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Wind Advisory 7, NWS Brownsville, TX

March 25, 2021Brooks County, Jim Hogg County, Zapata County, Texas

NWS Brownsville, TX issued this wind advisory at Mar 25, 2021, 4:56 AM CDT for Brooks County, Jim Hogg County, Zapata County, Texas. It took effect at Mar 25, 2021, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 25, 2021, 4:56 AM CDT (09:56 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 25, 2021, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired
Mar 25, 2021, 12:35 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Brownsville, TX

Counties Brooks County, TX, Jim Hogg County, TX, Zapata County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:56 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

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 155 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, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2021-03-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 963 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, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2021-03-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -36 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
963 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-100 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
808 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
34 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.2
Supercell composite
-2.8

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The text

As transmitted.

218 
WWUS74 KBRO 250956
NPWBRO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Brownsville TX
456 AM CDT Thu Mar 25 2021

TXZ248>250-251800-
/O.NEW.KBRO.WI.Y.0007.210325T1200Z-210325T1800Z/
Zapata-Jim Hogg-Brooks-
Including the cities of Zapata, Hebbronville, and Falfurrias
456 AM CDT Thu Mar 25 2021

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON...

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

* WHERE...Zapata, Jim Hogg and Brooks Counties.

* WHEN...Until 1 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.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
827 
WWUS74 KBRO 251735
NPWBRO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Brownsville TX
1235 PM CDT Thu Mar 25 2021

TXZ248>250-251845-
/O.CAN.KBRO.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-210325T1800Z/
Zapata-Jim Hogg-Brooks-
Including the cities of Zapata, Hebbronville, and Falfurrias
1235 PM CDT Thu Mar 25 2021

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

Winds have fallen below Wind Advisory criteria. However, breezy 
to occasionally strong northerly winds will persist into the 
afternoon hours. 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 25, 3:06 AM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryBRO13 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.