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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this wind advisory at Jan 16, 2016, 4:46 AM CST for 8 counties in Texas. It took effect at Jan 16, 2016, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 16, 2016, 4:46 AM CST (10:46 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 16, 2016, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Jan 16, 2016, 5:10 PM CST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
Counties Brooks County, TX, Cameron County, TX, Hidalgo County, TX, Jim Hogg County, TX, Kenedy County, TX, Starr County, TX, Willacy County, TX, Zapata County, TX
The radar
The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 120 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3176 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 132 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
254 WWUS74 KBRO 161046 NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 446 AM CST SAT JAN 16 2016 ...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON... .THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT WITH DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE OVER THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO PRODUCE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS ACROSS ALL AREAS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE REGION THIS EVENING WITH WINDS STEADILY DIMINISHING. TXZ248>257-161900- /O.NEW.KBRO.WI.Y.0002.160116T1800Z-160117T0000Z/ ZAPATA-JIM HOGG-BROOKS-KENEDY-STARR-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY- INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ZAPATA...HEBBRONVILLE...FALFURRIAS... SARITA...RIO GRANDE CITY...ROMA...MCALLEN...EDINBURG...PHARR... MISSION...WESLACO...RAYMONDVILLE...BROWNSVILLE...HARLINGEN... PORT MANSFIELD...PORT ISABEL...SOUTH PADRE ISLAND... LAGUNA HEIGHTS...LAGUNA VISTA 446 AM CST SAT JAN 16 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS BETWEEN NOON AND 6 PM. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...MOTORISTS OF HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES COULD HAVE DIFFICULTY DRIVING...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES OR OVERPASSES AND IN CROSS WINDS. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
741 WWUS74 KBRO 161903 NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 103 PM CST SAT JAN 16 2016 ...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON... .THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT WITH DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE OVER THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO PRODUCE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS ACROSS ALL AREAS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE REGION THIS EVENING WITH WINDS STEADILY DIMINISHING. TXZ248>257-170000- /O.CON.KBRO.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160117T0000Z/ ZAPATA-JIM HOGG-BROOKS-KENEDY-STARR-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY- INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ZAPATA...HEBBRONVILLE...FALFURRIAS... SARITA...RIO GRANDE CITY...ROMA...MCALLEN...EDINBURG...PHARR... MISSION...WESLACO...RAYMONDVILLE...BROWNSVILLE...HARLINGEN... PORT MANSFIELD...PORT ISABEL...SOUTH PADRE ISLAND... LAGUNA HEIGHTS...LAGUNA VISTA 103 PM CST SAT JAN 16 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...STRONG WINDS BETWEEN NOON AND 6 PM. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...MOTORISTS OF HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES COULD HAVE DIFFICULTY DRIVING...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES OR OVERPASSES AND IN CROSS WINDS. UNFASTENED ITEMS SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE...TRAMPOLINES...TRASH CANS...PORTABLE BASKETBALL HOOPS...AND PLANTERS COULD BLOW AROUND OR BECOME FLYING OBJECTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 30 TO 39 MPH FOR AT LEAST 2 HOURS...AND OR FREQUENT GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 40 AND 57 MPH. && $$
488 WWUS74 KBRO 162310 AAA NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 510 PM CST SAT JAN 16 2016 ...SURFACE WINDS RAPIDLY DIMINISHING... .SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATE THAT THE STRONG WINDS THAT AFFECTED DEEP SOUTH TEXAS AND THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY TODAY BEHIND A COLD FRONT ARE RAPIDLY DIMINISHING...AND HAVE FALLEN BELOW ESTABLISHED WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA. THEREFORE THE ADVISORY...PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING...HAS BEEN CANCELED AN HOUR EARLY AND IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. TXZ248>257-170015- /O.CAN.KBRO.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160117T0000Z/ ZAPATA-JIM HOGG-BROOKS-KENEDY-STARR-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY- INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ZAPATA...HEBBRONVILLE...FALFURRIAS... SARITA...RIO GRANDE CITY...ROMA...MCALLEN...EDINBURG...PHARR... MISSION...WESLACO...RAYMONDVILLE...BROWNSVILLE...HARLINGEN... PORT MANSFIELD...PORT ISABEL...SOUTH PADRE ISLAND... LAGUNA HEIGHTS...LAGUNA VISTA 510 PM CST SAT JAN 16 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY...WHICH WAS PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS AND THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. RESIDENTS CAN EXPECT LIGHT TO MODERATE SURFACE WINDS FROM NOW AND THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. $$ TOMASELLI
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 16, 4:19 AM CST | Gale Warning | BRO | 14 hr | |
| Jan 16, 5:57 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | BRO | 16 hr |
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.