Alert archive / Texas / Wind Advisories in 2018
Wind Advisory 7, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this wind advisory at Mar 24, 2018, 4:18 AM CDT for Cameron County, Kenedy County, Willacy County, Texas. It took effect at Mar 24, 2018, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 24, 2018, 4:18 AM CDT (09:18 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 24, 2018, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 24, 2018, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
Counties Cameron County, TX, Kenedy County, TX, Willacy County, TX
The radar
The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:17 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
Brownsville Intl, TX (KBRO), launched 00:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 71 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
- 1249 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 136 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
672 WWUS74 KBRO 240918 NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Brownsville TX 418 AM CDT Sat Mar 24 2018 ...Strong and gusty southerly winds expected across the coastal sections of deep south Texas today... .An increasing pressure gradient and strong low level jet will will support strong and gusty winds across the lower Rio Grande Valley and along the lower Texas coast late this morning and this afternoon. TXZ251-254>257-241730- /O.NEW.KBRO.WI.Y.0007.180324T1500Z-180325T0000Z/ Kenedy-Inland Willacy-Inland Cameron-Coastal Willacy- Coastal Cameron- Including the cities of Sarita, Raymondville, Brownsville, Harlingen, Port Mansfield, Port Isabel, South Padre Island, Laguna Heights, and Laguna Vista 418 AM CDT Sat Mar 24 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... The National Weather Service in Brownsville has issued a Wind Advisory, which is in effect from 10 AM this morning to 7 PM CDT this evening. * TIMING...10 am to 7 pm. * WINDS...South 25 to 35 mph with gusts as high as 45 mph. * IMPACTS...Lightweight and unsecured objects will be easily blown around and possibly damaged and small tree damage may occur. Driving may become difficult, especially high profile vehicles on east to west roads and highways. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
054 WWUS74 KBRO 241939 NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Brownsville TX 239 PM CDT Sat Mar 24 2018 ...Strong and gusty southerly winds will continue across the coastal sections of deep south Texas... .A tight pressure gradient and a strong low level jet will will support strong and gusty winds across the lower Rio Grande Valley and along the lower Texas coast this afternoon. TXZ251-254>257-250000- /O.CON.KBRO.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-180325T0000Z/ Kenedy-Inland Willacy-Inland Cameron-Coastal Willacy- Coastal Cameron- Including the cities of Sarita, Raymondville, Brownsville, Harlingen, Port Mansfield, Port Isabel, South Padre Island, Laguna Heights, and Laguna Vista 239 PM CDT Sat Mar 24 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...10 am to 7 pm. * WINDS...South 25 to 35 mph with gusts to 40 mph. * IMPACTS...Lightweight and unsecured objects will be easily blown around and possibly damaged and small tree damage may occur. Driving may become difficult, especially high profile vehicles on east to west roads and highways. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Wind Advisory means that winds of 30 to 39 MPH are expected. Winds this strong can make driving difficult...especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.