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Wind Advisory 1, NWS Brownsville, TX

January 25, 2021Cameron County, Texas

NWS Brownsville, TX issued this wind advisory at Jan 25, 2021, 12:42 AM CST for Cameron County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 25, 2021, 12:42 AM CST (06:42 UTC)
Expired
Jan 25, 2021, 4:00 AM CST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Brownsville, TX

County Cameron County, TX

The radar

The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:42 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Brownsville Intl, TX (KBRO), launched 00:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 29 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Brownsville Intl, TX at 00:00Z on 2021-01-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1001 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Brownsville Intl, TX at 00:00Z on 2021-01-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 54 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1001 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-376 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
765 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
82 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

795 
WWUS74 KBRO 250642
NPWBRO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Brownsville TX
1242 AM CST Mon Jan 25 2021

TXZ255-251000-
/O.NEW.KBRO.WI.Y.0001.210125T0642Z-210125T1000Z/
Inland Cameron-
Including the cities of Brownsville and Harlingen
1242 AM CST Mon Jan 25 2021

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING...

* WHAT...South winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 45 mph.

* WHERE...Inland Cameron County.

* WHEN...Until 4 AM CST early this morning.

* IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree
  limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high
profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects.

&&

$$

BA
1 follow-up statement
434 
WWUS74 KBRO 251000
NPWBRO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Brownsville TX
400 AM CST Mon Jan 25 2021

TXZ255-251100-
/O.EXP.KBRO.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-210125T1000Z/
Inland Cameron-
Including the cities of Brownsville and Harlingen
400 AM CST Mon Jan 25 2021

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 4 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING...

Winds are slowly diminishing below advisory criteria this morning
so the Wind Advisory will be allowed to expire. A few gusts of
35-40 mph may briefly occur over the next hour but should diminish
after then.

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 25, 3:38 AM CSTRip Current StatementBROKenedy14 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.