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Wind Advisory 11, NWS Brownsville, TX

May 9, 2021Cameron County, Willacy County, Texas

NWS Brownsville, TX issued this wind advisory at May 9, 2021, 3:25 AM CDT for Cameron County, Willacy County, Texas. It took effect at May 9, 2021, 9:13 AM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 9, 2021, 3:25 AM CDT (08:25 UTC)
In effect from
May 9, 2021, 9:13 AM CDT
Expired
May 9, 2021, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Brownsville, TX

Counties Cameron County, TX, Willacy County, TX

The radar

The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:29 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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 48 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 2021-05-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 984 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Brownsville Intl, TX at 00:00Z on 2021-05-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -35 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
984 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-148 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
984 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
140 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.1
Supercell composite
-2.6

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

717 
WWUS74 KBRO 090825
NPWBRO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Brownsville TX
325 AM CDT Sun May 9 2021

TXZ254>257-092200-
/O.NEW.KBRO.WI.Y.0011.210509T1600Z-210509T2200Z/
Inland Willacy-Inland Cameron-Coastal Willacy-Coastal Cameron-
Including the cities of Raymondville, Brownsville, Harlingen, 
Port Mansfield, Port Isabel, South Padre Island, Laguna Heights, 
and Laguna Vista
325 AM CDT Sun May 9 2021

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CDT
THIS AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...South winds 25 to 30 mph with gusts 40 to 45 mph 
  expected.

* WHERE...Inland Willacy, Inland Cameron, Coastal Willacy and 
  Coastal Cameron Counties.

* WHEN...From 11 AM this morning to 5 PM CDT this afternoon.

* 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.

&&

$$
2 follow-up statements
821 
WWUS74 KBRO 091413 AAA
NPWBRO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED
National Weather Service Brownsville TX
913 AM CDT Sun May 9 2021

TXZ254>257-092200-
/O.EXT.KBRO.WI.Y.0011.210509T1413Z-210509T2200Z/
Inland Willacy-Inland Cameron-Coastal Willacy-Coastal Cameron-
Including the cities of Raymondville, Brownsville, Harlingen, 
Port Mansfield, Port Isabel, South Padre Island, Laguna Heights, 
and Laguna Vista
913 AM CDT Sun May 9 2021

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...South winds 25 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph.

* WHERE...Inland Cameron, Inland Willacy, Coastal Cameron and 
  Coastal Willacy Counties.

* WHEN...Until 5 PM CDT this afternoon.

* 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.

&&

$$
341 
WWUS74 KBRO 092201
NPWBRO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Brownsville TX
501 PM CDT Sun May 9 2021

TXZ254>257-092315-
/O.EXP.KBRO.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-210509T2200Z/
Inland Willacy-Inland Cameron-Coastal Willacy-Coastal Cameron-
Including the cities of Raymondville, Brownsville, Harlingen, 
Port Mansfield, Port Isabel, South Padre Island, Laguna Heights, 
and Laguna Vista
501 PM CDT Sun May 9 2021

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

The Wind Advisory has been allowed to expire because winds have 
dropped below Wind Advisory criteria late this afternoon. However,
wind gusts to 30 mph will still be possible for the next couple 
of hours across Cameron and Willacy counties before sunset.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 9, 2:27 AM CDTRip Current StatementBROKenedy18 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.