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Small Craft Advisory 19, NWS Brownsville, TX

March 26, 2015

NWS Brownsville, TX issued this small craft advisory at Mar 26, 2015, 3:30 AM CDT. It took effect at Mar 26, 2015, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 21 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 26, 2015, 3:30 AM CDT (08:30 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 26, 2015, 10:00 AM CDT
Expired
Mar 27, 2015, 7:00 AM CDT
In force
21 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 Mar 26, 12:32 AM CDT, 2 hours 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 26, 12:32 AM CDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 26, 3:28 AM CDT, 2 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
328 AM CDT THU MAR 26 2015

TXZ248>257-270830-
ZAPATA-JIM HOGG-BROOKS-KENEDY-STARR-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY-
INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON-
328 AM CDT THU MAR 26 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF DEEP SOUTH
TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

PATCHY FOG...SOME POSSIBLY DENSE WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO DEVELOP ALONG AND BEHIND
A COLD FRONT TODAY. IF THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP...SOME OF THEM MAY
BECOME SEVERE WITH HAIL TO AROUND THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND
DAMAGING WINDS TO 60 MPH. IF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OCCUR...THE
MOST LIKELY LOCATION WILL BE ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM NEAR
MCALLEN TO PORT MANSFIELD FROM AROUND 8 AM TO 3 PM.

THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES TODAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

AN ELEVATED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IS FORECAST FRIDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

FORMAL SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS UNLIKELY BUT SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO
REMAIN ALERT AND REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ACCORDING TO STANDARD
OPERATING PROCEDURES.

GMZ130-132-135-150-155-170-175-270830-
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-
328 AM CDT THU MAR 26 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL LOWER TEXAS COASTAL
WATERS THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND ROUGH
SEAS.

STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND JUST
BEHIND A COLD FRONT EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE LOWER TEXAS COAST
TODAY. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY CONTAIN WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 KNOTS
AND HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS OR LARGER IN ADDITION TO CLOUD TO
SURFACE LIGHTNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

FORMAL SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS UNLIKELY BUT SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO
REMAIN ALERT AND REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ACCORDING TO STANDARD
OPERATING PROCEDURES.

JGG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 26, 3:42 AM CDTRip Current StatementBROKenedy22 hr
Mar 26, 11:54 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROStarr36 min
Mar 26, 12:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROHidalgo, Starr46 min
Mar 26, 12:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROHidalgo45 min
Mar 26, 1:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROHidalgo32 min
Mar 26, 2:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROCameron45 min

Nearby

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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.