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Wind Advisory 7, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this wind advisory at Mar 19, 2016, 5:19 AM CDT for Kenedy County, Texas. It took effect at Mar 19, 2016, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 19, 2016, 5:19 AM CDT (10:19 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 19, 2016, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 19, 2016, 3:34 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 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 10:21 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, 10.3 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
- 2025 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -154 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 739 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -7 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted.
874 WWUS74 KBRO 191019 NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 519 AM CDT SAT MAR 19 2016 ...STRONG NORTH WINDS TO DEVELOP ALONG THE LOWER TEXAS COAST LATER THIS MORNING... .STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE COASTAL SECTIONS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS LATER THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS ACROSS THE LOWER TEXAS COAST IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT MOVING OFFSHORE LATER THIS MORNING. TXZ251-256-257-191830- /O.NEW.KBRO.WI.Y.0007.160319T1500Z-160319T2100Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SARITA...PORT MANSFIELD...PORT ISABEL... SOUTH PADRE ISLAND...LAGUNA HEIGHTS...LAGUNA VISTA 519 AM CDT SAT MAR 19 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...10 AM THROUGH 4 PM TODAY. * WINDS...FROM THE NORTH INCREASING TO 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...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 NORTH FACING EXPOSURES. HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES WILL BE DIFFICULT TO DRIVE...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES OR OVERPASSES AND IN CROSS WINDS ALONG 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. && $$ CASTILLO
2 follow-up statements
399 WWUS74 KBRO 191940 NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 240 PM CDT SAT MAR 19 2016 ...STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ALONG THE LOWER TEXAS COAST THIS AFTERNOON... .STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE COASTAL SECTIONS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS ACROSS THE LOWER TEXAS COAST IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT. TXZ251-256-257-192100- /O.CON.KBRO.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-160319T2100Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SARITA...PORT MANSFIELD...PORT ISABEL... SOUTH PADRE ISLAND...LAGUNA HEIGHTS...LAGUNA VISTA 240 PM CDT SAT MAR 19 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...THROUGH 4 PM TODAY. * WINDS...FROM THE NORTH INCREASING TO 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...MOVE LIGHT AND MODERATE WEIGHT ITEMS...SUCH AS PATIO FURNITURE...EMPTY TRASH CANS...AND PORTABLE BASKETBALL POSTS... INDOORS. FASTEN LOOSE DOORS...WINDOWS...SHINGLES...AND SIDING EARLY THIS MORNING ESPECIALLY ON NORTH FACING EXPOSURES. HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES WILL BE DIFFICULT TO DRIVE...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES OR OVERPASSES AND IN CROSS WINDS ALONG THE QUEEN ISABELLA CAUSEWAY BETWEEN SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND PORT ISABEL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 30 TO 39 MPH FOR AT LEAST 2 HOURS...AND OR FREQUENT GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 40 AND 57 MPH. && $$
265 WWUS74 KBRO 192034 AAA NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 334 PM CDT SAT MAR 19 2016 ...SURFACE WINDS BEGINNING TO DIMINISH... .HIGH PRESSURE IS GRADUALLY BUILDING INTO DEEP SOUTH TEXAS AND THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY BEHIND THE FRIDAY COLD FRONT...AND SURFACE WINDS ARE BEGINNING TO DIMINISH BELOW ESTABLISHED WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA. THEREFORE...THE ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED A LITTLE EARLY. TXZ251-256-257-192145- /O.CAN.KBRO.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-160319T2100Z/ KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SARITA...PORT MANSFIELD...PORT ISABEL... SOUTH PADRE ISLAND...LAGUNA HEIGHTS...LAGUNA VISTA 334 PM CDT SAT MAR 19 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. RESIDENTS ACROSS DEEP SOUTH TEXAS AND THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY CAN EXPECT BREEZY WINDS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...BECOMING MODERATE FOR THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. $$ TOMASELLI
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 9:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Zapata | 33 min |
| Mar 18, 10:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Zapata | 21 min |
| Mar 18, 11:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Jim Hogg | 27 min |
| Mar 18, 11:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Starr | 50 min |
| Mar 18, 11:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Starr, Zapata | 46 min |
| Mar 18, 11:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Brooks, Jim Hogg | 30 min |
| Mar 18, 11:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Brooks | 47 min |
| Mar 19, 12:02 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Zapata | 88 min |
| Mar 19, 12:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Brooks, Kenedy | 41 min |
| Mar 19, 12:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Starr, Zapata | 44 min |
| Mar 19, 12:35 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Hidalgo | 40 min |
| Mar 19, 12:45 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Starr, Zapata | 90 min |
| Mar 19, 12:45 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | BRO | 45 min | |
| Mar 19, 12:54 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Brooks, Kenedy | 96 min |
| Mar 19, 12:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Kenedy | 35 min |
| Mar 19, 1:11 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Starr, Zapata | 94 min |
| Mar 19, 1:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Starr | 42 min |
| Mar 19, 1:52 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Cameron | 38 min |
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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.