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Wind Advisory 7, NWS Brownsville, TX

May 29, 2015Cameron County, Texas

NWS Brownsville, TX issued this wind advisory at May 29, 2015, 12:51 PM CDT for Cameron County, Texas. It took effect at May 29, 2015, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 29, 2015, 12:51 PM CDT (17:51 UTC)
In effect from
May 29, 2015, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired
May 29, 2015, 3:00 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Brownsville, TX

County Cameron County, TX

The radar

The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:52 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, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 29 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Brownsville Intl, TX at 12:00Z on 2015-05-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3225 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Brownsville Intl, TX at 12:00Z on 2015-05-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -53 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
3225 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
632 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
2 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-53 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

713 
WWUS74 KBRO 291751
NPWBRO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
1251 PM CDT FRI MAY 29 2015

...STRONG WINDS DEVELOPING ACROSS PORTIONS OF CAMERON COUNTY THIS
AFTERNOON...

.STRONG WINDS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS PORTIONS OF CAMERON
COUNTY AS AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE HAS DEVELOPED IN THE WAKE OF
THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT MOVED THROUGH THE AREA THIS MORNING. THE
WAKE LOW WILL PROVIDE VERY STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS ACROSS PORTIONS
OF CAMERON COUNTY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.

TXZ255-257-292000-
/O.NEW.KBRO.WI.Y.0007.150529T1800Z-150529T2000Z/
INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL CAMERON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BROWNSVILLE...HARLINGEN...PORT ISABEL...
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND...LAGUNA HEIGHTS...LAGUNA VISTA
1251 PM CDT FRI MAY 29 2015

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. 

* TIMING...NOW THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. 

* WINDS...SOUTHEAST WINDS 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 TO 45
  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.

&&

$$

CASTILLO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 29, 3:59 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROJim Hogg, Zapata46 min
May 29, 4:42 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROBrooks, Jim Hogg, Starr48 min
May 29, 5:18 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningBRO117 min
May 29, 5:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROBrooks, Kenedy42 min
May 29, 5:48 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBROBrooks, Kenedy117 min
May 29, 5:59 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBROZapata3 hr
May 29, 6:04 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROHidalgo, Starr41 min
May 29, 6:17 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROKenedy28 min
May 29, 6:38 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBROBrooks, Hidalgo, Kenedy, Starr112 min
May 29, 6:42 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningBRO2 hr
May 29, 6:54 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROHidalgo, Willacy66 min
May 29, 7:18 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningBRO117 min
May 29, 7:38 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBROHidalgo, Kenedy, Starr, Willacy2 hr
May 29, 7:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROHidalgo36 min
May 29, 8:01 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROCameron, Willacy59 min
May 29, 8:25 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBROCameron, Hidalgo, Willacy3 hr
May 29, 8:45 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROCameron60 min
May 29, 9:14 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningBRO91 min
May 29, 9:34 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBROCameron116 min
May 29, 9:41 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROCameron49 min
May 29, 11:04 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBROCameron116 min
May 29, 1:05 PM CDTSmall Craft Advisory for WindsBRO3 hr
May 29, 1:06 PM CDTCoastal Flood StatementBRO6 hr

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.