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Wind Advisory 6, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this wind advisory at Apr 5, 2017, 4:50 AM CDT for Kenedy County, Texas. It took effect at Apr 5, 2017, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 5, 2017, 4:50 AM CDT (09:50 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 5, 2017, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 5, 2017, 1:00 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 09:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 9.8 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
- 2406 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -107 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1098 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 5.9
The text
As transmitted.
579 WWUS74 KBRO 050950 NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Brownsville TX 450 AM CDT Wed Apr 5 2017 ...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS ALONG THE COASTAL AREAS THIS MORNING... .STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT CURRENTLY SURGING SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE AREA. THESE WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST ALONG THE COAST ADJACENT TO VERY STRONG WINDS OVER THE MARINE AREAS. TXZ251-256-257-051800- /O.NEW.KBRO.WI.Y.0006.170405T1200Z-170405T1800Z/ Kenedy-Coastal Willacy-Coastal Cameron- Including the cities of Sarita, Port Mansfield, Port Isabel, South Padre Island, Laguna Heights, and Laguna Vista 450 AM CDT Wed Apr 5 2017 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... The National Weather Service in Brownsville has issued a Wind Advisory, which is in effect until 1 PM CDT this afternoon. * TIMING...7 AM UNTIL 1 PM CDT. * WINDS...25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 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. && $$ 53
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 4:44 AM CDT | Gale Warning | BRO | 8 hr | |
| Apr 5, 4:44 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | BRO | 23 hr | |
| Apr 5, 4:44 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | BRO | 14 hr | |
| Apr 5, 5:05 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | BRO | Brooks, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Starr, Zapata | 13 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.