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Wind Advisory 5, NWS Brownsville, TX

February 28, 2021Cameron County, Kenedy County, Willacy County, Texas

NWS Brownsville, TX issued this wind advisory at Feb 28, 2021, 11:49 AM CST for Cameron County, Kenedy County, Willacy County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 28, 2021, 11:49 AM CST (17:49 UTC)
Expired: Feb 28, 2021, 3:00 PM CST
In force: 3 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 17:48 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 12:00Z, 5.8 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 807 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -377 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 525 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 70 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 141 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

254 
WWUS74 KBRO 281749
NPWBRO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Brownsville TX
1149 AM CST Sun Feb 28 2021

TXZ251-254-255-282100-
/O.NEW.KBRO.WI.Y.0005.210228T1749Z-210228T2100Z/
Inland Kenedy-Inland Willacy-Inland Cameron-
Including the cities of Sarita, Raymondville, Brownsville, 
and Harlingen
1149 AM CST Sun Feb 28 2021

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...South winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 40 mph.

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

* WHEN...Until 3 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.

&&

$$

Mejia

1 follow-up statement

713 
WWUS74 KBRO 282102
NPWBRO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Brownsville TX
302 PM CST Sun Feb 28 2021

TXZ251-254-255-282215-
/O.EXP.KBRO.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-210228T2100Z/
Inland Kenedy-Inland Willacy-Inland Cameron-
Including the cities of Sarita, Raymondville, Brownsville, 
and Harlingen
302 PM CST Sun Feb 28 2021

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

Winds have diminished below Wind Advisory criteria. Southeast 
winds will remain breezy with occasional gusts to 35 mph. 

$$

Mejia

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 27, 10:10 PM CST	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	BRO		14 hr
Feb 28, 4:22 AM CST	Rip Current Statement	BRO	Kenedy	14 hr
Feb 28, 12:07 PM CST	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	BRO		29 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.