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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this wind advisory at Feb 20, 2014, 10:40 AM CST for Cameron County, Kenedy County, Willacy County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 20, 2014, 10:40 AM CST (16:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 20, 2014, 2:00 PM CST
- In force
- 3 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 16:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Brownsville Intl, TX (KBRO), launched 12:00Z, 4.7 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
- 792 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -456 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 650 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 125 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
569 WWUS74 KBRO 201640 NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 1040 AM CST THU FEB 20 2014 ...STRONG SOUTH WINDS CONTINUE TO INCREASE ACROSS THE LOWER TEXAS COAST LATE THIS MORNING... .SURFACE LOW PRESSURE ACROSS SOUTHWEST TEXAS...IN COMBINATION WITH A STRONG LOW LEVEL JET ACROSS THE LOWER TEXAS COAST...WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE STRONG SOUTH WINDS ACROSS THE COASTAL COUNTIES OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS LATE THIS MORNING INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTH WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 77 THROUGH 2 PM BEFORE A DRYLINE MOVES ACROSS THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON. TXZ251-254>257-202000- /O.NEW.KBRO.WI.Y.0004.140220T1640Z-140220T2000Z/ 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 1040 AM CST THU FEB 20 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 35 TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...NOW THROUGH * IMPACT...SMALL OUTDOOR OBJECTS LIKE BASKETBALL GOALS AND TRASHCANS 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. MOVE LIGHT AND MODERATE WEIGHT ITEMS...SUCH AS PATIO FURNITURE...EMPTY TRASH CANS...AND PORTABLE BASKETBALL POSTS...INDOORS. && $$ CASTILLO
1 follow-up statement
132 WWUS74 KBRO 201643 CCA NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 1043 AM CST THU FEB 20 2014 ...STRONG SOUTH WINDS CONTINUE TO INCREASE ACROSS THE LOWER TEXAS COAST LATE THIS MORNING... .SURFACE LOW PRESSURE ACROSS SOUTHWEST TEXAS...IN COMBINATION WITH A STRONG LOW LEVEL JET ACROSS THE LOWER TEXAS COAST...WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE STRONG SOUTH WINDS ACROSS THE COASTAL COUNTIES OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS LATE THIS MORNING INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTH WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 77 THROUGH 2 PM BEFORE A DRYLINE MOVES ACROSS THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON. TXZ251-254>257-202000- /O.COR.KBRO.WI.Y.0004.140220T1643Z-140220T2000Z/ KENEDY-INLAND WILLACY-INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY- COASTAL CAMERON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SARITA...RAYMONDVILLE...BROWNSVILLE... HARLINGEN...PORT MANSFIELD...PORT ISABEL...SOUTH PADRE ISLAND... LAGUNA HEIGHTS...LAGUNA VISTA 1043 AM CST THU FEB 20 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 35 TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...NOW THROUGH 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACT...SMALL OUTDOOR OBJECTS LIKE BASKETBALL GOALS AND TRASHCANS MAY BE KNOCKED OVER OR BLOWN AROUND BY THE WIND. AREAS OF BLOWING SAND MAY DEVELOP REDUCING VISIBILITY ON AREA ROADWAYS AND DRIVING WILL BE DIFFICULT ON EAST TO WEST ROADWAYS... ESPECIALLY IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 30 TO 39 MPH FOR AT LEAST 2 HOURS...AND OR FREQUENT GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 40 AND 57 MPH. MOVE LIGHT AND MODERATE WEIGHT ITEMS...SUCH AS PATIO FURNITURE...EMPTY TRASH CANS...AND PORTABLE BASKETBALL POSTS...INDOORS. && $$ CASTILLO
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 20, 2:50 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | BRO | 45 hr | |
| Feb 20, 2:50 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | BRO | 12 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.