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Wind Advisory 1, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this wind advisory at Jan 9, 2016, 2:46 AM CST for Kenedy County, Texas. It took effect at Jan 9, 2016, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 9, 2016, 2:46 AM CST (08:46 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 9, 2016, 9:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 9, 2016, 3:34 PM CST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
County Kenedy County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 94 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
- 670 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -101 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 675 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 81 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 125 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 127 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.7
The text
As transmitted.
564 WWUS74 KBRO 090846 NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 246 AM CST SAT JAN 9 2016 ...FOG CONTINUES TO LIFT ACROSS THE COASTAL SECTIONS EARLY THIS MORNING... ...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE LOWER TEXAS COAST LATER TODAY... .A SURFACE TROUGH CONTINUES TO MOVE ACROSS THE LOWER TEXAS COAST EARLY THIS MORNING AND VISIBILITIES CONTINUE TO IMPROVE AS WINDS CONTINUE TO INCREASE. WINDS WILL INCREASE FROM THE NORTHWEST LATER THIS MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE COASTAL SECTIONS LATER TODAY. TXZ251-256-257-091700- /O.CAN.KBRO.FG.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160109T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KBRO.WI.Y.0001.160109T1500Z-160110T0000Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SARITA...PORT MANSFIELD...PORT ISABEL... SOUTH PADRE ISLAND...LAGUNA HEIGHTS...LAGUNA VISTA 246 AM CST SAT JAN 9 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE DENSE FOG ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...LATER THIS MORNING INTO THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH. * IMPACTS....UNFASTENED ITEMS SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE... TRAMPOLINES...TRASH CANS...PORTABLE BASKETBALL HOOPS...AND PLANTERS COULD BLOW AROUND OR BECOME FLYING OBJECTS. 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. HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES WILL BE DIFFICULT TO DRIVE...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES OR OVERPASSES AND IN CROSS WINDS ON EAST-WEST ELEVATED HIGHWAYS. FASTEN OR TIE DOWN LOOSE DOORS... WINDOWS...SHINGLES...AND SIDING. TIE DOWN OR MOVE INTO SHELTERS ANY LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. && $$ TXZ249-250-252-091000- /O.CAN.KBRO.FG.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160109T0900Z/ JIM HOGG-BROOKS-STARR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HEBBRONVILLE...FALFURRIAS... RIO GRANDE CITY...ROMA 246 AM CST SAT JAN 9 2016 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS CANCELLED THE DENSE FOG ADVISORY. VISIBILITIES CONTINUE TO IMPROVE AS WINDS CONTINUE TO INCREASE EARLY THIS MORNING. $$ TXZ253>255-091000- /O.CAN.KBRO.FG.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160109T1200Z/ HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY-INLAND CAMERON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MCALLEN...EDINBURG...PHARR...MISSION... WESLACO...RAYMONDVILLE...BROWNSVILLE...HARLINGEN 246 AM CST SAT JAN 9 2016 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS CANCELLED THE DENSE FOG ADVISORY. VISIBILITIES CONTINUE TO IMPROVE AS WINDS CONTINUE TO INCREASE EARLY THIS MORNING. $$ CASTILLO
2 follow-up statements
670 WWUS74 KBRO 091657 NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 1057 AM CST SAT JAN 9 2016 ...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE LOWER TEXAS COAST LATER TODAY... .WINDS WILL INCREASE FROM THE NORTHWEST LATER THIS MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE COASTAL SECTIONS LATER TODAY. TXZ251-256-257-100000- /O.CON.KBRO.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-160110T0000Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SARITA...PORT MANSFIELD...PORT ISABEL... SOUTH PADRE ISLAND...LAGUNA HEIGHTS...LAGUNA VISTA 1057 AM CST SAT JAN 9 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...LATER THIS MORNING INTO THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH. * IMPACTS....UNFASTENED ITEMS SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE... TRAMPOLINES...TRASH CANS...PORTABLE BASKETBALL HOOPS...AND PLANTERS COULD BLOW AROUND OR BECOME FLYING OBJECTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 30 TO 39 MPH FOR AT LEAST 2 HOURS...AND OR FREQUENT GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 40 AND 57 MPH. HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES WILL BE DIFFICULT TO DRIVE...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES OR OVERPASSES AND IN CROSS WINDS ON EAST-WEST ELEVATED HIGHWAYS. FASTEN OR TIE DOWN LOOSE DOORS... WINDOWS...SHINGLES...AND SIDING. TIE DOWN OR MOVE INTO SHELTERS ANY LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. && $$
876 WWUS74 KBRO 092134 NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 334 PM CST SAT JAN 9 2016 ...NORTHWEST WINDS DIMINISHING... .OBSERVATIONS OVER THE LAST FEW HOURS SHOWN WINDS UNDER ACHIEVING WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA. AS SUNSET APPROACHES WINDS ARE EXPECTED LOWER EVEN FURTHER AS A RESULT THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE CANCELED. TXZ251-256-257-092245- /O.CAN.KBRO.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-160110T0000Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SARITA...PORT MANSFIELD...PORT ISABEL... SOUTH PADRE ISLAND...LAGUNA HEIGHTS...LAGUNA VISTA 334 PM CST SAT JAN 9 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. NORTHWEST WIND OF 15 TO 20 MPH FEW GUSTS TO 25 MPH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON ARE EXPECTED WITH WINDS DROPPING BELOW 15 MPH A FEW HOURS AFTER SUNSET. $$ GB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 8, 9:32 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | BRO | Brooks, Cameron, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Kenedy, Starr and 1 more | 5 hr |
| Jan 9, 12:28 AM CST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | BRO | 3 hr | |
| Jan 9, 3:20 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | BRO | 15 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.