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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this wind advisory at Mar 29, 2015, 4:01 AM CDT for Cameron County, Kenedy County, Willacy County, Texas. It took effect at Mar 29, 2015, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 29, 2015, 4:01 AM CDT (09:01 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 29, 2015, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 29, 2015, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 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 09:03 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, 9.0 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
- 1610 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
543 WWUS74 KBRO 290901 NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 401 AM CDT SUN MAR 29 2015 ...STRONG SOUTH WINDS EXPECTED ALONG THE LOWER TEXAS COASTLINE TODAY... .THE COMBINATION OF THE SURFACE LOW PRESSURE AREA DEVELOPING OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS STATES AND A SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE AREA OVER THE GULF COAST REGION WILL PRODUCE STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS ACROSS CAMERON...WILLACY AND KENEDY COUNTIES STARTING AROUND MIDDAY AND CONTINUING INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. TXZ251-254>257-291715- /O.NEW.KBRO.WI.Y.0004.150329T1700Z-150330T0000Z/ 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 401 AM CDT SUN MAR 29 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...MIDDAY SUNDAY THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS FROM 25 TO 35 MPH WITH BRIEF GUSTS FROM 35 TO 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...MOVE LIGHT AND MODERATE WEIGHT ITEMS...SUCH AS PATIO FURNITURE...EMPTY TRASH CANS...AND PORTABLE BASKETBALL POSTS... INDOORS. HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES MAY BE DIFFICULT TO DRIVE...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES OR OVERPASSES AND IN CROSS WINDS. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
634 WWUS74 KBRO 291756 NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 1256 PM CDT SUN MAR 29 2015 ...STRONG SOUTH WINDS EXPECTED ALONG THE LOWER TEXAS COASTLINE TODAY... .THE COMBINATION OF THE SURFACE LOW PRESSURE AREA DEVELOPING OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS STATES AND A SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE AREA OVER THE GULF COAST REGION WILL PRODUCE STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS ACROSS CAMERON...WILLACY AND KENEDY COUNTIES STARTING AROUND MIDDAY AND CONTINUING INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. TXZ251-254>257-300000- /O.CON.KBRO.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-150330T0000Z/ KENEDY-INLAND WILLACY-INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY- COASTAL CAMERON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SARITA...RAYMONDVILLE...BROWNSVILLE... HARLINGEN...PORT MANSFIELD...PORT ISABEL...SOUTH PADRE ISLAND... LAGUNA HEIGHTS...LAGUNA VISTA 1256 PM CDT SUN MAR 29 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...MIDDAY SUNDAY THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS FROM 25 TO 35 MPH WITH BRIEF GUSTS FROM 35 TO 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...MOVE LIGHT AND MODERATE WEIGHT ITEMS...SUCH AS PATIO FURNITURE...EMPTY TRASH CANS...AND PORTABLE BASKETBALL POSTS... INDOORS. HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES MAY BE DIFFICULT TO DRIVE...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES OR OVERPASSES AND IN CROSS WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 30 TO 39 MPH FOR AT LEAST 2 HOURS...AND OR FREQUENT GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 40 AND 57 MPH. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 3:54 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | BRO | 18 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.