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Wind Advisory 20, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this wind advisory at Dec 19, 2012, 4:09 AM CST for 5 counties in Texas. It took effect at Dec 19, 2012, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 19, 2012, 4:09 AM CST (10:09 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 19, 2012, 9:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Dec 19, 2012, 5:00 PM CST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
Counties Brooks County, TX, Cameron County, TX, Hidalgo County, TX, Kenedy County, TX, Willacy County, TX
The radar
The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:07 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, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 88 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
- 541 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -266 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 684 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
189 WWUS74 KBRO 191009 NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 409 AM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...WINDY CONDITIONS TODAY FOR DEEP SOUTH TEXAS.... .WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING TO 30 MPH FOR AREAS GENERALLY EAST OF US 281. GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 40 MPH AT TIMES LATER THIS AFTERNOON. TXZ250-251-253>257-191800- /O.NEW.KBRO.WI.Y.0020.121219T1500Z-121219T2300Z/ BROOKS-KENEDY-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY-INLAND CAMERON- COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FALFURRIAS...SARITA...MCALLEN... EDINBURG...PHARR...MISSION...WESLACO...RAYMONDVILLE... BROWNSVILLE...HARLINGEN...PORT MANSFIELD...PORT ISABEL... SOUTH PADRE ISLAND...LAGUNA HEIGHTS...LAGUNA VISTA 409 AM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE STARTING AROUND 9AM AND CONTINUE THROUGH 6PM T5HIS EVENING. 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
726 WWUS74 KBRO 191330 CCA NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 723 AM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...WINDY TODAY FOR PORTIONS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS AND THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY.... .SOUTH SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH FOR MOST AREAS EAST OF U.S. HIGHWAY 281. GUSTS MAY REACH 40 MPH. TXZ250-251-253>257-192130- /O.COR.KBRO.WI.Y.0020.121219T1500Z-121219T2300Z/ BROOKS-KENEDY-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY-INLAND CAMERON- COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FALFURRIAS...SARITA...MCALLEN... EDINBURG...PHARR...MISSION...WESLACO...RAYMONDVILLE... BROWNSVILLE...HARLINGEN...PORT MANSFIELD...PORT ISABEL... SOUTH PADRE ISLAND...LAGUNA HEIGHTS...LAGUNA VISTA 723 AM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...STRONG SUSTAINED SOUTH SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL DEVELOP AROUND 9 AM THIS MORNING AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH AROUND 6 PM THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 30 TO 39 MPH AND OR FREQUENT GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 40 AND 57 MPH. HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES WILL BE DIFFICULT TO DRIVE...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES OR OVERPASSES AND IN CROSS WINDS. && $$
040 WWUS74 KBRO 191855 AAB NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 1255 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...CONTINUED WINDY THIS AFTERNOON FOR EASTERN SECTIONS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS AND THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY... .SOUTH WINDS BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE FOR COASTAL AREAS...MAINLY EAST OF U.S. HIGHWAY 77. GUSTS MAY REACH 40 MPH. TXZ250-253-192000- /O.CAN.KBRO.WI.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-121219T2300Z/ BROOKS-HIDALGO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FALFURRIAS...MCALLEN...EDINBURG... PHARR...MISSION...WESLACO 1255 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS ARE GENERALLY BELOW CRITERIA FOR THESE COUNTIES. SOUTH WINDS WILL REMAIN BREEZY TO WINDY AND GUSTY FOR A FEW MORE HOURS THIS AFTERNOON...HOWEVER. $$ TXZ251-254>257-192300- /O.CON.KBRO.WI.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-121219T2300Z/ KENEDY-INLAND WILLACY-INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY- COASTAL CAMERON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SARITA...RAYMONDVILLE...BROWNSVILLE... HARLINGEN...PORT MANSFIELD...PORT ISABEL...SOUTH PADRE ISLAND... LAGUNA HEIGHTS...LAGUNA VISTA 1255 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH AROUND 5 PM THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 30 TO 39 MPH AND OR FREQUENT GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 40 AND 57 MPH. HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES WILL BE DIFFICULT TO DRIVE...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES OR OVERPASSES AND IN CROSS WINDS. && $$
492 WWUS74 KBRO 192306 NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 506 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...THE WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... .THE GUSTY SOUTH WINDS OVER THE COASTAL COUNTIES OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS HAVE DECREASED THIS EVENING. THE WIND ADVISORY FOR KENEDY...WILLACY...AND CAMERON COUNTIES HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. TXZ251-254>257-200015- /O.EXP.KBRO.WI.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-121219T2300Z/ 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 506 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... GUSTY SOUTH WINDS WILL SLOWLY DECREASE THROUGH THIS EVENING. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 19, 4:06 AM CST | Gale Warning | BRO | 38 hr | |
| Dec 19, 4:15 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | BRO | Brooks, Cameron, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Kenedy, Starr and 2 more | 8 hr |
| Dec 19, 9:14 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | BRO | 9 hr | |
| Dec 19, 12:27 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | BRO | Brooks, Cameron, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Kenedy, Starr and 2 more | 30 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.