Alert archive / Texas / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 17, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this wind advisory at May 24, 2012, 4:00 AM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It took effect at May 24, 2012, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 24, 2012, 4:00 AM CDT (09:00 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 24, 2012, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- May 24, 2012, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 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 09:02 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, 9.0 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
- 1406 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -417 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1177 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 92 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 260 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
888 WWUS74 KBRO 240900 NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 400 AM CDT THU MAY 24 2012 ...STRONG WINDS FOR THE COASTAL COUNTIES TODAY... .LOW PRESSURE DEEPENING IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE WILL INTERACT WITH RIDGING ACROSS THE GULF TO PRODUCE STRONG SOUTHEASTERLY FLOW ACROSS THE COASTAL REGIONS TODAY. THIS WILL BE ENHANCED BY A STRONG LOW LEVEL JET STREAM MIXING DOWN TO THE SURFACE AFTER SUNRISE. WINDS WILL DECREASE GENERALLY AFTER SUNSET TONIGHT. TXZ251-253>257-241700- /O.NEW.KBRO.WI.Y.0017.120524T1500Z-120525T0200Z/ 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 400 AM CDT THU MAY 24 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE AFTER SUNRISE AND CONTINUE UNTIL SUNSET TONIGHT. WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS ABOVE 40MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
724 WWUS74 KBRO 241614 NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 1114 AM CDT THU MAY 24 2012 ...STRONG WINDS FOR THE COASTAL COUNTIES TODAY... .LOW PRESSURE DEEPENING IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE WILL INTERACT WITH RIDGING ACROSS THE GULF TO PRODUCE STRONG SOUTHEASTERLY FLOW ACROSS THE COASTAL REGIONS TODAY. THIS WILL BE ENHANCED BY A STRONG LOW LEVEL JET STREAM MIXING DOWN TO THE SURFACE AFTER SUNRISE. WINDS WILL DECREASE GENERALLY AFTER SUNSET TONIGHT. TXZ251-253>257-250200- /O.NEW.KBRO.WI.Y.0017.120524T1614Z-120525T0200Z/ KENEDY-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY-INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY- COASTAL CAMERON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SARITA...MCALLEN...EDINBURG...PHARR... MISSION...WESLACO...RAYMONDVILLE...BROWNSVILLE...HARLINGEN... PORT MANSFIELD...PORT ISABEL...SOUTH PADRE ISLAND... LAGUNA HEIGHTS...LAGUNA VISTA 1114 AM CDT THU MAY 24 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL UNTIL SUNSET TONIGHT. * WINDS...WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS ABOVE 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. * IMPACTS...WINDS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORISTS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. RESIDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SECURE ALL LIGHT-WEIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS PATIO FURNITURE AND TRASH AND RECYCLING CANS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 30 TO 39 MPH AND OR FREQUENT GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 40 AND 57 MPH. && $$
106 WWUS74 KBRO 242102 NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 402 PM CDT THU MAY 24 2012 ...STRONG WINDS FOR THE COASTAL COUNTIES THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING... .LOW PRESSURE DEEPENING IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE INTERACTING WITH RIDGING ACROSS THE GULF WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE STRONG SOUTHEASTERLY FLOW ACROSS THE COASTAL REGIONS THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL DECREASE GENERALLY AFTER SUNSET TONIGHT. TXZ251-253>257-242300- /O.EXT.KBRO.WI.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-120524T2300Z/ 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 402 PM CDT THU MAY 24 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL UNTIL SUNSET TONIGHT. * WINDS...WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS ABOVE 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. * IMPACTS...WINDS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY FOR MOTORISTS WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. RESIDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SECURE ALL LIGHT-WEIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS PATIO FURNITURE AND TRASH AND RECYCLING CANS. 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. && $$
400 WWUS74 KBRO 242304 NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 604 PM CDT THU MAY 24 2012 ...THE WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... .THE GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS OVER THE COASTAL COUNTIES OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS HAVE DECREASED THIS EVENING. THE WIND ADVISORY FOR KENEDY...WILLACY...HIDALGO AND CAMERON COUNTIES HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. TXZ251-253>257-250015- /O.EXP.KBRO.WI.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-120524T2300Z/ KENEDY-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY-INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY- COASTAL CAMERON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SARITA...MCALLEN...EDINBURG...PHARR... MISSION...WESLACO...RAYMONDVILLE...BROWNSVILLE...HARLINGEN... PORT MANSFIELD...PORT ISABEL...SOUTH PADRE ISLAND... LAGUNA HEIGHTS...LAGUNA VISTA 604 PM CDT THU MAY 24 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL SLOWLY DECREASE THROUGH THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. $$
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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.