Alert archive / Texas / Freeze Warnings in 2018
Freeze Warning 1, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this freeze warning at Jan 1, 2018, 4:15 AM CST for 8 counties in Texas. It took effect at Jan 1, 2018, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 16 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 1, 2018, 4:15 AM CST (10:15 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 1, 2018, 6:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Jan 2, 2018, 10:00 AM CST
- In force
- 16 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
Counties Brooks County, TX, Cameron County, TX, Hidalgo County, TX, Jim Hogg County, TX, Kenedy County, TX, Starr County, TX, Willacy County, TX, Zapata County, TX
The radar
The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this freeze warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Brownsville, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this freeze warning went out at Jan 1, 2:57 AM CST, 1 hour 18 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 1, 2:57 AM CST, 1 hour 18 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1, 3:51 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | BRO | 62 hr | |
| Jan 1, 4:15 AM CST | Freeze Watch | BRO | Brooks, Cameron, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Kenedy, Starr and 2 more | 24 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.