Alert archive / Texas / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 13, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this wind advisory at Mar 20, 2012, 4:34 AM CDT for Cameron County, Kenedy County, Willacy County, Texas. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 20, 2012, 4:34 AM CDT (09:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 20, 2012, 9:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 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 09:36 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, 9.6 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
- 2458 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -177 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 800 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 3.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
081 WWUS74 KBRO 200934 NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 434 AM CDT TUE MAR 20 2012 ...STRONG WINDS SHOULD CONTINUE ALONG THE LOWER TEXAS COASTAL COUNTIES THIS MORNING... .A LARGE AND WELL DEVELOPED STORM SYSTEM OVER THE MIDDLE PART OF THE COUNTRY WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS OVER KENEDY...WILLACY...AND CAMERON COUNTIES THROUGH MID-MORNING. TXZ251-254>257-201400- /O.NEW.KBRO.WI.Y.0013.120320T0934Z-120320T1400Z/ 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 434 AM CDT TUE MAR 20 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING. * EVENT...GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID- MORNING...BEFORE WEAKENING TO BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA DURING THE AFTERNOON. * IMPACT...MOTORISTS OPERATING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY ALONG EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROADS AND HIGHWAYS WILL HAVE INCREASED DIFFICULTY DRIVING IN THE WINDY CONDITIONS DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. 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. STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE. && $$ BUTTS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 9:15 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | BRO | Cameron, Kenedy, Willacy | 7 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.