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Dense Fog Advisory 2, NWS Brownsville, TX

January 5, 20218 counties in Texas

NWS Brownsville, TX issued this dense fog advisory at Jan 5, 2021, 12:25 AM CST for 8 counties in Texas. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 5, 2021, 12:25 AM CST (06:25 UTC)
Expired
Jan 5, 2021, 9:00 AM CST
In force
9 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 06:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this dense fog advisory 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 dense fog advisory went out at Jan 4, 5:40 PM CST, 6 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 4, 5:40 PM CST, 6 hours 45 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 4, 4:14 PM CST, 8 hours 11 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Brownsville TX
414 PM CST Mon Jan 4 2021

TXZ248>257-351-353-052215-
Zapata-Jim Hogg-Brooks-Inland Kenedy-Starr-Southern Hidalgo-
Inland Willacy-Inland Cameron-Coastal Willacy-Coastal Cameron-
Coastal Kenedy-Northern Hidalgo-
414 PM CST Mon Jan 4 2021

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of Deep South
Texas.

.DAY ONE...Tonight

Areas of dense fog are expected late tonight into early Tuesday
morning.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday

An elevated risk of rip currents is possible at the beaches of
South Padre Island and at Boca Chica Beach Wednesday through
Thursday and again Saturday through Sunday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will not be needed.

GMZ130-132-135-150-155-170-175-052215-
Laguna Madre from the Port of Brownsville to the Arroyo Colorado-
Laguna Madre from the Arroyo Colorado To 5 NM north of Port
Mansfield TX-
Laguna Madre from 5 nm north of Port Mansfield to Baffin Bay TX-
Coastal waters from Port Mansfield to the Rio Grande out 20 nm-
Coastal waters from Baffin Bay to Port Mansfield out 20 nm-
Waters from Port Mansfield to the Rio Grande extending from 20 to
60 nm-
Waters from Baffin Bay to Port Mansfield extending from 20 to
60 nm-
414 PM CST Mon Jan 4 2021

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of The Gulf of
Mexico and The Laguna Madre.

.DAY ONE...Tonight

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday

Small Craft Advisories may be needed along the lower Texas coast,
especially across the offshore Gulf of Mexico waters beyond 20
nautical miles, Wednesday night into Thursday and again late
Saturday through Sunday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will not be needed.

Nearby

Dense Fog Advisories in Texas, 2021Every dense fog advisory in 2021

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.