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Fire Weather Watch 2, NWS Brownsville, TX

February 7, 20165 counties in Texas

NWS Brownsville, TX issued this fire weather watch at Feb 7, 2016, 5:00 AM CST for 5 counties in Texas. It took effect at Feb 8, 2016, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 7, 2016, 5:00 AM CST (11:00 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 8, 2016, 9:00 AM CST
Expired
Feb 8, 2016, 2:45 AM CST
In force
Issued by
NWS Brownsville, TX

Counties Brooks County, TX, Cameron County, TX, Hidalgo County, TX, Kenedy County, TX, Willacy County, TX

The radar

The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this fire weather watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Brownsville, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this fire weather watch went out at Feb 7, 3:53 AM CST, 1 hour 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 7, 3:53 AM CST, 1 hour 7 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 6, 4:04 PM CST, 12 hours 56 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
404 PM CST SAT FEB 6 2016

TXZ248>257-070115-
ZAPATA-JIM HOGG-BROOKS-KENEDY-STARR-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY-
INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON-
404 PM CST SAT FEB 6 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF DEEP SOUTH
TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THE ADDITION OF SWELL MAY RESULT IN PERIODS OF ELEVATED RIP
CURRENT RISK.

WILDFIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD POTENTIAL WILL INCREASE MONDAY BEHIND
A COLD FRONT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

GMZ130-132-135-150-155-170-175-070115-
LAGUNA MADRE FROM THE PORT OF BROWNSVILLE TO THE ARROYO COLORADO-
LAGUNA MADRE FROM THE ARROYO COLORADO TO 5 NM NORTH OF PORT
MANSFIELD TX-
LAGUNA MADRE FROM 5 NM NORTH OF PORT MANSFIELD TO BAFFIN BAY TX-
COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT MANSFIELD TO THE RIO GRANDE OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT MANSFIELD OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM PORT MANSFIELD TO THE RIO GRANDE EXTENDING FROM 20 TO
60 NM-
WATERS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT MANSFIELD EXTENDING FROM 20 TO
60 NM-
404 PM CST SAT FEB 6 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE GULF OF
MEXICO AND THE LAGUNA MADRE.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ON THE GULF
TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP ACROSS THE LOWER
TEXAS COASTAL WATERS FOR A FEW HOURS MONDAY IN THE WAKE OF A COLD
FRONT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 7, 3:38 PM CSTSmall Craft AdvisoryBRO26 hr
Feb 7, 3:38 PM CSTSmall Craft Advisory for WindsBRO26 hr

Nearby

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.