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Wind Advisory 9, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this wind advisory at Mar 6, 2012, 4:15 AM CST for 5 counties in Texas. It took effect at Mar 6, 2012, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 6, 2012, 4:15 AM CST (10:15 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 6, 2012, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Mar 6, 2012, 7:00 PM CST
- In force
- 7 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 10:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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, 10.3 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1226 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
578 WWUS74 KBRO 061015 NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 415 AM CST TUE MAR 6 2012 ...STRONG WINDS TO AFFECT THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY TODAY... .BROAD SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL INTERACT INTENSELY WITH LOW PRESSURE THAT WILL STRETCH FROM THE TEXAS PANHANDLE TO THE TEXAS BIG BEND AND INTO NORTHERN MEXICO. THIS PATTERN WILL PRODUCE WINDY CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY ALONG AND EAST OF THE HIGHWAY 281 CORRIDOR TODAY. WITH LITTLE CHANGE IN THE WEATHER PATTERN EXPECTED FOR WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...WIND ADVISORIES MAY BE NEEDED ON THOSE DAYS ALSO. TXZ250-251-253>257-061815- /O.NEW.KBRO.WI.Y.0009.120306T1600Z-120307T0100Z/ 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 415 AM CST TUE MAR 6 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS AND THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY. * EVENT...SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...THE STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL DEVELOP DURING THE MID- MORNING HOURS OF TODAY AND PERSIST THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. * IMPACT...MOTORISTS OPERATING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY ALONG EXPRESSWAY 83 BETWEEN MCALLEN 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. && $$ TOMASELLI/CACERES
1 follow-up statement
172 WWUS74 KBRO 061448 AAA NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 848 AM CST TUE MAR 6 2012 ...STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS THIS AFTERNOON... .BROAD SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL INTERACT WITH LOW PRESSURE TO THE WEST...PRODUCING STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS. A WIND ADVISORY WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY. TXZ250-251-253>257-070100- /O.EXT.KBRO.WI.Y.0009.120306T1800Z-120307T0100Z/ BROOKS-KENEDY-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY-INLAND CAMERON- COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FALFURRIAS...SARITA...MCALLEN... EDINBURG...PHARR...MISSION...WESLACO...RAYMONDVILLE... BROWNSVILLE...HARLINGEN...PORT MANSFIELD...PORT ISABEL... SOUTH PADRE ISLAND...LAGUNA HEIGHTS...LAGUNA VISTA 848 AM CST TUE MAR 6 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... * EVENT...SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS MORNING AND WILL PERSIST THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACT...HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES WILL BE DIFFICULT TO DRIVE...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES OR OVERPASSES AND IN CROSS WINDS. MOVE LIGHT AND MODERATE WEIGHT ITEMS...SUCH AS PATIO FURNITURE...EMPTY TRASH CANS...AND PORTABLE BASKETBALL POSTS...INDOORS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 30 TO 39 MPH AND OR FREQUENT GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 40 AND 57 MPH. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 4:21 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.