Alert archive / Texas / Wind Advisories in 2017
Wind Advisory 5, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this wind advisory at Mar 24, 2017, 10:27 AM CDT for Cameron County, Willacy County, Texas. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 24, 2017, 10:27 AM CDT (15:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 24, 2017, 2:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 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 15:28 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, 3.5 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 455 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -392 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 642 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 169 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
197 WWUS74 KBRO 241527 NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Brownsville TX 1027 AM CDT Fri Mar 24 2017 ...Gusty winds across the lower valley today... .Gusty south winds have developed across the lower valley this morning, and are forecast to continue through midafternoon. Sustained winds of 25 to 30 miles per hour with gusts near 40 miles per hour will be common from Brownsville to Raymondville. Winds are forecast to decrease by midafternoon. TXZ254>257-241900- /O.NEW.KBRO.WI.Y.0005.170324T1527Z-170324T1900Z/ Inland Willacy-Inland Cameron-Coastal Willacy-Coastal Cameron- Including the cities of Raymondville, Brownsville, Harlingen, Port Mansfield, Port Isabel, South Padre Island, Laguna Heights, and Laguna Vista 1027 AM CDT Fri Mar 24 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... The National Weather Service in Brownsville has issued a Wind Advisory, which is in effect until 2 PM CDT this afternoon. * TIMING...Now through midafternoon * WINDS...South winds 25 to 30 miles per hour with gusts of 40 miles per hour. * 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 2:08 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | BRO | 18 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.