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Wind Advisory 9, NWS Brownsville, TX

October 30, 2015Cameron County, Willacy County, Texas

NWS Brownsville, TX issued this wind advisory at Oct 30, 2015, 11:54 PM CDT for Cameron County, Willacy County, Texas. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 30, 2015, 11:54 PM CDT (04:54 UTC)
Expired
Oct 31, 2015, 6:16 AM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Brownsville, TX

Counties Cameron County, TX, Willacy County, TX

The radar

The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:54 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, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 48 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 00:00Z on 2015-10-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3281 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Brownsville Intl, TX at 00:00Z on 2015-10-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 152 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
3281 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
583 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
152 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
84 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.9
Supercell composite
10.1

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The text

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

479 
WWUS74 KBRO 310454
NPWBRO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
1154 PM CDT FRI OCT 30 2015

...STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS PORTIONS OF
THE LOWER TEXAS COAST LATE TONIGHT...

.SURFACE LOW PRESSURE ACROSS SOUTHWEST TEXAS IN COMBINATION WITH A
STRONG LOW LEVEL JET ACROSS THE LOWER TEXAS COAST WILL CONTINUE TO
PRODUCE STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE LOWER TEXAS
COAST LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.

TXZ254>257-311200-
/O.NEW.KBRO.WI.Y.0009.151031T0454Z-151031T1200Z/
INLAND WILLACY-INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RAYMONDVILLE...BROWNSVILLE...
HARLINGEN...PORT MANSFIELD...PORT ISABEL...SOUTH PADRE ISLAND...
LAGUNA HEIGHTS...LAGUNA VISTA
1154 PM CDT FRI OCT 30 2015

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT SATURDAY. 

* TIMING...NOW THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING.

* WINDS...SOUTHEAST WINDS 25 TO 30 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
1 follow-up statement
168 
WWUS74 KBRO 311116
NPWBRO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
616 AM CDT SAT OCT 31 2015

...WINDS CONTINUE TO DIMINISH ACROSS THE LOWER TEXAS COAST THIS
MORNING...

.WINDS CONTINUE TO DIMINISH ACROSS THE LOWER TEXAS COAST AS A
COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE MIDDLE TEXAS COAST THIS MORNING. 

TXZ254>257-311230-
/O.CAN.KBRO.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-151031T1200Z/
INLAND WILLACY-INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RAYMONDVILLE...BROWNSVILLE...
HARLINGEN...PORT MANSFIELD...PORT ISABEL...SOUTH PADRE ISLAND...
LAGUNA HEIGHTS...LAGUNA VISTA
616 AM CDT SAT OCT 31 2015

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS CANCELLED THE
WIND ADVISORY. 

SOUTH WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 30 MPH WILL
CONTINUE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE LOWER TEXAS COAST THIS MORNING.

$$

CASTILLO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 30, 8:26 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningBROWillacy24 hr
Oct 30, 10:42 PM CDTGale WarningBRO5 hr
Oct 30, 10:42 PM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryBRO20 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.