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Wind Advisory 15, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this wind advisory at Apr 15, 2012, 2:45 AM CDT for Cameron County, Kenedy County, Willacy County, Texas. It took effect at Apr 15, 2012, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 15, 2012, 2:45 AM CDT (07:45 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 15, 2012, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 15, 2012, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 9 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 07:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Brownsville Intl, TX (KBRO), launched 00:00Z, 7.8 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
- 2789 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -172 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 676 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
070 WWUS74 KBRO 150745 NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 245 AM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 ...STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS THIS MORNING NEAR THE COAST... .DEEP LOW PRESSURE OVER THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS WILL INTERACT WITH HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO TO MAINTAIN A TIGHT SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT ALONG THE COAST THROUGH THIS MORNING. AS PART OF THIS DYNAMIC...A STRONG LOW LEVEL JET OF UP TO 70 KNOTS AT 3000 FEET IS MIXING HIGHER WINDS DOWN TO THE SURFACE. POSTED A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS MORNING FOR THE COASTAL ZONES. WINDS WILL DECREASE THIS AFTERNOON AS A FRONT MOVES INTO SOUTH TEXAS... INTERRUPTING AND SLACKENING THE TIGHT GRADIENT. TXZ251-256-257-151700- /O.NEW.KBRO.WI.Y.0015.120415T1200Z-120415T1700Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SARITA...PORT MANSFIELD...PORT ISABEL... SOUTH PADRE ISLAND...LAGUNA HEIGHTS...LAGUNA VISTA 245 AM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO NOON CDT TODAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO NOON CDT TODAY. * TIMING...ROUGHLY DAWN TO NOON WITH GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH NEAR THE COAST. 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. HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES WILL BE DIFFICULT TO DRIVE...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES OR OVERPASSES AND IN CROSS WINDS. && $$
3 follow-up statements
681 WWUS74 KBRO 150903 NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 403 AM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 ...STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS THIS MORNING NEAR THE COAST... .DEEP LOW PRESSURE OVER THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS WILL INTERACT WITH HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO TO MAINTAIN A TIGHT SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT ALONG THE COAST THROUGH THIS MORNING. AS PART OF THIS DYNAMIC...A STRONG LOW LEVEL JET OF UP TO 70 KNOTS AT 3000 FEET IS MIXING HIGHER WINDS DOWN TO THE SURFACE. POSTED A WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS MORNING FOR THE COASTAL COUNTIES. WINDS WILL DECREASE THIS AFTERNOON AS A FRONT MOVES INTO SOUTH TEXAS...INTERRUPTING AND SLACKENING THE TIGHT GRADIENT. TXZ254-255-151700- /O.EXA.KBRO.WI.Y.0015.120415T1200Z-120415T1700Z/ INLAND WILLACY-INLAND CAMERON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RAYMONDVILLE...BROWNSVILLE...HARLINGEN 403 AM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT TODAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT TODAY. * TIMING...ROUGHLY DAWN TO NOON WITH GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 30 TO 39 MPH AND OR FREQUENT GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 40 AND 57 MPH. HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES WILL BE DIFFICULT TO DRIVE...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES OR OVERPASSES AND IN CROSS WINDS. && $$ TXZ251-256-257-151700- /O.CON.KBRO.WI.Y.0015.120415T1200Z-120415T1700Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SARITA...PORT MANSFIELD...PORT ISABEL... SOUTH PADRE ISLAND...LAGUNA HEIGHTS...LAGUNA VISTA 403 AM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT TODAY... * TIMING...ROUGHLY DAWN TO NOON WITH GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH NEAR THE COAST. 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. HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES WILL BE DIFFICULT TO DRIVE...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES OR OVERPASSES AND IN CROSS WINDS. && $$
226 WWUS74 KBRO 151702 NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 1202 PM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 ...STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS THIS MORNING NEAR THE COAST... .DEEP LOW PRESSURE OVER THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS WILL INTERACT WITH HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO TO MAINTAIN A TIGHT SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT ALONG THE COAST THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL DECREASE LATER THIS AFTERNOON AS A FRONT MOVES INTO DEEP SOUTH TEXAS WEAKENING THE PRESSURE GRADIENT. TXZ251-254>257-152100- /O.EXT.KBRO.WI.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-120415T2100Z/ KENEDY-INLAND WILLACY-INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY- COASTAL CAMERON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SARITA...RAYMONDVILLE...BROWNSVILLE... HARLINGEN...PORT MANSFIELD...PORT ISABEL...SOUTH PADRE ISLAND... LAGUNA HEIGHTS...LAGUNA VISTA 1202 PM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ALONG AND EAST OF THE HIGHWAY 77 CORRIDOR THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 30 TO 39 MPH AND OR FREQUENT GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 40 AND 57 MPH. HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES WILL BE DIFFICULT TO DRIVE...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES OR OVERPASSES AND IN CROSS WINDS. && $$
613 WWUS74 KBRO 151708 CCA NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 1206 PM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 ...STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS TO PERSIST THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... .DEEP LOW PRESSURE OVER THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS WILL INTERACT WITH HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO TO MAINTAIN A TIGHT SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT ALONG THE COAST THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL DECREASE LATER THIS AFTERNOON AS A FRONT MOVES INTO DEEP SOUTH TEXAS WEAKENING THE PRESSURE GRADIENT. TXZ251-254>257-152100- /O.EXT.KBRO.WI.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-120415T2100Z/ 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 1206 PM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ALONG AND EAST OF THE HIGHWAY 77 CORRIDOR THROUGH LATE 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. HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES WILL BE DIFFICULT TO DRIVE...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES OR OVERPASSES AND IN CROSS WINDS. && $$
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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.