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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this wind advisory at Jan 15, 2017, 3:10 PM CST for Cameron County, Kenedy County, Willacy County, Texas. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 15, 2017, 3:10 PM CST (21:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 15, 2017, 7:00 PM CST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
Counties Cameron County, TX, Kenedy County, TX, Willacy County, TX
The radar
The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Brownsville Intl, TX (KBRO), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 71 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
- 444 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 638 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
As transmitted.
798 WWUS74 KBRO 152110 NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 310 PM CST SUN JAN 15 2017 ...GUSTY WINDS ALONG THE COAST THROUGH SUNSET... .SURFACE WINDS FUNNELING INTO A STORM SYSTEM IN NORTH TEXAS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS THROUGH THE REST OF THE DAY SUNDAY. WINDS WILL DECREASE QUICKLY JUST AFTER SUNSET. TXZ251-254>257-160100- /O.NEW.KBRO.WI.Y.0002.170115T2110Z-170116T0100Z/ KENEDY-INLAND WILLACY-INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY- COASTAL CAMERON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF SARITA, RAYMONDVILLE, BROWNSVILLE, HARLINGEN, PORT MANSFIELD, PORT ISABEL, SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, LAGUNA HEIGHTS, AND LAGUNA VISTA 310 PM CST SUN JAN 15 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY, WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...NOW THROUGH SUNSET. * WINDS...25 TO 30 MILES PER HOUR WITH FREQUENT GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...MOVE LIGHT AND MODERATE WEIGHT ITEMS...SUCH AS PATIO FURNITURE...EMPTY TRASH CANS...AND PORTABLE BASKETBALL POSTS...INDOORS. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
922 WWUS74 KBRO 160104 NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 704 PM CST SUN JAN 15 2017 ...WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY DECREASE TONIGHT... .WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED AFTER SUNSET BUT WILL STILL REMAIN GUSTY ACROSS COASTAL LOCATIONS. TXZ251-254>257-160215- /O.EXP.KBRO.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-170116T0100Z/ KENEDY-INLAND WILLACY-INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY- COASTAL CAMERON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF SARITA, RAYMONDVILLE, BROWNSVILLE, HARLINGEN, PORT MANSFIELD, PORT ISABEL, SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, LAGUNA HEIGHTS, AND LAGUNA VISTA 704 PM CST SUN JAN 15 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED TO BELOW CRITERIA...AND THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 15, 3:12 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | BRO | 7 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.