Alert archive / Texas / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 11, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this wind advisory at Mar 8, 2012, 4:15 AM CST for 4 counties in Texas. It took effect at Mar 8, 2012, 10:00 AM CST. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 8, 2012, 4:15 AM CST (10:15 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 8, 2012, 10:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Mar 8, 2012, 5:00 PM CST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
Counties Cameron County, TX, Hidalgo County, TX, Kenedy County, TX, Willacy County, TX
The radar
The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:16 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Brownsville Intl, TX (KBRO), launched 00:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 73 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
- 440 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -446 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 919 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 240 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
705 WWUS74 KBRO 081015 NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 415 AM CST THU MAR 8 2012 ...STRONG WINDS TO AFFECT RIO GRANDE VALLEY YET AGAIN TODAY... .BROAD SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL ONCE AGAIN INTERACT INTENSELY WITH LOW PRESSURE OVER NORTHERN MEXICO AND INLAND TEXAS. THIS PATTERN WILL PRODUCE WINDY CONDITIONS FOR MOST OF THE CENTRAL PORTION AND ALL OF THE EASTERN PORTION OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS AND THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY TODAY. TXZ251-253>257-081815- /O.NEW.KBRO.WI.Y.0011.120308T1600Z-120308T2300Z/ KENEDY-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY-INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY- COASTAL CAMERON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SARITA...MCALLEN...EDINBURG...PHARR... MISSION...WESLACO...RAYMONDVILLE...BROWNSVILLE...HARLINGEN... PORT MANSFIELD...PORT ISABEL...SOUTH PADRE ISLAND... LAGUNA HEIGHTS...LAGUNA VISTA 415 AM CST THU MAR 8 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR HIDALGO...CAMERON...WILLACY...AND KENEDY COUNTY. * EVENT...SOUTH WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...THE STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP DURING THE MID- MORNING HOURS OF TODAY AND PERSIST THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * IMPACT...MOTORISTS OPERATING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY ALONG EXPRESSWAY 83 BETWEEN MCALLEN AND BROWNSVILLE...HIGHWAY 281 BETWEEN PHARR AND FALFURRIAS...AND ALONG EXPRESSWAY 77 BETWEEN BROWNSVILLE AND SARITA...WILL HAVE INCREASED DIFFICULTY DRIVING IN THE WINDY CONDITIONS. LOOSE AND UNSECURED OBJECTS...SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN ORNAMENTS...WILL BE EASILY MOVED AROUND AND DAMAGED BY THE STRONG WINDS. INDIVIDUALS WORKING ABOVE GROUND LEVEL...SUCH AS ON LADDERS OR ROOFS...WILL EXPERIENCE DIFFICULTY MAINTAINING THEIR BALANCE. 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. && $$ TOMASELLI/TORRES
2 follow-up statements
276 WWUS74 KBRO 081841 NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 1241 PM CST THU MAR 8 2012 ...STRONG WINDS CONTINUING ACROSS THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON... .BROAD SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL ONCE AGAIN INTERACT WITH LOW PRESSURE OVER NORTHERN MEXICO AND INLAND TEXAS. THIS PATTERN WILL PRODUCE WINDY CONDITIONS FOR MOST OF THE CENTRAL PORTION AND ALL OF THE EASTERN PORTION OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS AND THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON. TXZ251-253>257-082300- /O.CON.KBRO.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-120308T2300Z/ KENEDY-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY-INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY- COASTAL CAMERON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SARITA...MCALLEN...EDINBURG...PHARR... MISSION...WESLACO...RAYMONDVILLE...BROWNSVILLE...HARLINGEN... PORT MANSFIELD...PORT ISABEL...SOUTH PADRE ISLAND... LAGUNA HEIGHTS...LAGUNA VISTA 1241 PM CST THU MAR 8 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... * EVENT...PERIODIC SOUTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS 40 TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...CONTINUING THROUGH 5 PM. * IMPACT...MOTORISTS OPERATING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES... ESPECIALLY ALONG EXPRESSWAY 83 BETWEEN MCALLEN AND BROWNSVILLE...HIGHWAY 281 BETWEEN PHARR AND FALFURRIAS...AND ALONG EXPRESSWAY 77 BETWEEN BROWNSVILLE AND SARITA...WILL HAVE INCREASED DIFFICULTY DRIVING IN THE WINDY CONDITIONS. LOOSE AND UNSECURED OBJECTS...SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN ORNAMENTS...WILL BE EASILY MOVED AROUND AND DAMAGED BY THE STRONG WINDS. INDIVIDUALS WORKING ABOVE GROUND LEVEL...SUCH AS ON LADDERS OR ROOFS...WILL EXPERIENCE DIFFICULTY MAINTAINING THEIR BALANCE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 30 TO 39 MPH AND OR FREQUENT GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 40 AND 57 MPH. && $$ JGT/BSG
950 WWUS74 KBRO 082304 NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 504 PM CST THU MAR 8 2012 ...WINDS DIMINISHING... .AS THE SUN SETS AND HEATING FADES...THE EXTRA WINDS FROM MIXING ARE ALSO DECREASING. STRONG SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH WINDS HAVE BEGUN TO LOWER ACROSS THE ADVISED AREA...THOUGH WINDS AT LOCAL SPOTS MAY REMAIN CLOSE TO ADVISORY STRENGTH FOR ANOTHER HOUR OR TWO. BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE FOR A FEW MORE HOURS THIS EVENING BEFORE DECREASING AFTER MIDNIGHT AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES. TXZ251-253>257-090015- /O.EXP.KBRO.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-120308T2300Z/ KENEDY-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY-INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY- COASTAL CAMERON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SARITA...MCALLEN...EDINBURG...PHARR... MISSION...WESLACO...RAYMONDVILLE...BROWNSVILLE...HARLINGEN... PORT MANSFIELD...PORT ISABEL...SOUTH PADRE ISLAND... LAGUNA HEIGHTS...LAGUNA VISTA 504 PM CST THU MAR 8 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... STRONG SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH WINDS HAVE BEGUN TO DECREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 4:24 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | BRO | 15 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.