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Small Craft Advisory 71, NWS Brownsville, TX

December 9, 2013

NWS Brownsville, TX issued this small craft advisory at Dec 9, 2013, 10:06 PM CST. It took effect at Dec 10, 2013, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 9, 2013, 10:06 PM CST (04:06 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 10, 2013, 9:00 AM CST
Expired: Dec 10, 2013, 10:25 PM CST
In force: 13 hr
Issued by: NWS Brownsville, TX

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this small craft advisory 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 small craft advisory went out at Dec 9, 2:58 PM CST, 7 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 9, 2:58 PM CST, 7 hours 8 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 9, 4:24 AM CST, 17 hours 42 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
424 AM CST MON DEC 9 2013

TXZ248>257-101030-
ZAPATA-JIM HOGG-BROOKS-KENEDY-STARR-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY-
INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON-
424 AM CST MON DEC 9 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.

WIND CHILLS MAY BRIEFLY REACH THE MID AND UPPER 20S ACROSS THE
BRUSH COUNTRY AND RANCHLANDS AND AROUND 30 DEGREES IN THE VALLEY
FOR A FEW HOURS OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AS A SURGE OF HIGH PRESSURE
BRINGS COLDER AND DRIER AIR INTO THE REGION BEGINNING TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

AN ELEVATED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IS LIKELY AT THE LOCAL BEACHES
TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

MINOR BEACH RUN-UP AND TIDAL OVERWASH WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY
THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT AS STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS PILE WATER UP
ACROSS THE COASTLINE AND POSSIBLY UP TO THE DUNE LINE ALONG THE
LOWER TEXAS COAST.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

GMZ130-132-135-150-155-170-175-101030-
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-
424 AM CST MON DEC 9 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR ALL LOWER TEXAS COASTAL
WATERS BEGINNING TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE LAGUNA MADRE THROUGH
3 PM AND THE GULF WATERS THROUGH 6 PM.

ADDITIONAL SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES ARE LIKELY ALONG THE LOWER TEXAS
COAST TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND ROUGH SEAS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 9, 10:06 PM CST	Gale Warning	BRO		11 hr
Dec 9, 10:06 PM CST	Small Craft Advisory for Winds	BRO		17 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.