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Wind Advisory 9, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this wind advisory at Feb 24, 2013, 3:31 AM CST for 8 counties in Texas. It took effect at Feb 25, 2013, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 24, 2013, 3:31 AM CST (09:31 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 25, 2013, 9:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 25, 2013, 8:00 PM CST
- In force
- 11 hr
- 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 09:28 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, 9.5 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1317 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -82 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
263 WWUS74 KBRO 240931 NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 331 AM CST SUN FEB 24 2013 ...VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY MONDAY... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ACROSS NORTH TEXAS MONDAY WILL BRING A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY MONDAY MORNING. THE COMBINATION OF VERY DRY AIR AND A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL PRODUCE VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS ACROSS THE AREA ON MONDAY. TXZ248>257-241745- /O.NEW.KBRO.WI.Y.0009.130225T1500Z-130226T0200Z/ 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 331 AM CST SUN FEB 24 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 8 PM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 8 PM CST MONDAY. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. * TIMING...THE VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL OCCUR FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY MONDAY EVENING. * IMPACT...HIGH PROFILE AND OTHER VEHICLES WILL DE DIFFICULT TO DRIVE ON AREA ROADS AND HIGHWAYS...ESPECIALLY DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE TO WORK AND SCHOOL. LOOSE AND LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS WILL BE EASILY MOVED AND POSSIBLY DAMAGED BY THE STRONG WINDS. ANYONE WORKING ABOVE GROUND LEVEL...SUCH AS ON ROOFS OR LADDERS...WILL HAVE DIFFICULTY MAINTAINING 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. && $$ CASTILLO
8 follow-up statements
618 WWUS74 KBRO 241056 NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 456 AM CST SUN FEB 24 2013 ...DENSE FOG ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS THIS MORNING... ...VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY MONDAY... .LIGHT WINDS AND CLEAR SKIES WILL CONTINUE TO ALLOW DENSE FOG TO DEVELOP ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS THIS MORNING. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ACROSS NORTH TEXAS MONDAY WILL BRING A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY MONDAY MORNING. THE COMBINATION OF VERY DRY AIR AND A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL PRODUCE VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS ACROSS THE AREA ON MONDAY. TXZ248>251-241900- /O.NEW.KBRO.FG.Y.0006.130224T1056Z-130224T1500Z/ /O.CON.KBRO.WI.Y.0009.130225T1500Z-130226T0200Z/ ZAPATA-JIM HOGG-BROOKS-KENEDY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ZAPATA...HEBBRONVILLE...FALFURRIAS... SARITA 456 AM CST SUN FEB 24 2013 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING... ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 8 PM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A DENSE FOG ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. * VISIBILITY...VISIBILITIES OF A QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS WILL BE POSSIBLE. * TIMING...DENSE FOG WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP EARLY THIS MORNING AND WILL BEGIN TO BURN OFF AND LIFT LATER THIS MORNING. THE VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL OCCUR FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY MONDAY EVENING. * IMPACT...AREAS OF DENSE FOG WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT. VISIBILITIES OF ONE QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS MAKE TRAVELING AT NORMAL SPEEDS IMPOSSIBLE AND VERY DANGEROUS. HIGH INTENSITY LIGHTS WILL MAKE THE FOG HARDER TO SEE THROUGH. HIGH PROFILE AND OTHER VEHICLES WILL DE DIFFICULT TO DRIVE ON AREA ROADS AND HIGHWAYS. LOOSE AND LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS WILL BE EASILY MOVED AND POSSIBLY DAMAGED BY THE STRONG WINDS. ANYONE WORKING ABOVE GROUND LEVEL...SUCH AS ON ROOFS OR LADDERS...WILL HAVE DIFFICULTY MAINTAINING BALANCE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOTORISTS SHOULD SLOW DOWN...USE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS...AND MAINTAIN A SAFE DISTANCE BETWEEN VEHICLES IN DENSE FOG. 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. && $$ TXZ252>257-241900- /O.CON.KBRO.WI.Y.0009.130225T1500Z-130226T0200Z/ STARR-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY-INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY- COASTAL CAMERON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RIO GRANDE CITY...ROMA...MCALLEN... EDINBURG...PHARR...MISSION...WESLACO...RAYMONDVILLE... BROWNSVILLE...HARLINGEN...PORT MANSFIELD...PORT ISABEL... SOUTH PADRE ISLAND...LAGUNA HEIGHTS...LAGUNA VISTA 456 AM CST SUN FEB 24 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 8 PM CST MONDAY... * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. * TIMING...THE VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL OCCUR FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY MONDAY EVENING. * IMPACT...HIGH PROFILE AND OTHER VEHICLES WILL DE DIFFICULT TO DRIVE ON AREA ROADS AND HIGHWAYS...ESPECIALLY DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE TO WORK AND SCHOOL. LOOSE AND LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS WILL BE EASILY MOVED AND POSSIBLY DAMAGED BY THE STRONG WINDS. ANYONE WORKING ABOVE GROUND LEVEL...SUCH AS ON ROOFS OR LADDERS...WILL HAVE DIFFICULTY MAINTAINING 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. && $$ CASTILLO
977 WWUS74 KBRO 241654 NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 1054 AM CST SUN FEB 24 2013 ...VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY MONDAY... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS NORTH TEXAS MONDAY WILL BRING A STRONG BUT RELATIVELY DRY COLD FRONT THROUGH THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY MONDAY MORNING. THE COMBINATION OF VERY DRY AIR AND A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL PRODUCE VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS ACROSS THE AREA ON MONDAY. TXZ248>257-250100- /O.CON.KBRO.WI.Y.0009.130225T1500Z-130226T0200Z/ ZAPATA-JIM HOGG-BROOKS-KENEDY-STARR-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY- INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ZAPATA...HEBBRONVILLE...FALFURRIAS... SARITA...RIO GRANDE CITY...ROMA...MCALLEN...EDINBURG...PHARR... MISSION...WESLACO...RAYMONDVILLE...BROWNSVILLE...HARLINGEN... PORT MANSFIELD...PORT ISABEL...SOUTH PADRE ISLAND... LAGUNA HEIGHTS...LAGUNA VISTA 1054 AM CST SUN FEB 24 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 8 PM CST MONDAY... * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED MONDAY. * TIMING...THE VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL OCCUR FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY MONDAY EVENING. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL LIKELY OCCUR FROM LATE MONDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON. HIGH PROFILE AND OTHER VEHICLES WILL DE DIFFICULT TO DRIVE ON AREA ROADS AND HIGHWAYS. LOOSE AND LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS WILL BE EASILY MOVED AND POSSIBLY DAMAGED BY THE STRONG WINDS. ANYONE WORKING ABOVE GROUND LEVEL...SUCH AS ON ROOFS OR LADDERS...WILL HAVE DIFFICULTY MAINTAINING BALANCE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 30 TO 39 MPH AND OR FREQUENT GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 40 AND 57 MPH. && $$
473 WWUS74 KBRO 241950 NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 150 PM CST SUN FEB 24 2013 ...VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY MONDAY... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS NORTH TEXAS MONDAY WILL BRING A STRONG BUT RELATIVELY DRY COLD FRONT THROUGH THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY MONDAY MORNING. VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA ON MONDAY IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT. THESE VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL START TO DECREASE LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. TXZ248>250-252-253-250400- /O.CAN.KBRO.WI.Y.0009.130225T1500Z-130226T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KBRO.HW.A.0001.130225T1500Z-130226T0200Z/ ZAPATA-JIM HOGG-BROOKS-STARR-HIDALGO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ZAPATA...HEBBRONVILLE...FALFURRIAS... RIO GRANDE CITY...ROMA...MCALLEN...EDINBURG...PHARR...MISSION... WESLACO 150 PM CST SUN FEB 24 2013 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS 35 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED MONDAY. * TIMING...THESE VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL OCCUR FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY MONDAY EVENING. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL LIKELY OCCUR FROM LATE MONDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACT...HIGH PROFILE AND OTHER VEHICLES WILL DE DIFFICULT TO DRIVE ON AREA ROADS AND HIGHWAYS. LOOSE AND LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS WILL BE EASILY MOVED AND POSSIBLY DAMAGED BY THE STRONG WINDS. ANYONE WORKING ABOVE GROUND LEVEL...SUCH AS ON ROOFS OR LADDERS...WILL HAVE DIFFICULTY MAINTAINING BALANCE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR FREQUENT GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER... WITHIN 24 TO 36 HOURS. && $$ TXZ251-254>257-250400- /O.CON.KBRO.WI.Y.0009.130225T1500Z-130226T0200Z/ KENEDY-INLAND WILLACY-INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY- COASTAL CAMERON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SARITA...RAYMONDVILLE...BROWNSVILLE... HARLINGEN...PORT MANSFIELD...PORT ISABEL...SOUTH PADRE ISLAND... LAGUNA HEIGHTS...LAGUNA VISTA 150 PM CST SUN FEB 24 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 8 PM CST MONDAY... * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED MONDAY. * TIMING...THE VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL OCCUR FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY MONDAY EVENING. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL LIKELY OCCUR FROM LATE MONDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON. HIGH PROFILE AND OTHER VEHICLES WILL DE DIFFICULT TO DRIVE ON AREA ROADS AND HIGHWAYS. LOOSE AND LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS WILL BE EASILY MOVED AND POSSIBLY DAMAGED BY THE STRONG WINDS. ANYONE WORKING ABOVE GROUND LEVEL...SUCH AS ON ROOFS OR LADDERS...WILL HAVE DIFFICULTY MAINTAINING BALANCE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 30 TO 39 MPH AND OR FREQUENT GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 40 AND 57 MPH. && $$
259 WWUS74 KBRO 250235 NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 835 PM CST SUN FEB 24 2013 ...VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY MONDAY... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS NORTH TEXAS MONDAY WILL BRING A STRONG BUT RELATIVELY DRY COLD FRONT THROUGH THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY MONDAY MORNING. VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA ON MONDAY IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT. THESE VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL START TO DECREASE LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. TXZ251-254>257-251130- /O.CON.KBRO.WI.Y.0009.130225T1500Z-130226T0200Z/ 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 835 PM CST SUN FEB 24 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 8 PM CST MONDAY... * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED MONDAY. * TIMING...THE VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL OCCUR FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY MONDAY EVENING. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL LIKELY OCCUR MONDAY AFTERNOON. HIGH PROFILE AND OTHER VEHICLES WILL DE DIFFICULT TO DRIVE ON AREA ROADS AND HIGHWAYS. LOOSE AND LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS WILL BE EASILY MOVED AND POSSIBLY DAMAGED BY THE STRONG WINDS. ANYONE WORKING ABOVE GROUND LEVEL...SUCH AS ON ROOFS OR LADDERS...WILL HAVE DIFFICULTY MAINTAINING 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. && $$ TXZ248>250-252-253-251130- /O.CON.KBRO.HW.A.0001.130225T1500Z-130226T0200Z/ ZAPATA-JIM HOGG-BROOKS-STARR-HIDALGO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ZAPATA...HEBBRONVILLE...FALFURRIAS... RIO GRANDE CITY...ROMA...MCALLEN...EDINBURG...PHARR...MISSION... WESLACO 835 PM CST SUN FEB 24 2013 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS 35 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED MONDAY. * TIMING...THESE VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL OCCUR FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY MONDAY EVENING. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL LIKELY OCCUR FROM LATE MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACT...HIGH PROFILE AND OTHER VEHICLES WILL DE DIFFICULT TO DRIVE ON AREA ROADS AND HIGHWAYS. LOOSE AND LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS WILL BE EASILY MOVED AND POSSIBLY DAMAGED BY THE STRONG WINDS. ANYONE WORKING ABOVE GROUND LEVEL...SUCH AS ON ROOFS OR LADDERS...WILL HAVE DIFFICULTY MAINTAINING BALANCE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR FREQUENT GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER... WITHIN 24 TO 36 HOURS. && $$
884 WWUS74 KBRO 250942 NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 342 AM CST MON FEB 25 2013 ...VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY MONDAY... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS NORTH TEXAS MONDAY WILL BRING A STRONG BUT DRY COLD FRONT THROUGH THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY MONDAY MORNING. VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA ON MONDAY IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT. THESE VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL START TO DECREASE LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. TXZ248>250-252-251800- /O.UPG.KBRO.HW.A.0001.130225T1500Z-130226T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KBRO.HW.W.0001.130225T1500Z-130226T0200Z/ ZAPATA-JIM HOGG-BROOKS-STARR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ZAPATA...HEBBRONVILLE...FALFURRIAS... RIO GRANDE CITY...ROMA 342 AM CST MON FEB 25 2013 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM CST THIS EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS 35 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED MONDAY. * TIMING...THESE VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL OCCUR FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY MONDAY EVENING. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL LIKELY OCCUR FROM LATE MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACT...HIGH PROFILE AND OTHER VEHICLES WILL DE DIFFICULT TO DRIVE ON AREA ROADS AND HIGHWAYS. LOOSE AND LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS WILL BE EASILY MOVED AND POSSIBLY DAMAGED BY THE STRONG WINDS. ANYONE WORKING ABOVE GROUND LEVEL...SUCH AS ON ROOFS OR LADDERS...WILL HAVE DIFFICULTY MAINTAINING BALANCE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 40 MPH OR GREATER...OR ANY GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS. && $$ TXZ253-251800- /O.UPG.KBRO.HW.A.0001.130225T1500Z-130226T0200Z/ /O.EXA.KBRO.WI.Y.0009.130225T1500Z-130226T0200Z/ HIDALGO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MCALLEN...EDINBURG...PHARR...MISSION... WESLACO 342 AM CST MON FEB 25 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM CST THIS EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED MONDAY. * TIMING...THESE VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL OCCUR FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY MONDAY EVENING. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL LIKELY OCCUR FROM LATE MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACT...HIGH PROFILE AND OTHER VEHICLES WILL DE DIFFICULT TO DRIVE ON AREA ROADS AND HIGHWAYS. LOOSE AND LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS WILL BE EASILY MOVED AND POSSIBLY DAMAGED BY THE STRONG WINDS. ANYONE WORKING ABOVE GROUND LEVEL...SUCH AS ON ROOFS OR LADDERS...WILL HAVE DIFFICULTY MAINTAINING BALANCE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 30 TO 39 MPH AND OR FREQUENT GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 40 AND 57 MPH. && $$ TXZ251-254>257-251800- /O.CON.KBRO.WI.Y.0009.130225T1500Z-130226T0200Z/ 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 342 AM CST MON FEB 25 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM CST THIS EVENING... * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED MONDAY. * TIMING...THE VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL OCCUR FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY MONDAY EVENING. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL LIKELY OCCUR MONDAY AFTERNOON. HIGH PROFILE AND OTHER VEHICLES WILL DE DIFFICULT TO DRIVE ON AREA ROADS AND HIGHWAYS. LOOSE AND LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS WILL BE EASILY MOVED AND POSSIBLY DAMAGED BY THE STRONG WINDS. ANYONE WORKING ABOVE GROUND LEVEL...SUCH AS ON ROOFS OR LADDERS...WILL HAVE DIFFICULTY MAINTAINING 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. && $$
758 WWUS74 KBRO 251740 NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 1140 AM CST MON FEB 25 2013 ...VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS DEVELOPING ACROSS DEEP SOUTH TEXAS TODAY... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS NORTH TEXAS TODAY HAS BROUGHT A STRONG BUT DRY COLD FRONT THROUGH THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY THIS MORNING. VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT. THESE VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL START TO DECREASE LATER TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. TXZ248>250-252-260000- /O.CON.KBRO.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130226T0200Z/ ZAPATA-JIM HOGG-BROOKS-STARR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ZAPATA...HEBBRONVILLE...FALFURRIAS... RIO GRANDE CITY...ROMA 1140 AM CST MON FEB 25 2013 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST THIS EVENING... * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS 35 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED TODAY. * TIMING...THESE VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL OCCUR FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL LIKELY OCCUR DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. * IMPACT...HIGH PROFILE AND OTHER VEHICLES WILL DE DIFFICULT TO DRIVE ON AREA ROADS AND HIGHWAYS. LOOSE AND LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS WILL BE EASILY MOVED AND POSSIBLY DAMAGED BY THE STRONG WINDS. ANYONE WORKING ABOVE GROUND LEVEL...SUCH AS ON ROOFS OR LADDERS...WILL HAVE DIFFICULTY MAINTAINING BALANCE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 40 MPH OR GREATER...OR ANY GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS. && $$ TXZ251-253>257-260000- /O.CON.KBRO.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-130226T0200Z/ KENEDY-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY-INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY- COASTAL CAMERON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SARITA...MCALLEN...EDINBURG...PHARR... MISSION...WESLACO...RAYMONDVILLE...BROWNSVILLE...HARLINGEN... PORT MANSFIELD...PORT ISABEL...SOUTH PADRE ISLAND... LAGUNA HEIGHTS...LAGUNA VISTA 1140 AM CST MON FEB 25 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST THIS EVENING... * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED TODAY. * TIMING...THE VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL OCCUR FROM THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL LIKELY OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH PROFILE AND OTHER VEHICLES WILL DE DIFFICULT TO DRIVE ON AREA ROADS AND HIGHWAYS. LOOSE AND LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS WILL BE EASILY MOVED AND POSSIBLY DAMAGED BY THE STRONG WINDS. ANYONE WORKING ABOVE GROUND LEVEL...SUCH AS ON ROOFS OR LADDERS...WILL HAVE DIFFICULTY MAINTAINING 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. && $$
332 WWUS74 KBRO 252340 NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 540 PM CST MON FEB 25 2013 ...VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS CONTINUE ACROSS DEEP SOUTH TEXAS TODAY... VERY STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NEXT FEW HOURS AND WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE LATER TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. TXZ248>250-252-260200- /O.CON.KBRO.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130226T0200Z/ ZAPATA-JIM HOGG-BROOKS-STARR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ZAPATA...HEBBRONVILLE...FALFURRIAS... RIO GRANDE CITY...ROMA 540 PM CST MON FEB 25 2013 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST THIS EVENING... * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS 35 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED TODAY. * TIMING...THESE VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL OCCUR FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL LIKELY OCCUR DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. * IMPACT...HIGH PROFILE AND OTHER VEHICLES WILL DE DIFFICULT TO DRIVE ON AREA ROADS AND HIGHWAYS. LOOSE AND LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS WILL BE EASILY MOVED AND POSSIBLY DAMAGED BY THE STRONG WINDS. ANYONE WORKING ABOVE GROUND LEVEL...SUCH AS ON ROOFS OR LADDERS...WILL HAVE DIFFICULTY MAINTAINING BALANCE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 40 MPH OR GREATER...OR ANY GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS. && $$ TXZ251-253>257-260200- /O.CON.KBRO.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-130226T0200Z/ KENEDY-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY-INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY- COASTAL CAMERON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SARITA...MCALLEN...EDINBURG...PHARR... MISSION...WESLACO...RAYMONDVILLE...BROWNSVILLE...HARLINGEN... PORT MANSFIELD...PORT ISABEL...SOUTH PADRE ISLAND... LAGUNA HEIGHTS...LAGUNA VISTA 540 PM CST MON FEB 25 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST THIS EVENING... * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED TODAY. * TIMING...THE VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL OCCUR FROM THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL LIKELY OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH PROFILE AND OTHER VEHICLES WILL DE DIFFICULT TO DRIVE ON AREA ROADS AND HIGHWAYS. LOOSE AND LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS WILL BE EASILY MOVED AND POSSIBLY DAMAGED BY THE STRONG WINDS. ANYONE WORKING ABOVE GROUND LEVEL...SUCH AS ON ROOFS OR LADDERS...WILL HAVE DIFFICULTY MAINTAINING 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. && $$
743 WWUS74 KBRO 260157 NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 757 PM CST MON FEB 25 2013 ...WINDS DECREASING ACROSS DEEP SOUTH TEXAS... .WINDS HAVE DECREASED ACROSS THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND DEEP SOUTH TEXAS INTO THE 15 TO 20 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH. THIS TREND WILL CONTINUE WITH WINDS DECREASING TO AROUND 10 MPH RANGE BY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. THEREFORE...THE HIGH WIND WARNING AND WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. TXZ248>250-252-260300- /O.EXP.KBRO.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130226T0200Z/ ZAPATA-JIM HOGG-BROOKS-STARR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ZAPATA...HEBBRONVILLE...FALFURRIAS... RIO GRANDE CITY...ROMA 757 PM CST MON FEB 25 2013 ...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM CST THIS EVENING... WINDS HAVE DECREASED ACROSS THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND DEEP SOUTH TEXAS INTO THE 15 TO 20 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE TO AROUND 10 MPH BY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. $$ TXZ251-253>257-260300- /O.EXP.KBRO.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-130226T0200Z/ KENEDY-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY-INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY- COASTAL CAMERON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SARITA...MCALLEN...EDINBURG...PHARR... MISSION...WESLACO...RAYMONDVILLE...BROWNSVILLE...HARLINGEN... PORT MANSFIELD...PORT ISABEL...SOUTH PADRE ISLAND... LAGUNA HEIGHTS...LAGUNA VISTA 757 PM CST MON FEB 25 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM CST THIS EVENING... WINDS HAVE DECREASED ACROSS THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND DEEP SOUTH TEXAS INTO THE 15 TO 20 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE TO AROUND 10 MPH BY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this wind 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 wind advisory went out at Feb 23, 11:48 PM CST, 3 hours 43 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 23, 11:48 PM CST, 3 hours 43 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
1148 PM CST SAT FEB 23 2013
.DISCUSSION...UPDATED FOR LATEST AVIATION DISCUSSION BELOW.
&&
.AVIATION...ONSHORE FLOW WILL FILTER GULF MOISTURE ACROSS THE LOWER
VALLEY DEVELOPING OVC SKIES THROUGH THE NIGHT. LATEST KPIL 04Z
OBSERVATION SHOWS LOWERING CIGS DEVELOPING WITH AN EASTERLY FLOW
IN PLACE. MAIN AREA OF IMPACT WILL BE FROM KMFE TO KBRO FIRST AND
EXPAND TOWARDS THE WESTERN COUNTIES BY THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.
EXPECT A SOUTHEAST FLOW THROUGHOUT THE DAY WITH LIGHT TO BREEZE
CONDITIONS FOR THE AFTERNOON. NO RAINFALL IS EXPECTED WITH VFR
CONDITIONS ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA.
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 826 PM CST SAT FEB 23 2013/
DISCUSSION...CONCERNS THIS EVENING ARE FOR MONDAY WITH A SHARP
SHORTWAVE DRIVING VERY STRONG WINDS AND VERY LOW DEW POINTS
SPREADING ACROSS THE CWA. MODELS ARE IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT WITH
SOME DETAILS IN STRENGTH TO WORK OUT BEFORE THE COLD FRONT ARRIVES
EARLY MONDAY MORNING. DEEP LAYER NORTHWEST WINDS OF 35 TO 60
KNOTS BETWEEN 2500-6000 FEET ARE INDICATED ROTATE AROUND THE
SOUTHERN PERIPHERY OF THE SHORTWAVE THAT WILL MOVE ACROSS
NORTHWEST TEXAS. A COLD FRONT SURGES QUICKLY ACROSS THE CWA MONDAY
MORNING WITH THE STRONG WINDS WORKING THEIR WAY TO THE SURFACE.
SOME MODEL GUIDANCE IS SHOWING SUSTAINED WINDS EXCEEDING 40 MPH
AND GUSTS OVER 50 MPH ACROSS A LARGE EXPANSE OF RANCHLAND AND RIO
GRANDE VALLEY REAL ESTATE. IF THESE WINDS CONTINUE TO BE FORECAST
BY LATER MODEL RUNS A HIGH WIND WATCH MAY HAVE TO ISSUED. AS FOR
FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS...SURFACE RELATIVE HUMIDITY TO CRASH RAPIDLY
AS DEEP LAYER MEAN RH VALUES ARE INDICATED TO BE BELOW 10 PERCENT.
A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MONDAY AND THE DISCUSSION
BELOW GIVES MORE DETAILS. TEMPERATURES ARE NOT EXPECTED TO LOWER
BEHIND THIS FRONT BUT COULD ACTUALLY INCREASE AS THE DRY AIR
BECOMES COMPRESSED. HAVE NOT CHANGES MAX TEMPS AT THIS TIME
THOUGH.
AS FOR TONIGHT TEMPERATURES COOLING QUICKLY ALONG THE COAST WITH
SOME TEMPS NEARING EARLIER FORECAST LOWS. ADJUSTMENTS WERE MADE TO
SHOW TEMPS BECOMING STEADY OR EVENING WARMING SLIGHTLY TOWARDS
SUNRISE AS A WARM FRONT MOVES INLAND FROM THE GULF. CLOUDS TO
LOWER AND SOME PATCHY DRIZZLE OR FOG IS NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION.
NO OTHER CHANGES AT THIS TIME. ENJOY TOMORROW BEFORE THE WIND
MACHINE CRANKS MONDAY.
FIRE WEATHER...RH VALUES WILL QUICKLY CRASH IN THE WAKE OF THE
FROPA ON MONDAY AS THE NW LOW LEVEL FLOW BEGINS TO ACCELERATE.
EXPECT RH VALUES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS TO TEENS OUT WEST BY MON
AFTERNOON WITH 20 FT WINDS PUSH INTO THE 20 TO 35 KNOT RANGE. RH
VALUES NEAR THE COAST WILL ONLY BE SLIGHTLY HIGHER WITH TEENS TO
LOWER 20S LIKELY THERE. THE RH VALUES WILL BE SLOW TO RECOVER MON
NIGHT. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL AREAS OF DEEP
SOUTH TEXAS INCLUDING THE COAST MONDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY
MONDAY EVENING. WITH THE ADDITIONAL PUSHES OF COOLER AND DRIER AIR
EXPECTED ON WED AND AGAIN TOWARDS NEXT WEEKEND VERY LOW RH VALUES
WILL LIKELY PLAGUE DEEP SOUTH TEXAS FOR MUCH OF THE UPCOMING WEEK.
THE LOW RH VALUES WILL COMBINE WITH PERIODS OF STRONGER 20 FT
WINDS TO LIKELY ENHANCE THE POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL FIRE WEATHER
WATCHES/RED FLAG WARNINGS THIS UPCOMING WEEK. EMERGENCY MANAGERS
AND FIRE MANAGEMENT AGENCIES SHOULD PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE
LATEST FIRE WEATHER FORECAST...FIRE WEATHER WATCHES AND/OR RED
FLAG WARNINGS OVER THE UPCOMING WEEK.
PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 539 PM CST SAT FEB 23 2013/
DISCUSSION...UPDATED FOR LATEST AVIATION DISCUSSION BELOW.
AVIATION...GULF MOISTURE TO CREEP BACK INTO THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY
LATE THIS EVENING WITH A WARM FRONT ENCROACHING ON THE REGION
SUNDAY MORNING. EXPECT FLYING CONDITIONS TO DETERIORATE FIRST
ALONG THE COAST A FEW HOURS BEFORE MIDNIGHT THEN SPREAD WEST AND
NORTH AFTER MIDNIGHT. MVFR TO IFR CIGS TO DEVELOP AND PERSIST THROUGH
AT LEAST THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS MONDAY. SOME MVFR RESTRICTIONS
IN VSBY IS POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY IN PATCHES OF DRIZZLE NEAR THE
WARM FRONT SUNDAY MORNING. LIGHT NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS TONIGHT
TO GRADUALLY VEER EAST TO SOUTHEAST LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY.
PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 245 PM CST SAT FEB 23 2013/
SHORT TERM /NOW THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT/...LATE MORNING WATER VAPOR
IMAGERY DEPICTS A SHORTWAVE TROUGH MOVING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS
WITH ANOTHER TROUGH MOVING ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN. SHORTWAVE RIDGING
WAS SANDWICHED BETWEEN THESE TWO FEATURES OVER THE HIGH PLAINS WITH
SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW OVER OUR AREA. AT THE SURFACE...SLOW MOVING COLD
FRONT WAS LOCATED IN THE NORTHWESTERN GULF OF MEXICO SOME 200 MILES
EAST OF BROWNSVILLE. FRONT BEGINS TO CREEP A LITTLE FURTHER EASTWARD
BEFORE TURNING BACK NORTHWARD AS A WARM FRONT ON SUNDAY BEING DRAWN
UP INTO THE NEXT SYSTEM THAT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS
AND DEEP SOUTH TEXAS MONDAY.
CLOUDS WILL THIN A BIT THIS AFTERNOON BUT WILL THICKEN BACK UP
TONIGHT AND SUNDAY AS ONSHORE FLOW CONTINUES AND THE WARM FRONT MAKES A
RUN THROUGH THE AREA. LOOKS TO BE JUST ENOUGH LIFT/CONVERGENCE TO
GET A FEW SHOWERS GOING ON SUNDAY WITH THE FRONT BUT WILL REMAIN OVER THE
COASTAL WATERS. PATCHY FOG WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT TONIGHT
MAINLY EAST OF HWY 281.
CLOUDS WILL DECREASE FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST LATE SUNDAY
AFTERNOON AS THE WARM FRONT PULLS NORTH OF THE AREA. THIS WILL ALLOW
MAXES TO APPROACH THE MIDDLE 80S IN THE UPPER VALLEY WITH COOLER
MAXES TOWARDS THE COAST. WINDS WILL VEER TO THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST
SUNDAY NIGHT AHEAD OF THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM.
LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...A STRONG 500 MB TROUGH AXIS
WILL DIG ACROSS TX ON MONDAY PULLING THROUGH A PRETTY STRONG FROPA
MON MORNING WITH STRONG N-NW SURFACE FLOW SPREADING ACROSS THE
REGION. MOISTURE LEVELS AHEAD OF THIS FEATURE REMAIN CONCENTRATED
WELL NORTH OF THE REGION WITH VERY LIMITED VALUES OVER DEEP SOUTH
TX. THIS 500 MB TROUGH AXIS CLEARS OUT TO THE NE PRETTY QUICKLY BY
EARLY TUES. ANOTHER SHORT WAVE FOLLOWS QUICKLY PUSHING ACROSS THE
MID PORTION OF THE COUNTRY ON WED WHICH PULLS ANOTHER FAIRLY DRY
FROPA AROUND MIDWEEK. YET ANOTHER LARGE MID LEVEL TROUGH DIGS
ACROSS THE GULF COAST WHICH ALLOWS ANOTHER SHOT OF COOLER AND
DRIER AIR FOR NEXT WEEKEND. NONE OF THESE LATER TROUGH AND FRONTAL
PASSAGE HAVE REAL SIGNIFICANT MOISTURE LEVELS SO WILL NOT BE
INCLUDING ANY SERIOUS MENTION OF POPS THROUGH DAY 7.
THE STEADY PROGRESSION OF RESURGENT COOL AIR MASSES IN THE LONGER
RANGE PERIOD WILL KEEP OVERALL TEMPS AT OR BELOW CLIMO. BOTH THE
GFS AND ECMWF GUIDANCE ARE IN DECENT AGREEMENT IN THE OVERALL
STRENGTH AND TIMING OF THE SYNOPTIC LEVEL PATTERNS THROUGH DAY 7.
RUN TO RUN CONSISTENCY WITH GFS MEX MOS TEMPS IS FAIRLY STABLE
WITH SIMILAR STABILITY SHOWING UP IN THE ECMWF TEMP GUIDANCE. THE
BIGGEST DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE TWO LONGER RANGE MODELS CONCERNS
THE DEGREE OF CAA FOR NEXT WEEKEND. THE ECMWF SHOWS A COOLER BIAS
GOING INTO THE WEEKEND VERSUS THE GFS. HAVE GONE WITH A BLEND OF
THE TWO FOR MAXES AND MINS THROUGH DAY 7 LEANING A LITTLE MORE
TOWARDS THE MEX MOS GUIDANCE.
OVERALL CONFIDENCE IN THE LONGER RANGE FORECAST WORDING IS ABOVE
AVERAGE.
MARINE...NOW THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...SEAS WERE NEAR 6 FEET WITH NORTH
WINDS NEAR 14 KNOTS AT BUOY020 EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. MODERATE
WINDS AND SEAS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE SHORT TERM PERIOD. WINDS
WILL TURN FROM THE NORTH CURRENTLY TO THE EAST ON SUNDAY AND TO
THE SOUTH BY SUNDAY NIGHT AS HIGH PRESSURE SLIDES ACROSS THE
SOUTHERN CONUS. SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SHOWERS IS POSSIBLE SUNDAY AND
SUNDAY NIGHT.
MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...THE LONGER RANGE MARINE FORECAST DOES
NOT LOOK GOOD FOR BENIGN BAY AND GULF CONDITIONS AS THE STEADY
PROGRESSION OF REINFORCING SHOTS OF COOLER AIR FROM THE NORTH WILL
MAINTAIN PRETTY HAZARDOUS BAY AND GULF CONDITIONS FOR MUCH OF THE
PERIOD. THE STRONG PUSH OF COOLER AIR ON MON WILL LIKELY RESULT IN
SCA/GALE CONDITIONS ALONG THE LOWER TX COASTLINE. A BRIEF BREAK IN
THE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS WILL THEN OCCUR ON TUES AND EARLY WED AS
A LIGHT TO MODERATE ONSHORE FLOW RETURNS. STRONG NORTH SURFACE
WINDS WILL THEN RETURN LATE WED AND WILL PERSIST INTO THURS LIKELY
REQUIRING MORE SCAS.
&&
.BRO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING
FOR TXZ248>257.
GM...NONE.
&&
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67/61Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 23, 8:59 PM CST, 6 hours 32 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 859 PM CST SAT FEB 23 2013 GMZ130-132-135-150-155-170-175-250300- 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- 859 PM CST SAT FEB 23 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO AND THE LAGUNA MADRE. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES WILL BE NEEDED FOR THE LAGUNA MADRE AND THE LOWER TEXAS GULF WATERS EARLY MONDAY WITH POSSIBLE GALE WARNINGS FOR THE OFFSHORE WATERS. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES WILL BE NEEDED WEDNESDAY AND POSSIBLY ON FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. TXZ248>257-250300- ZAPATA-JIM HOGG-BROOKS-KENEDY-STARR-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY- INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 859 PM CST SAT FEB 23 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE BEACHES OF SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND AT BOCA CHICA BEACH TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY VALUES. STRONG NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY MONDAY. WIND ADVISORIES MAY BE NEEDED ON MONDAY. AN ELEVATED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IS EXPECTED AT THE LOCAL BEACHES MONDAY...WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...AND AGAIN SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
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| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 23, 7:50 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | BRO | Brooks, Cameron, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Kenedy, Starr and 2 more | 8 hr |
| Feb 24, 2:49 AM CST | Gale Watch | BRO | 11 hr | |
| Feb 24, 4:18 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | BRO | Brooks, Cameron, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Kenedy, Starr and 2 more | 40 hr |
| Feb 24, 4:56 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | BRO | Brooks, Jim Hogg, Kenedy, Zapata | 4 hr |
| Feb 24, 1:37 PM CST | Gale Warning | BRO | 39 hr | |
| Feb 24, 1:50 PM CST | High Wind Watch | BRO | Brooks, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Starr, Zapata | 14 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.