Alert archive / Texas / Wind Advisories in 2018
Wind Advisory 9, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this wind advisory at Apr 17, 2018, 1:17 PM CDT for Cameron County, Kenedy County, Willacy County, Texas. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 17, 2018, 1:17 PM CDT (18:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 17, 2018, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 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 18:20 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, 6.3 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
- 931 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
746 WWUS74 KBRO 171817 NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Brownsville TX 117 PM CDT Tue Apr 17 2018 ...Strong southeast winds along the coast this afternoon... ..A tight pressure gradient is resulting in strong south southeast winds across the lower Rio Grande Valley and coastal areas.. TXZ251-254>257-180000- /O.NEW.KBRO.WI.Y.0009.180417T1817Z-180418T0000Z/ 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 117 PM CDT Tue Apr 17 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... The National Weather Service in Brownsville has issued a Wind Advisory, which is in effect until 7 PM CDT this evening. * TIMING...12 PM to 7 PM. * WINDS...South southeast 30 to 40 mph with gusts to 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 in 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. && $$ 19
1 follow-up statement
938 WWUS74 KBRO 180005 AAA NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED National Weather Service Brownsville TX 705 PM CDT Tue Apr 17 2018 ...Surface Winds Beginning to Diminish... .Surface observations indicate that strong winds over the three immediate coastal counties are beginning to diminish, and have dropped below Wind Advisory criteria. Therefore, the Advisory has been allowed to expire. TXZ251-254>257-180115- /O.EXP.KBRO.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-180418T0000Z/ Kenedy-Inland Willacy-Inland Cameron-Coastal Willacy- Coastal Cameron- Including the cities of Sarita, Raymondville, Brownsville, Harlingen, Port Mansfield, Port Isabel, South Padre Island, Laguna Heights, and Laguna Vista 705 PM CDT Tue Apr 17 2018 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... Although the Wind Advisory is no longer in effect, breezy winds generally between 15 and 20 mph are expected during the overnight hours. $$ TOMASELLI
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 17, 3:42 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | BRO | 24 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.