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Wind Advisory 19, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this wind advisory at Dec 10, 2012, 6:22 AM CST for Kenedy County, Texas. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 10, 2012, 6:22 AM CST (12:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 10, 2012, 1:41 PM CST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
County Kenedy County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:23 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
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 94 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 620 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 191 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 282 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
052 WWUS74 KBRO 101222 NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 622 AM CST MON DEC 10 2012 ...STRONG NORTH WINDS EXPECTED BEHIND A FAST MOVING COLD FRONT... .A STRONG COLD FRONT IS PUSHING THROUGH DEEP SOUTH TEXAS THIS MORNING. THIS FRONT WILL BRING A PERIOD OF STRONG NORTH WINDS THROUGH THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE. TXZ251-256-257-102100- /O.NEW.KBRO.WI.Y.0019.121210T1222Z-121210T2100Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SARITA...PORT MANSFIELD...PORT ISABEL... SOUTH PADRE ISLAND...LAGUNA HEIGHTS...LAGUNA VISTA 622 AM CST MON DEC 10 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE ALONG THE COAST OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH...AND GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY 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. && $$ JGG
1 follow-up statement
372 WWUS74 KBRO 101941 NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 141 PM CST MON DEC 10 2012 ...STRONG WINDS SUBSIDING BEHIND THE COLD FRONT BUT FREEZING TEMPERATURES TO FOLLOW... .A STRONG COLD FRONT HAS PUSHED THROUGH PORTIONS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS THIS MORNING. MUCH COOLER AND DRIER AIR HAS MOVED IN BEHIND THE FRONT. SKIES ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME CLEAR TO MOSTLY CLEAR LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AS NORTH WINDS BECOME LIGHT. THIS WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO FALL TO NEAR AND JUST BELOW FREEZING TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY IN OUTLYING AREAS AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 77. TXZ251-110600- /O.CAN.KBRO.WI.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-121210T2100Z/ /O.NEW.KBRO.FZ.W.0003.121211T0700Z-121211T1400Z/ KENEDY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SARITA 141 PM CST MON DEC 10 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM CST TUESDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM CST TUESDAY. THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TEMPERATURE...TEMPERATURES WILL FALL TO AROUND 31 DEGREES AND REMAIN AT OR BELOW FREEZING FOR 2 TO 3 HOURS THIS MORNING...MAINLY ALONG HIGHWAY 77 AND WEST. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE PLANTS AND VEGETATION WILL BE AT RISK OF EXPOSURE TO FREEZING TEMPERATURES. OUTDOOR ANIMALS MAY REQUIRE WARMER SHELTER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO BETWEEN 28 AND 32 DEGREES FOR 2 OR MORE HOURS OVER A WIDESPREAD AREA. RESIDENTS SHOULD COVER OR MOVE INDOORS ANY COLD SENSITIVE PLANTS...AND BRING PETS INDOORS THIS EVENING. && $$ TXZ256-257-102045- /O.CAN.KBRO.WI.Y.0019.000000T0000Z-121210T2100Z/ COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PORT MANSFIELD...PORT ISABEL... SOUTH PADRE ISLAND...LAGUNA HEIGHTS...LAGUNA VISTA 141 PM CST MON DEC 10 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. STRONG WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT HAVE SUBSIDED BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS. GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE HOWEVER THROUGH THE REST OF THE DAY. $$ TXZ249-250-110600- /O.NEW.KBRO.FZ.W.0003.121211T0700Z-121211T1400Z/ JIM HOGG-BROOKS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HEBBRONVILLE...FALFURRIAS 141 PM CST MON DEC 10 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM CST TUESDAY. * TEMPERATURE...TEMPERATURES WILL FALL TO AROUND 31 DEGREES AND REMAIN AT OR BELOW FREEZING FOR 2 TO 3 HOURS THIS MORNING...ESPECIALLY IN OUTLYING AREAS. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE PLANTS AND VEGETATION WILL BE AT RISK OF EXPOSURE TO FREEZING TEMPERATURES. OUTDOOR ANIMALS MAY REQUIRE WARMER SHELTER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO BETWEEN 28 AND 32 DEGREES FOR 2 OR MORE HOURS OVER A WIDESPREAD AREA. RESIDENTS SHOULD COVER OR MOVE INDOORS ANY COLD SENSITIVE PLANTS...AND BRING PETS INDOORS THIS EVENING. && $$ JGG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 10, 6:20 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | BRO | 12 hr | |
| Dec 10, 7:20 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | BRO | 55 min | |
| Dec 10, 7:33 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | BRO | 57 min | |
| Dec 10, 8:04 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | BRO | 56 min | |
| Dec 10, 8:20 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | BRO | 40 min | |
| Dec 10, 1:41 PM CST | Freeze Warning | BRO | Brooks, Jim Hogg, Kenedy | 15 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.