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Wind Advisory 6, NWS Brownsville, TX

March 7, 20165 counties in Texas

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 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, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Brownsville Intl, TX at 00:00Z on 2016-03-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 885 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 2016-03-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 27 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 7, 3:46 AM CSTGale WatchBRO37 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.