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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this wind advisory at Feb 17, 2012, 4:21 AM CST for 8 counties in Texas. It took effect at Feb 18, 2012, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 17, 2012, 4:21 AM CST (10:21 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 18, 2012, 9:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 18, 2012, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
Counties Brooks County, TX, Cameron County, TX, Hidalgo County, TX, Jim Hogg County, TX, Kenedy County, TX, Starr County, TX, Willacy County, TX, Zapata County, TX
The radar
The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:22 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, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 120 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
- 23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -197 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 808 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
841 WWUS74 KBRO 171021 NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 421 AM CST FRI FEB 17 2012 ...STRONG WINDS TO AFFECT THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY ON SATURDAY... .A DISTURBANCE IN THE MIDDLE LAYERS OF THE ATMOSPHERE WILL MOVE FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE LONE STAR STATE ON SATURDAY. THIS DISTURBANCE WILL CAUSE A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND COLD FRONT TO DEVELOP ALONG THE LOWER TEXAS COAST AT THAT TIME. THIS SYSTEM AND FRONT WILL INTERACT INTENSELY WITH HIGH PRESSURE THAT WILL BUILD SOUTH THROUGH TEXAS...RESULTING IN VERY STRONG WINDS ACROSS DEEP SOUTH TEXAS AND THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY ON SATURDAY. TXZ248>257-171830- /O.NEW.KBRO.WI.Y.0003.120218T1500Z-120219T0000Z/ ZAPATA-JIM HOGG-BROOKS-KENEDY-STARR-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY- INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ZAPATA...HEBBRONVILLE...FALFURRIAS... SARITA...RIO GRANDE CITY...ROMA...MCALLEN...EDINBURG...PHARR... MISSION...WESLACO...RAYMONDVILLE...BROWNSVILLE...HARLINGEN... PORT MANSFIELD...PORT ISABEL...SOUTH PADRE ISLAND... LAGUNA HEIGHTS...LAGUNA VISTA 421 AM CST FRI FEB 17 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY FOR ALL OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS AND THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY. * EVENT...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...THE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP DURING THE LATE MORNING HOURS OF SATURDAY AND PERSIST THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. * IMPACT...MOTORISTS OPERATING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY ALONG EXPRESSWAY 83 BETWEEN ZAPATA AND BROWNSVILLE...HIGHWAY 281 BETWEEN PHARR AND FALFURRIAS...AND ALONG EXPRESSWAY 77 BETWEEN BROWNSVILLE AND SARITA...WILL HAVE INCREASED DIFFICULTY DRIVING IN THE WINDY CONDITIONS. LOOSE AND UNSECURED OBJECTS...SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN ORNAMENTS...WILL BE EASILY MOVED AROUND AND DAMAGED BY THE STRONG WINDS. INDIVIDUALS WORKING ABOVE GROUND LEVEL...SUCH AS ON LADDERS OR ROOFS...WILL EXPERIENCE DIFFICULTY MAINTAINING THEIR BALANCE. 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. && $$ TOMASELLI/CASTILLO
4 follow-up statements
679 WWUS74 KBRO 171818 NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 1218 PM CST FRI FEB 17 2012 ...STRONG POST FRONTAL NORTHWEST WINDS EXPECTED SATURDAY... .RAPID SURFACE CYCLOGENESIS WILL OCCUR INLAND TONIGHT AHEAD OF A MID LEVEL TROUGH...RESULTING IN A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE AREA AND COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS THE AREA AND OFFSHORE SATURDAY MORNING. SHOWERS AND STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT TONIGHT AND SATURDAY...WITH STRONG SUSTAINED POST FRONTAL NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH GUSTING TO 50 MPH BY LATE SATURDAY MORNING. TXZ248>257-180300- /O.CON.KBRO.WI.Y.0003.120218T1500Z-120219T0000Z/ ZAPATA-JIM HOGG-BROOKS-KENEDY-STARR-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY- INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ZAPATA...HEBBRONVILLE...FALFURRIAS... SARITA...RIO GRANDE CITY...ROMA...MCALLEN...EDINBURG...PHARR... MISSION...WESLACO...RAYMONDVILLE...BROWNSVILLE...HARLINGEN... PORT MANSFIELD...PORT ISABEL...SOUTH PADRE ISLAND... LAGUNA HEIGHTS...LAGUNA VISTA 1218 PM CST FRI FEB 17 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY... * EVENT...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATE SATURDAY MORNING AND WILL PERSIST THROUGH LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACT...MOTORISTS OPERATING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY ALONG EXPRESSWAY 83 BETWEEN ZAPATA AND BROWNSVILLE...HIGHWAY 281 BETWEEN PHARR AND FALFURRIAS...AND ALONG EXPRESSWAY 77 BETWEEN BROWNSVILLE AND SARITA...WILL HAVE INCREASED DIFFICULTY DRIVING IN THE WINDY CONDITIONS. LOOSE AND UNSECURED OBJECTS...SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN ORNAMENTS...WILL BE EASILY MOVED AROUND AND DAMAGED BY THE STRONG WINDS. INDIVIDUALS WORKING ABOVE GROUND LEVEL...SUCH AS ON LADDERS OR ROOFS...WILL EXPERIENCE DIFFICULTY MAINTAINING THEIR BALANCE. 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. && $$
595 WWUS74 KBRO 180244 NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 844 PM CST FRI FEB 17 2012 ...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS EXPECTED AFTER THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT ON SATURDAY... .RAPID SURFACE CYCLOGENESIS WILL OCCUR OVER DEEP SOUTH TEXAS TONIGHT AHEAD OF A MID LEVEL TROUGH...RESULTING IN A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE AREA AND COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS THE AREA AND OFFSHORE SATURDAY MORNING. SHOWERS AND STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT TONIGHT AND SATURDAY...WITH STRONG SUSTAINED POST FRONTAL NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH GUSTING TO 50 MPH BY LATE SATURDAY MORNING. TXZ248>257-181045- /O.CON.KBRO.WI.Y.0003.120218T1500Z-120219T0000Z/ ZAPATA-JIM HOGG-BROOKS-KENEDY-STARR-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY- INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ZAPATA...HEBBRONVILLE...FALFURRIAS... SARITA...RIO GRANDE CITY...ROMA...MCALLEN...EDINBURG...PHARR... MISSION...WESLACO...RAYMONDVILLE...BROWNSVILLE...HARLINGEN... PORT MANSFIELD...PORT ISABEL...SOUTH PADRE ISLAND... LAGUNA HEIGHTS...LAGUNA VISTA 844 PM CST FRI FEB 17 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY... * EVENT...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATE SATURDAY MORNING AND WILL PERSIST THROUGH LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACT...MOTORISTS OPERATING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES... ESPECIALLY ALONG EXPRESSWAY 83 BETWEEN ZAPATA AND BROWNSVILLE...HIGHWAY 281 BETWEEN PHARR AND FALFURRIAS...AND ALONG EXPRESSWAY 77 BETWEEN BROWNSVILLE AND SARITA...WILL HAVE INCREASED DIFFICULTY DRIVING IN THE WINDY CONDITIONS. LOOSE AND UNSECURED OBJECTS...SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN ORNAMENTS...WILL BE EASILY MOVED AROUND AND DAMAGED BY THE STRONG WINDS. INDIVIDUALS WORKING ABOVE GROUND LEVEL...SUCH AS ON LADDERS OR ROOFS...WILL EXPERIENCE DIFFICULTY MAINTAINING THEIR BALANCE. 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. && $$
395 WWUS74 KBRO 180908 NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 308 AM CST SAT FEB 18 2012 ...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS EXPECTED AFTER THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT TODAY... .RAPID SURFACE CYCLOGENESIS WILL OCCUR OVER THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY EARLY THIS MORNING AHEAD OF AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE...RESULTING IN A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE AREA AND COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS THE AREA AND OFFSHORE LATER THIS MORNING. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STRONG TO SEVERE...WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT THIS MORNING...WITH STRONG SUSTAINED POST FRONTAL NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH GUSTING TO NEAR 50 MPH BY LATE THIS MORNING INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. TXZ254>257-181015- /O.CAN.KBRO.WI.Y.0003.120218T1500Z-120219T0000Z/ INLAND WILLACY-INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RAYMONDVILLE...BROWNSVILLE... HARLINGEN...PORT MANSFIELD...PORT ISABEL...SOUTH PADRE ISLAND... LAGUNA HEIGHTS...LAGUNA VISTA 308 AM CST SAT FEB 18 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE COASTAL COUNTIES OF THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS BUT WILL REMAIN BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA. $$ TXZ248>253-181715- /O.CON.KBRO.WI.Y.0003.120218T1500Z-120219T0000Z/ ZAPATA-JIM HOGG-BROOKS-KENEDY-STARR-HIDALGO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ZAPATA...HEBBRONVILLE...FALFURRIAS... SARITA...RIO GRANDE CITY...ROMA...MCALLEN...EDINBURG...PHARR... MISSION...WESLACO 308 AM CST SAT FEB 18 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * EVENT...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH. * TIMING...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS MORNING AND WILL PERSIST THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACT...MOTORISTS OPERATING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY ALONG EXPRESSWAY 83 BETWEEN ZAPATA AND BROWNSVILLE...HIGHWAY 281 BETWEEN PHARR AND FALFURRIAS...AND ALONG EXPRESSWAY 77 BETWEEN BROWNSVILLE AND SARITA...WILL HAVE INCREASED DIFFICULTY DRIVING IN THE WINDY CONDITIONS. LOOSE AND UNSECURED OBJECTS...SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN ORNAMENTS...WILL BE EASILY MOVED AROUND AND DAMAGED BY THE STRONG WINDS. INDIVIDUALS WORKING ABOVE GROUND LEVEL...SUCH AS ON LADDERS OR ROOFS...WILL EXPERIENCE DIFFICULTY MAINTAINING THEIR BALANCE. 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. MOVE LIGHT AND MODERATE WEIGHT ITEMS...SUCH AS PATIO FURNITURE...EMPTY TRASH CANS...AND PORTABLE BASKETBALL POSTS...INDOORS. FASTEN LOOSE DOORS...WINDOWS...SHINGLES...AND SIDING. HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES WILL BE DIFFICULT TO DRIVE...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES OR OVERPASSES AND IN CROSS WINDS. && $$ CASTILLO
759 WWUS74 KBRO 182015 NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 215 PM CST SAT FEB 18 2012 ...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON... .STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS BUILDING IN BEHIND A COLD FRONT THAT MOVED THROUGH THE AREA THIS MORNING WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT MUCH OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS THROUGHOUT THIS AFTERNOON. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL START TO WEAKEN AFTER SUNSET THIS EVENING. TXZ248>253-190000- /O.CON.KBRO.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-120219T0000Z/ ZAPATA-JIM HOGG-BROOKS-KENEDY-STARR-HIDALGO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ZAPATA...HEBBRONVILLE...FALFURRIAS... SARITA...RIO GRANDE CITY...ROMA...MCALLEN...EDINBURG...PHARR... MISSION...WESLACO 215 PM CST SAT FEB 18 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * EVENT...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 TO 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY IN THE WAKE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT THAT MOVED THROUGH THE REGION EARLIER THIS MORNING. * TIMING...THESE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL THEN START TO WEAKEN LATER THIS EVENING. * IMPACT...MOTORISTS OPERATING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY ALONG EXPRESSWAY 83 BETWEEN ZAPATA AND BROWNSVILLE...HIGHWAY 281 BETWEEN PHARR AND FALFURRIAS...AND ALONG EXPRESSWAY 77 BETWEEN BROWNSVILLE AND SARITA...WILL HAVE INCREASED DIFFICULTY DRIVING IN THE WINDY CONDITIONS. LOOSE AND UNSECURED OBJECTS...SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN ORNAMENTS...WILL BE EASILY MOVED AROUND AND DAMAGED BY THE STRONG WINDS. INDIVIDUALS WORKING ABOVE GROUND LEVEL...SUCH AS ON LADDERS OR ROOFS...WILL EXPERIENCE DIFFICULTY MAINTAINING THEIR BALANCE. 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. MOVE LIGHT AND MODERATE WEIGHT ITEMS...SUCH AS PATIO FURNITURE... EMPTY TRASH CANS...AND PORTABLE BASKETBALL POSTS...INDOORS. FASTEN LOOSE DOORS...WINDOWS...SHINGLES...AND SIDING. HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES WILL BE DIFFICULT TO DRIVE...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES OR OVERPASSES AND IN CROSS WINDS. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 17, 12:34 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Cameron | 116 min |
| Feb 17, 1:27 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | BRO | 63 min | |
| Feb 17, 4:01 AM CST | Gale Watch | BRO | 23 hr | |
| Feb 17, 5:19 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | BRO | Brooks, Cameron, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Kenedy, Starr and 2 more | 5 hr |
| Feb 17, 6:21 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | BRO | 9 hr | |
| Feb 17, 9:22 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | BRO | 7 hr | |
| Feb 17, 9:22 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | BRO | 7 hr | |
| Feb 17, 9:22 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | BRO | 7 hr |
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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.