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Gale Watch 4, NWS Brownsville, TX

May 1, 2013

NWS Brownsville, TX issued this gale watch at May 1, 2013, 11:56 AM CDT. It took effect at May 2, 2013, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 1, 2013, 11:56 AM CDT (16:56 UTC)
In effect from
May 2, 2013, 7:00 PM CDT
Expired
May 1, 2013, 9:23 PM CDT
In force
Issued by
NWS Brownsville, TX

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this gale watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Brownsville, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this gale watch went out at May 1, 6:21 AM CDT, 5 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 1, 6:21 AM CDT, 5 hours 35 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 1, 4:23 AM CDT, 7 hours 33 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
423 AM CDT WED MAY 1 2013

TXZ248>257-021100-
ZAPATA-JIM HOGG-BROOKS-KENEDY-STARR-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY-
INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON-
423 AM CDT WED MAY 1 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR DEEP SOUTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE BEACHES OF SOUTH
PADRE ISLAND AND AT BOCA CHICA BEACH DUE TO ROUGH SWELLS FROM THE
EAST.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST THURSDAY AND
THURSDAY NIGHT.

AN ELEVATED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IS LIKELY AT THE LOCAL BEACHES
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND HIGHER SEAS ASSOCIATED
WITH THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT.

A WIND ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED FOR PORTIONS OF THE RIO GRANDE
VALLEY AND DEEP SOUTH TEXAS ON FRIDAY DUE TO STRONG WINDS BEHIND
THE COLD FRONT.

AN ELEVATED RISK OF ERRATIC WILDFIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD IS POSSIBLE
FRIDAY DUE TO MUCH LOWER RELATIVE HUMIDITY PERCENTAGES COMBINING
WITH STRONG WINDS AT THE 20-FOOT LEVEL...AND A RED FLAG WARNING
MAY BE NEEDED AT THAT TIME FOR PORTIONS OF THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY
AND DEEP SOUTH TEXAS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

GMZ130-132-135-150-155-170-175-021100-
LAGUNA MADRE FROM THE PORT OF BROWNSVILLE TO THE ARROYO COLORADO-
LAGUNA MADRE FROM THE ARROYO COLORADO TO 5 NM NORTH OF PORT
MANSFIELD TX-
LAGUNA MADRE FROM 5 NM NORTH OF PORT MANSFIELD TO BAFFIN BAY TX-
COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT MANSFIELD TO THE RIO GRANDE OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT MANSFIELD OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM PORT MANSFIELD TO THE RIO GRANDE EXTENDING FROM 20 TO
60 NM-
WATERS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT MANSFIELD EXTENDING FROM 20 TO
60 NM-
423 AM CDT WED MAY 1 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO AND THE
LAGUNA MADRE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES ARE LIKELY...AND A GALE WARNING IS POSSIBLE
...THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY ALONG THE LOWER TEXAS COAST DUE TO THE
PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT LATE THURSDAY MORNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 1, 6:41 PM CDTCoastal Flood StatementBRO30 hr

Nearby

Gale Watches in Texas, 2013Every gale watch in 2013

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.