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Wind Advisory 6, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this wind advisory at Mar 7, 2016, 3:53 AM CST for 5 counties in Texas. It took effect at Mar 7, 2016, 11:00 AM CST. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 7, 2016, 3:53 AM CST (09:53 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 7, 2016, 11:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Mar 7, 2016, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 7 hr
- 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 09:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Brownsville Intl, TX (KBRO), launched 00:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 88 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
- 885 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -242 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 793 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.2
The text
As transmitted.
196 WWUS74 KBRO 070953 NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 353 AM CST MON MAR 7 2016 ...STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS FROM THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY THROUGH THE KING RANCH TODAY... .THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES AND INTENSIFYING TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE ACROSS WEST TEXAS WILL INCREASE WINDS TO POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS LEVELS THAT WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT FOR LIGHTWEIGHT VEHICLES AND CAUSE UNFASTENED LOOSE OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND LATE THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON. TXZ250-251-253>257-080000- /O.NEW.KBRO.WI.Y.0006.160307T1700Z-160308T0000Z/ BROOKS-KENEDY-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY-INLAND CAMERON- COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FALFURRIAS...SARITA...MCALLEN... EDINBURG...PHARR...MISSION...WESLACO...RAYMONDVILLE... BROWNSVILLE...HARLINGEN...PORT MANSFIELD...PORT ISABEL... SOUTH PADRE ISLAND...LAGUNA HEIGHTS...LAGUNA VISTA 353 AM CST MON MAR 7 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...11 AM THROUGH 6 PM. * WINDS...FROM THE SOUTHEAST INCREASING TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS TO 45 MPH OR HIGHER. * IMPACTS AND ACTIONS...MOVE LIGHT AND MODERATE WEIGHT ITEMS...SUCH AS PATIO FURNITURE...EMPTY TRASH CANS...AND PORTABLE BASKETBALL POSTS...INDOORS. FASTEN LOOSE DOORS...WINDOWS...SHINGLES...AND SIDING EARLY THIS MORNING ESPECIALLY ON SOUTH FACING EXPOSURES. HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES WILL BE DIFFICULT TO DRIVE...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES OR OVERPASSES AND IN CROSS WINDS ALONG INTERSTATE 2 BETWEEN HARLINGEN AND MISSION...AS WELL AS THE QUEEN ISABELLA CAUSEWAY BETWEEN SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND PORT ISABEL. 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. && $$ 52/BSG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 3:46 AM CST | Gale Watch | BRO | 37 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.