Alert archive / Texas / Wind Advisories in 2015
Wind Advisory 5, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this wind advisory at May 9, 2015, 11:39 AM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 9, 2015, 11:39 AM CDT (16:39 UTC)
- Expired
- May 9, 2015, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 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 16:41 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 12:00Z, 4.7 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
- 1706 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -305 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 853 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -85 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
929 WWUS74 KBRO 091639 NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 1139 AM CDT SAT MAY 9 2015 ...STRONG SOUTH WINDS EXPECTED ALONG THE LOWER TEXAS COASTLINE THIS AFTERNOON... .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 SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS ACROSS CAMERON...WILLACY...HIDALGO AND KENEDY COUNTIES NOW AND CONTINUING INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. TXZ251-253>257-100000- /O.NEW.KBRO.WI.Y.0005.150509T1639Z-150510T0000Z/ 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 1139 AM CDT SAT MAY 9 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...NOW THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST WINDS FROM 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 1:43 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | BRO | 41 hr | |
| May 9, 1:43 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | BRO | 19 hr | |
| May 9, 2:20 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | BRO | 115 min |
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.