Alert archive / Texas / Wind Advisories in 2018
Wind Advisory 3, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this wind advisory at Feb 18, 2018, 2:41 PM CST for Cameron County, Hidalgo County, Willacy County, Texas. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 18, 2018, 2:41 PM CST (20:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 18, 2018, 6:33 PM CST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
Counties Cameron County, TX, Hidalgo County, TX, Willacy County, TX
The radar
The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:40 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, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 60 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
- 146 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -202 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 770 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -23 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
385 WWUS74 KBRO 182041 NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Brownsville TX 241 PM CST Sun Feb 18 2018 ...Strong South to Southeast winds affecting the Valley this afternoon... .The combination of a surface low pressure system developing over the central Plains states and strong surface high pressure centered over the southeastern states is producing strong southerly winds over the Rio Grande Valley this afternoon. TXZ253>257-190100- /O.NEW.KBRO.WI.Y.0003.180218T2041Z-180219T0100Z/ Hidalgo-Inland Willacy-Inland Cameron-Coastal Willacy- Coastal Cameron- Including the cities of McAllen, Edinburg, Pharr, Mission, Weslaco, Raymondville, Brownsville, Harlingen, Port Mansfield, Port Isabel, South Padre Island, Laguna Heights, and Laguna Vista 241 PM CST Sun Feb 18 2018 ...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 7 pm this evening. * WINDS...South to Southeast winds 25 to 35 mph. * IMPACTS...Lightweight and unsecured objects will be easily blown around and possibly damaged. Driving will be difficult, especially for those operating high profile vehicles. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
664 WWUS74 KBRO 190033 NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Brownsville TX 633 PM CST Sun Feb 18 2018 ...Southeast winds are slowly diminishing... .Winds will continue to diminish through this evening. TXZ253>257-190145- /O.CAN.KBRO.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-180219T0100Z/ Hidalgo-Inland Willacy-Inland Cameron-Coastal Willacy- Coastal Cameron- Including the cities of McAllen, Edinburg, Pharr, Mission, Weslaco, Raymondville, Brownsville, Harlingen, Port Mansfield, Port Isabel, South Padre Island, Laguna Heights, and Laguna Vista 633 PM CST Sun Feb 18 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... The National Weather Service in Brownsville has cancelled the Wind Advisory. Winds have diminished below advisory criteria, therefore the advisory has been cancelled. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 18, 1:34 AM CST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | BRO | 10 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.