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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this wind advisory at Jan 24, 2017, 4:51 AM CST for 4 counties in Texas. It took effect at Jan 24, 2017, 10:00 AM CST. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 24, 2017, 4:51 AM CST (10:51 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 24, 2017, 10:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 24, 2017, 5:00 PM CST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
Counties Cameron County, TX, Hidalgo County, TX, Kenedy County, TX, Willacy County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Brownsville Intl, TX (KBRO), launched 00:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 73 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3058 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 124 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 119 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
009 WWUS74 KBRO 241051 NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 451 AM CST TUE JAN 24 2017 ...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS ACROSS THE COASTAL COUNTIES AND MID- RIO GRANDE VALLEY TODAY... .A LOW-PRESSURE SYSTEM DEEPENING OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS TODAY WILL CAUSE STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS TO DEVELOP BY LATE MORNING. LOWER WIND SPEEDS WILL OCCUR OVER THE WESTERN COUNTIES. TXZ251-253>257-241900- /O.NEW.KBRO.WI.Y.0004.170124T1600Z-170124T2300Z/ KENEDY-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY-INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY- COASTAL CAMERON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF SARITA, MCALLEN, EDINBURG, PHARR, MISSION, WESLACO, RAYMONDVILLE, BROWNSVILLE, HARLINGEN, PORT MANSFIELD, PORT ISABEL, SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, LAGUNA HEIGHTS, AND LAGUNA VISTA 451 AM CST TUE JAN 24 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS BETWEEN 11AM AND 4PM. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH BY LATE AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTH AT 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * IMPACTS...LIGHT AND MODERATE WEIGHT ITEMS...SUCH AS PATIO FURNITURE...EMPTY TRASH CANS...AND PORTABLE BASKETBALL POSTS...MAY BLOW OVER. HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES WILL BE DIFFICULT TO DRIVE...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES OR OVERPASSES AND IN CROSSWINDS. 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. && $$ 53
2 follow-up statements
270 WWUS74 KBRO 241842 NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 1242 PM CST TUE JAN 24 2017 ...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS CONTINUE ACROSS EASTERN PORTIONS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON... .A LOW-PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS TODAY WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS ACROSS THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON. TXZ251-253>257-242300- /O.CON.KBRO.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-170124T2300Z/ KENEDY-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY-INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY- COASTAL CAMERON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF SARITA, MCALLEN, EDINBURG, PHARR, MISSION, WESLACO, RAYMONDVILLE, BROWNSVILLE, HARLINGEN, PORT MANSFIELD, PORT ISABEL, SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, LAGUNA HEIGHTS, AND LAGUNA VISTA 1242 PM CST TUE JAN 24 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS BETWEEN NOW AND 4PM. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTH 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...LIGHT AND MODERATE WEIGHT ITEMS...SUCH AS PATIO FURNITURE...EMPTY TRASH CANS...AND PORTABLE BASKETBALL POSTS...MAY BLOW OVER. HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES WILL BE DIFFICULT TO DRIVE...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES OR OVERPASSES AND IN CROSSWINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ CASTILLO
246 WWUS74 KBRO 242310 AAA NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 510 PM CST TUE JAN 24 2017 ...DECREASING WINDS ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING... .SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATE THAT WINDS ARE DIMINISHING TO BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA...AND THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. TXZ251-253>257-250015- /O.EXP.KBRO.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-170124T2300Z/ KENEDY-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY-INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY- COASTAL CAMERON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF SARITA, MCALLEN, EDINBURG, PHARR, MISSION, WESLACO, RAYMONDVILLE, BROWNSVILLE, HARLINGEN, PORT MANSFIELD, PORT ISABEL, SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, LAGUNA HEIGHTS, AND LAGUNA VISTA 510 PM CST TUE JAN 24 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... ALTHOUGH THE WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...WINDS MAY CONTINUE TO BE BREEZY ALONG THE COASTAL COUNTIES OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS UNTIL SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET. $$ BIRCHFIELD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 24, 3:22 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | BRO | 15 hr | |
| Jan 24, 3:22 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | BRO | 14 hr | |
| Jan 24, 2:56 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | BRO | Brooks, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Starr, Zapata | 15 hr |
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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.