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Wind Advisory 7, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this wind advisory at Mar 1, 2012, 4:13 AM CST for Cameron County, Kenedy County, Willacy County, Texas. It took effect at Mar 1, 2012, 11:00 AM CST. It was in force for 17 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 1, 2012, 4:13 AM CST (10:13 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 1, 2012, 11:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Mar 1, 2012, 11:17 AM CST
- In force
- 17 min
- 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 10:12 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
Brownsville Intl, TX (KBRO), launched 00:00Z, 10.2 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
- 206 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -504 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1424 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 136 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 146 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
661 WWUS74 KBRO 011013 NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 413 AM CST THU MAR 1 2012 ...WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED LATER TODAY... .NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATE A SOUTHERLY LOW LEVEL JET OF UP TO 40 MPH BETWEEN 1000 TO 4000 FEET ABOVE THE SURFACE THIS MORNING. AFTERNOON HEATING SHOULD ALLOW FOR A PORTION OF THESE STRONGER WINDS TO MIX TO THE SURFACE THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. THE LOW LEVEL JET WEAKENS AND SHIFTS OFFSHORE LATER THIS AFTERNOON. TXZ251-254>257-011815- /O.NEW.KBRO.WI.Y.0007.120301T1700Z-120302T0000Z/ 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 413 AM CST THU MAR 1 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...SUSTAINED SOUTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH AND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN 11 AM AND 6 PM TODAY. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
758 WWUS74 KBRO 011717 NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 1117 AM CST THU MAR 1 2012 ...AFTERNOON WINDS A LITTLE LOWER THAN ON THURSDAY FOR THE LOWER VALLEY... .THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HIGH PRESSURE IN THE CENTRAL GULF AND LOW PRESSURE IN THE LEE OF THE SIERRA MADRE IS A BIT LESS THAN THIS TIME WEDNESDAY...LEADING TO BREEZY RATHER THAN WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE HIGHWAY 77 CORRIDOR FROM CAMERON COUNTY THROUGH THE KING RANCH. TXZ251-254>257-011830- /O.CAN.KBRO.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-120302T0000Z/ KENEDY-INLAND WILLACY-INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY- COASTAL CAMERON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SARITA...RAYMONDVILLE...BROWNSVILLE... HARLINGEN...PORT MANSFIELD...PORT ISABEL...SOUTH PADRE ISLAND... LAGUNA HEIGHTS...LAGUNA VISTA 1117 AM CST THU MAR 1 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. SURFACE WINDS AND WINDS UP TO 3000 FEET ABOVE THE SURFACE WILL REMAIN BELOW 30 MPH THROUGH THE AFTERNOON ACROSS THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY. SPEEDS WILL RANGE FROM 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 30 AND 35 MPH ALONG THE HIGHWAY 77 CORRIDOR THROUGH SUNSET. THOUGH RATHER BREEZY...THESE SPEEDS ARE MORE COMMON THAN THE STRONGER WINDS EXPERIENCED ON WEDNESDAY...AND WILL CAUSE LITTLE IMPACT ON DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES OR UNFASTENED LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS. $$ 52/BSG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 3:53 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | BRO | 14 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.