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Wind Advisory 9, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this wind advisory at Mar 18, 2014, 3:05 AM CDT for Cameron County, Kenedy County, Willacy County, Texas. It took effect at Mar 18, 2014, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 18, 2014, 3:05 AM CDT (08:05 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 18, 2014, 11:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 18, 2014, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 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 08:09 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, 8.1 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
- 2253 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 243 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
753 WWUS74 KBRO 180805 NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 305 AM CDT TUE MAR 18 2014 ...STRONG WINDS ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST TODAY... .HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL INTERACT WITH LOW PRESSURE MOVING THROUGH THE CENTRAL PLAINS TO PRODUCE STRONG WINDS WITHIN CAMERON...WILLACY...AND KENEDY COUNTY TODAY. TXZ251-254>257-181700- /O.NEW.KBRO.WI.Y.0009.140318T1600Z-140318T2200Z/ 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 305 AM CDT TUE MAR 18 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR CAMERON...WILLACY...AND KENEDY COUNTY. * WINDS...SUSTAINED SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH FREQUENT HIGHER GUSTS. * TIMING...LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. * IMPACT...LOOSE AND LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS WILL BE EASILY BLOWN AROUND AND POSSIBLY DAMAGED BY THE STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS. RESIDENTS WORKING ABOVE GROUND LEVEL...SUCH AS ON ROOFS OR LADDERS...WILL HAVE DIFFICULTY MAINTAINING BALANCE...LEADING TO A GREATER POSSIBILITY OF FALLING. DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ...SUCH AS TRACTOR TRAILERS OR RECREATIONAL VEHICLES...ON EAST- WEST ROADS WILL BE MUCH MORE DIFFICULT. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
874 WWUS74 KBRO 182038 AAA NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 338 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 2014 ...STRONG WINDS PERSISTING ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST... .HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL CONTINUE TO INTERACT WITH LOW PRESSURE MOVING THROUGH THE CENTRAL PLAINS TO PRODUCE STRONG WINDS WITHIN CAMERON...WILLACY...AND KENEDY COUNTY FROM NOW UNTIL A COUPLE OF HOURS BEFORE SUNSET THIS EVENING. TXZ251-254>257-182200- /O.CON.KBRO.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-140318T2200Z/ KENEDY-INLAND WILLACY-INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY- COASTAL CAMERON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SARITA...RAYMONDVILLE...BROWNSVILLE... HARLINGEN...PORT MANSFIELD...PORT ISABEL...SOUTH PADRE ISLAND... LAGUNA HEIGHTS...LAGUNA VISTA 338 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... * WINDS...SUSTAINED SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH FREQUENT HIGHER GUSTS. * TIMING...NOW THROUGH THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. * IMPACT...LOOSE AND LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS WILL BE EASILY BLOWN AROUND AND POSSIBLY DAMAGED BY THE STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS. RESIDENTS WORKING ABOVE GROUND LEVEL...SUCH AS ON ROOFS OR LADDERS...WILL HAVE DIFFICULTY MAINTAINING BALANCE...LEADING TO A GREATER POSSIBILITY OF FALLING. DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SUCH...AS TRACTOR TRAILERS OR RECREATIONAL VEHICLES...ON EAST- WEST ROADS WILL BE MUCH MORE DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 30 TO 39 MPH FOR AT LEAST 2 HOURS...AND OR FREQUENT GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 40 AND 57 MPH. && $$
241 WWUS74 KBRO 182208 AAA NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 508 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY NO LONGER IN EFFECT... .SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATE THAT WINDS ARE BEGINNING TO DIMINISH WITHIN CAMERON...WILLACY...AND KENEDY COUNTY...AND THE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA UNTIL 5 PM CDT THIS EVENING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. TXZ251-254>257-182315- /O.EXP.KBRO.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-140318T2200Z/ 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 508 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... RESIDENTS IN CAMERON...WILLACY...AND KENEDY COUNTY CAN EXPECT BREEZY WINDS THROUGH THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS TO RAPIDLY DIMINISH TO LIGHTER LEVELS AROUND SUNSET AND THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 2:53 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | BRO | 16 hr | |
| Mar 18, 2:53 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | BRO | 17 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.