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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this wind advisory at Feb 1, 2014, 4:24 AM CST for Cameron County, Kenedy County, Willacy County, Texas. It took effect at Feb 1, 2014, 8:00 AM CST. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 1, 2014, 4:24 AM CST (10:24 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 1, 2014, 8:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 1, 2014, 5:00 PM CST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
Counties Cameron County, TX, Kenedy County, TX, Willacy County, TX
The radar
The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:25 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, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 71 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
- 927 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
947 WWUS74 KBRO 011024 NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 424 AM CST SAT FEB 1 2014 ...WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED ALONG THE LOWER TEXAS COASTLINE... .THE COMBINATION OF A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE AREA OVER WEST TEXAS AND A HIGH PRESSURE AREA OVER THE GULF COAST WILL PRODUCE STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS OVER THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS TODAY. TXZ251-254>257-011830- /O.NEW.KBRO.WI.Y.0003.140201T1400Z-140201T2200Z/ 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 424 AM CST SAT FEB 1 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...THE SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE INTO THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE ACROSS WILLACY...CAMERON AND KENEDY COUNTIES. * TIMING...THESE STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP AFTER SUNRISE TODAY AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. * IMPACT...SMALL OUTDOOR OBJECTS LIKE BASKETBALL GOALS AND TRASH CANS MAY BE KNOCKED OVER OR BLOWN AROUND BY THE WIND. AREAS OF BLOWING SAND MAY DEVELOP REDUCING VISIBILITY ON AREA ROADWAYS AND DRIVING WILL BE DIFFICULT ON EAST TO WEST ROADWAYS... ESPECIALLY IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 30 TO 39 MPH FOR AT LEAST 2 HOURS...AND OR FREQUENT GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 40 AND 57 MPH. && $$
3 follow-up statements
752 WWUS74 KBRO 011852 NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 1252 PM CST SAT FEB 1 2014 ...WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED ALONG THE LOWER TEXAS COASTLINE... .THE COMBINATION OF A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE AREA OVER WEST TEXAS AND A HIGH PRESSURE AREA OVER THE GULF COAST WILL PRODUCE STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS OVER THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS TODAY. TXZ251-254>257-012200- /O.CON.KBRO.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-140201T2200Z/ KENEDY-INLAND WILLACY-INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY- COASTAL CAMERON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SARITA...RAYMONDVILLE...BROWNSVILLE... HARLINGEN...PORT MANSFIELD...PORT ISABEL...SOUTH PADRE ISLAND... LAGUNA HEIGHTS...LAGUNA VISTA 1252 PM CST SAT FEB 1 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... * WINDS...THE SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE INTO THE 30 TO 35 MPH RANGE ACROSS WILLACY...CAMERON AND KENEDY COUNTIES. * TIMING...THESE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. * IMPACT...SMALL OUTDOOR OBJECTS LIKE BASKETBALL GOALS AND TRASH CANS MAY BE KNOCKED OVER OR BLOWN AROUND BY THE WIND. AREAS OF BLOWING SAND MAY DEVELOP REDUCING VISIBILITY ON AREA ROADWAYS AND DRIVING WILL BE DIFFICULT ON EAST TO WEST ROADWAYS... ESPECIALLY IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 30 TO 39 MPH FOR AT LEAST 2 HOURS...AND OR FREQUENT GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 40 AND 57 MPH. && $$
285 WWUS74 KBRO 012141 NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 341 PM CST SAT FEB 1 2014 ...WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED ALONG THE LOWER TEXAS COASTLINE... .THE COMBINATION OF A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE AREA OVER WEST TEXAS AND A HIGH PRESSURE AREA OVER THE GULF COAST WILL PRODUCE STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS OVER THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS TODAY. TXZ251-254-256-012245- /O.CAN.KBRO.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-140201T2200Z/ KENEDY-INLAND WILLACY-COASTAL WILLACY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SARITA...RAYMONDVILLE...PORT MANSFIELD 341 PM CST SAT FEB 1 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. REPORTS FROM KENEDY AND WILLACY COUNTIES INDICATE THAT WIND SPEEDS HAVE DECREASED TO AROUND 20 TO 25 MPH AND THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER NEEDED. $$ TXZ255-257-012300- /O.EXT.KBRO.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-140201T2300Z/ INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL CAMERON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BROWNSVILLE...HARLINGEN...PORT ISABEL... SOUTH PADRE ISLAND...LAGUNA HEIGHTS...LAGUNA VISTA 341 PM CST SAT FEB 1 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS 30 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH 5 PM. * IMPACT...SMALL OUTDOOR OBJECTS LIKE BASKETBALL GOALS AND TRASH CANS MAY BE KNOCKED OVER OR BLOWN AROUND BY THE WIND. AREAS OF BLOWING SAND MAY DEVELOP REDUCING VISIBILITY ON AREA ROADWAYS AND DRIVING WILL BE DIFFICULT ON EAST TO WEST ROADWAYS... ESPECIALLY IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 30 TO 39 MPH FOR AT LEAST 2 HOURS...AND OR FREQUENT GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 40 AND 57 MPH. && $$
370 WWUS74 KBRO 012251 NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 451 PM CST SAT FEB 1 2014 ...STRONG WINDS SLOWLY DECREASING... .WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY DECREASE THROUGH THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. TXZ255-257-020000- /O.EXP.KBRO.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-140201T2300Z/ INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL CAMERON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BROWNSVILLE...HARLINGEN...PORT ISABEL... SOUTH PADRE ISLAND...LAGUNA HEIGHTS...LAGUNA VISTA 451 PM CST SAT FEB 1 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... .ALTHOUGH WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...A DECREASING TREND IS EXPECTED INTO THE EVENING HOURS. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1, 4:31 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | BRO | 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.