS WITH FREQUENT HIGHER GUSTS OVER THE EASTERN PORTION OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS AND THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY. TXZ251-254>257-202200- /O.CON.KBRO.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120120T2200Z/ KENEDY-INLAND WILLACY-INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY- COASTAL CAMERON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SARITA...RAYMONDVILLE...BROWNSVILLE... HARLINGEN...PORT MANSFIELD...PORT ISABEL...SOUTH PADRE ISLAND... LAGUNA HEIGHTS...LAGUNA VISTA 1240 PM CST FRI JAN 20 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... * EVENT...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS BETWEEN 25 AND 30 MPH WILL OCCUR. * TIMING...THE STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS OF TODAY. * IMPACT...MOTORISTS OPERATING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES... ESPECIALLY ALONG EXPRESSWAY 77 BETWEEN BROWNSVILLE AND SARITA...WILL HAVE INCREASED DIFFICULTY DRIVING IN THE WINDY CONDITIONS. LOOSE AND UNSECURED OBJECTS...SUCH AS TRASH CANS... LAWN ORNAMENTS...AND PORTABLE BASKETBALL HOOPS WILL BE EASILY MOVED AROUND AND POSSIBLY DAMAGED BY THE STRONG WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 30 TO 39 MPH AND OR FREQUENT GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 40 AND 57 MPH. && $$
691 WWUS74 KBRO 202205 NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 405 PM CST FRI JAN 20 2012 ...WINDS SLOWLY DIMINISHING... .WINDS HAVE PEAKED AND WILL CONTINUE TO LOWER SLOWLY THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING. ALTHOUGH IT WILL REMAIN WINDY FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO EXCEED 30 MPH. TXZ251-254>257-202315- /O.EXP.KBRO.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120120T2200Z/ 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 405 PM CST FRI JAN 20 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH THROUGH SUNSET ARE EXPECTED AND WILL THEN LOWER TO 15 TO 20 MPH BY 9 PM. GUSTY CONDITIONS ARE ALSO ANTICIPATED THROUGH SUNSET. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 20, 3:55 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | BRO | 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.