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Wind Advisory 14, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this wind advisory at Apr 14, 2012, 3:31 AM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It took effect at Apr 14, 2012, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 14, 2012, 3:31 AM CDT (08:31 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 14, 2012, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 14, 2012, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 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 08:29 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, 8.5 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
- 1704 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -160 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 904 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
853 WWUS74 KBRO 140831 NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 331 AM CDT SAT APR 14 2012 ...STRONG SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH WINDS TODAY... .A STORM SYSTEM IN THE PLAINS WILL INTERACT WITH HIGHER PRESSURE IN THE GULF OF MEXICO AND THE SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES TO PRODUCE A DAY OF STRONG SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH WINDS ACROSS DEEP SOUTH TEXAS AND THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY. TXZ251-253>257-141600- /O.NEW.KBRO.WI.Y.0014.120414T1500Z-120414T2100Z/ 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 331 AM CDT SAT APR 14 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL DEVELOP FROM MID MORNING TO MID AFTERNOON. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
461 WWUS74 KBRO 141542 NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 1042 AM CDT SAT APR 14 2012 ...STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS TODAY EXPECTED ALONG THE LOWER TEXAS COAST... .A STORM SYSTEM IN THE PLAINS WILL INTERACT WITH HIGHER PRESSURE IN THE GULF OF MEXICO AND THE SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES TO PRODUCE A DAY OF STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS ACROSS DEEP SOUTH TEXAS AND THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY. TXZ251-253>257-142100- /O.CON.KBRO.WI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-120414T2100Z/ KENEDY-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY-INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY- COASTAL CAMERON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SARITA...MCALLEN...EDINBURG...PHARR... MISSION...WESLACO...RAYMONDVILLE...BROWNSVILLE...HARLINGEN... PORT MANSFIELD...PORT ISABEL...SOUTH PADRE ISLAND... LAGUNA HEIGHTS...LAGUNA VISTA 1042 AM CDT SAT APR 14 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS BETWEEN 25 TO 35 MPH WILL DEVELOP FROM MID MORNING TO MID AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 30 TO 39 MPH AND OR FREQUENT GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 40 AND 57 MPH. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 9:11 PM CDT | Rip Current Statement | BRO | Kenedy | 67 hr |
| Apr 14, 2:58 AM CDT | High Surf Advisory | BRO | Kenedy | 61 hr |
| Apr 14, 3:37 PM CDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | BRO | Kenedy | 48 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.