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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this wind advisory at Feb 20, 2015, 4:08 AM CST for 4 counties in Texas. It took effect at Feb 20, 2015, 10:04 AM CST. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 20, 2015, 4:08 AM CST (10:08 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 20, 2015, 10:04 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 20, 2015, 7:00 PM CST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
Counties Cameron County, TX, Hidalgo County, TX, Kenedy County, TX, Willacy County, TX
The radar
The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:09 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, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 73 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
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1015 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 293 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
891 WWUS74 KBRO 201008 NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 408 AM CST FRI FEB 20 2015 ...STRONG GUSTY SOUTH WINDS DEVELOPING... .DEEPENING SURFACE LOW PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND STRENGTHENING LOW LEVEL JET ALONG THE TEXAS COAST TO ALLOW FOR STRONG SOUTH WINDS TO DEVELOP OVER MUCH OF THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND LOWER TEXAS COAST THIS AFTERNOON. TXZ251-253>257-201815- /O.NEW.KBRO.WI.Y.0002.150220T1800Z-150221T0100Z/ 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 408 AM CST FRI FEB 20 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...NOON TO 7 PM. * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST INCREASING 25 TO 35 MPH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES WILL BE DIFFICULT TO DRIVE...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES OR OVERPASSES AND IN CROSS WINDS. LIGHT AND MODERATE WEIGHT ITEMS...SUCH AS PATIO FURNITURE...EMPTY TRASH CANS...AND PORTABLE BASKETBALL POSTS...WILL HAVE THE TENDENCY TO BLOW OVER WITH THE LIGHTER OBJECTS BECOMING SCATTERED IF NOT SECURED. 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. && $$ GB
2 follow-up statements
654 WWUS74 KBRO 201604 NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 1004 AM CST FRI FEB 20 2015 ...STRONG GUSTY SOUTH WINDS TO CONTINUE... .DEEPENING SURFACE LOW PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL ALLOW FOR STRONG SOUTH WINDS TO CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND LOWER TEXAS COAST THIS AFTERNOON. TXZ251-253>257-210015- /O.EXT.KBRO.WI.Y.0002.150220T1604Z-150221T0100Z/ KENEDY-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY-INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY- COASTAL CAMERON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SARITA...MCALLEN...EDINBURG...PHARR... MISSION...WESLACO...RAYMONDVILLE...BROWNSVILLE...HARLINGEN... PORT MANSFIELD...PORT ISABEL...SOUTH PADRE ISLAND... LAGUNA HEIGHTS...LAGUNA VISTA 1004 AM CST FRI FEB 20 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...NOW TO 7 PM. * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES WILL BE DIFFICULT TO DRIVE...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES OR OVERPASSES AND IN CROSS WINDS. LIGHT AND MODERATE WEIGHT ITEMS...SUCH AS PATIO FURNITURE...EMPTY TRASH CANS...AND PORTABLE BASKETBALL POSTS... WILL HAVE THE TENDENCY TO BLOW OVER WITH THE LIGHTER OBJECTS BECOMING SCATTERED IF NOT SECURED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 30 TO 39 MPH FOR AT LEAST 2 HOURS...AND OR FREQUENT GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 40 AND 57 MPH. && $$ JGG
120 WWUS74 KBRO 210108 AAA NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 708 PM CST FRI FEB 20 2015 ...WINDS SLOWLY DIMINISHING WITHIN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS... .SURFACE OBSERVATIONS WITHIN THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND DEEP SOUTH TEXAS INDICATE THAT WINDS ARE DIMINISHING WITHIN THE REGION AND BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA. TXZ251-253>257-210215- /O.EXP.KBRO.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-150221T0100Z/ 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 708 PM CST FRI FEB 20 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... SURFACE WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED BELOW ESTABLISHED WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA...AND THEREFORE THE ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE THIS EVENING. RESIDENTS CAN EXPECT MODERATE WINDS OVERNIGHT WITH AN OCCASIONAL BREEZY GUST. $$ TOMASELLI
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 20, 4:18 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | BRO | 16 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.