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Wind Advisory 9, NWS Brownsville, TX

June 1, 2016Cameron County, Willacy County, Texas

NWS Brownsville, TX issued this wind advisory at Jun 1, 2016, 5:25 AM CDT for Cameron County, Willacy County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 1, 2016, 5:25 AM CDT (10:25 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 2016, 8:32 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Brownsville, TX

Counties Cameron County, TX, Willacy County, TX

The radar

The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:29 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, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 48 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 2016-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1776 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 2016-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 16 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
1776 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-26 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
956 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
44 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.7

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The text

As transmitted.

820 
WWUS74 KBRO 011025
NPWBRO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
525 AM CDT WED JUN 1 2016

...STRONG WINDS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE COASTAL SECTIONS OF
DEEP SOUTH TEXAS THIS MORNING...

.STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE
COASTAL SECTIONS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS THIS MORNING AS A WAKE LOW
HAS DEVELOPED OFFSHORE THE LOWER TEXAS COAST THIS MORNING IN THE
WAKE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT MOVED THROUGH THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY
OVERNIGHT. 

TXZ254>257-011400-
/O.NEW.KBRO.WI.Y.0009.160601T1025Z-160601T1400Z/
INLAND WILLACY-INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RAYMONDVILLE...BROWNSVILLE...
HARLINGEN...PORT MANSFIELD...PORT ISABEL...SOUTH PADRE ISLAND...
LAGUNA HEIGHTS...LAGUNA VISTA
525 AM CDT WED JUN 1 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING. 

* TIMING...NOW THROUGH THIS MORNING.

* WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 35
  TO 40 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
  THIS MORNING ESPECIALLY ON SOUTH FACING EXPOSURES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED.
WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

CASTILLO
1 follow-up statement
992 
WWUS74 KBRO 011332
NPWBRO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
832 AM CDT WED JUN 1 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

.WIND SPEEDS IN THE ADVISORY AREA HAVE DECREASED BELOW ADVISORY
LEVELS.

TXZ254>257-011445-
/O.CAN.KBRO.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-160601T1400Z/
INLAND WILLACY-INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RAYMONDVILLE...BROWNSVILLE...
HARLINGEN...PORT MANSFIELD...PORT ISABEL...SOUTH PADRE ISLAND...
LAGUNA HEIGHTS...LAGUNA VISTA
832 AM CDT WED JUN 1 2016

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS CANCELLED THE
WIND ADVISORY. 

WINDS HAVE DECREASED BELOW 30 MPH IN THE ADVISORY AREA...SO THE
WIND ADVISORY WILL BE CANCELLED EARLY.

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 31, 7:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROBrooks27 min
May 31, 7:23 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBROJim Hogg97 min
May 31, 7:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROBrooks33 min
May 31, 8:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROBrooks, Jim Hogg27 min
May 31, 8:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROJim Hogg, Zapata56 min
May 31, 8:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROBrooks50 min
May 31, 8:39 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBROBrooks2 hr
May 31, 8:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROBrooks, Hidalgo29 min
May 31, 9:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROKenedy8 min
May 31, 9:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROBrooks48 min
May 31, 9:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROJim Hogg44 min
May 31, 9:46 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBROKenedy89 min
May 31, 9:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROKenedy, Willacy38 min
May 31, 10:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROHidalgo, Starr42 min
May 31, 10:20 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBROStarr85 min
May 31, 10:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROHidalgo, Starr36 min
May 31, 10:44 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBROHidalgo91 min
May 31, 10:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROWillacy49 min
May 31, 11:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROKenedy, Willacy52 min
May 31, 11:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROHidalgo43 min
May 31, 11:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROHidalgo41 min
May 31, 11:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROJim Hogg37 min
May 31, 11:37 PM CDTTornado WarningBROHidalgo23 min
May 31, 11:46 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningBRO59 min
May 31, 11:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROWillacy49 min
Jun 1, 12:02 AM CDTTornado WarningBROHidalgo28 min
Jun 1, 12:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROHidalgo40 min
Jun 1, 12:20 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBROHidalgo85 min
Jun 1, 12:29 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROCameron46 min
Jun 1, 12:35 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBROCameron, Willacy85 min
Jun 1, 12:38 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROCameron37 min
Jun 1, 12:53 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROCameron52 min
Jun 1, 1:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROCameron36 min
Jun 1, 1:21 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROCameron39 min
Jun 1, 2:09 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBROCameron96 min
Jun 1, 3:23 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningBRO52 min
Jun 1, 4:45 AM CDTSmall Craft Advisory for WindsBRO4 hr
Jun 1, 5:02 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchBROBrooks, Cameron, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Kenedy, Starr and 2 more4 days

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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.