Alert archive / Texas / Wind Advisories in 2021
Wind Advisory 4, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this wind advisory at Feb 27, 2021, 11:53 AM CST for Cameron County, Willacy County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 27, 2021, 11:53 AM CST (17:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 27, 2021, 2:45 PM CST
- In force
- 3 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 17:52 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, 5.9 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 201 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -574 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 527 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
863 WWUS74 KBRO 271753 NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Brownsville TX 1153 AM CST Sat Feb 27 2021 TXZ254>257-272300- /O.NEW.KBRO.WI.Y.0004.210227T1753Z-210227T2300Z/ 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 1153 AM CST Sat Feb 27 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... * WHAT...South winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 40 mph. * WHERE...Willacy and Cameron counties. * WHEN...Until 5 PM CST 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. && $$ 56
1 follow-up statement
213 WWUS74 KBRO 272045 NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Brownsville TX 245 PM CST Sat Feb 27 2021 TXZ254>257-272145- /O.CAN.KBRO.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-210227T2300Z/ Inland Willacy-Inland Cameron-Coastal Willacy-Coastal Cameron- Including the cities of Raymondville, Brownsville, Harlingen, Port Mansfield, Port Isabel, South Padre Island, Laguna Heights, and Laguna Vista 245 PM CST Sat Feb 27 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... Winds have diminished below Wind Advisory criteria. Southeast winds will remain breezy with occasional gusts to 35 mph. $$ 56
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 26, 6:47 PM CST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | BRO | 17 hr | |
| Feb 27, 3:03 AM CST | Rip Current Statement | BRO | Kenedy | 15 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.