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Wind Advisory 8, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this wind advisory at Mar 3, 2012, 4:48 AM CST for 8 counties in Texas. It took effect at Mar 3, 2012, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 3, 2012, 4:48 AM CST (10:48 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 3, 2012, 9:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Mar 3, 2012, 8:55 AM CST
- In force
- 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 10:50 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, 10.8 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
- 2005 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -265 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 806 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -48 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
433 WWUS74 KBRO 031048 NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 448 AM CST SAT MAR 3 2012 ...STRONG NORTH WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS DEEP SOUTH TEXAS TODAY... .THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT ACROSS DEEP SOUTH TEXAS EARLY THIS MORNING WILL ALLOW STRONG NORTH WINDS TO SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. THESE STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON HOURS EVENTUALLY DIMINISHING AFTER SUNSET. TXZ248>257-031900- /O.NEW.KBRO.WI.Y.0008.120303T1500Z-120304T0000Z/ 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 448 AM CST SAT MAR 3 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 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 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG NORTH WINDS DEVELOPING IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE AREA THIS MORNING WILL RANGE FROM 25 TO 35 MPH BY THE MID TO LATE MORNING HOURS. THESE NORTH WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON HOURS EVENTUALLY DECREASING AFTER SUNSET 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. && $$ SPEECE
1 follow-up statement
110 WWUS74 KBRO 031455 NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 855 AM CST SAT MAR 3 2012 ...NORTH WINDS BEHIND FRONT LOWER THAN ANTICIPATED ACROSS THE LOWER VALLEY... .COLD FRONT MOVED THROUGH THE VALLEY EARLY THIS MORNING AND NORTH WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT ARE A BIT LESS THAN ANTICIPATED LEADING TO BREEZY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY. TXZ248>257-031600- /O.CAN.KBRO.WI.Y.0008.120303T1500Z-120304T0000Z/ ZAPATA-JIM HOGG-BROOKS-KENEDY-STARR-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY- INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ZAPATA...HEBBRONVILLE...FALFURRIAS... SARITA...RIO GRANDE CITY...ROMA...MCALLEN...EDINBURG...PHARR... MISSION...WESLACO...RAYMONDVILLE...BROWNSVILLE...HARLINGEN... PORT MANSFIELD...PORT ISABEL...SOUTH PADRE ISLAND... LAGUNA HEIGHTS...LAGUNA VISTA 855 AM CST SAT MAR 3 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. NORTH WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT WILL REMAIN BELOW 30 MPH THROUGH THE AFTERNOON ACROSS THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY. BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN THROUGH THE DAY WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH AS OVERCAST SKIES MOVE SOUTH BECOMING CLEAR LATE THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL DIMINISH EARLY IN THE EVENING. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 4:37 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | BRO | Brooks, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Starr, Zapata | 13 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.