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Wind Advisory 8, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this wind advisory at Apr 6, 2021, 1:43 PM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 6, 2021, 1:43 PM CDT (18:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 6, 2021, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
Counties Cameron County, TX, Hidalgo County, TX, Kenedy County, TX, Willacy County, TX
The radar
The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:55 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, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 73 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
- 622 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -130 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 661 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 156 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted.
156 WWUS74 KBRO 061843 NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Brownsville TX 143 PM CDT Tue Apr 6 2021 TXZ251-253>255-353-070000- /O.NEW.KBRO.WI.Y.0008.210406T1843Z-210407T0000Z/ Inland Kenedy-Southern Hidalgo-Inland Willacy-Inland Cameron- Northern Hidalgo- Including the cities of Sarita, McAllen, Edinburg, Pharr, Mission, Weslaco, Raymondville, Brownsville, Harlingen, and San Manuel 143 PM CDT Tue Apr 6 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Southeast winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 40 mph. * WHERE...Inland Kenedy, Southern Hidalgo, Inland Willacy, Inland Cameron and Northern Hidalgo Counties. * WHEN...Until 7 PM CDT this evening. * 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
558 WWUS74 KBRO 070006 NPWBRO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Brownsville TX 706 PM CDT Tue Apr 6 2021 TXZ251-253>255-353-070115- /O.EXP.KBRO.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-210407T0000Z/ Inland Kenedy-Southern Hidalgo-Inland Willacy-Inland Cameron- Northern Hidalgo- Including the cities of Sarita, McAllen, Edinburg, Pharr, Mission, Weslaco, Raymondville, Brownsville, Harlingen, and San Manuel 706 PM CDT Tue Apr 6 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... Breezy south winds persist tonight at 15 to 20 mph some gusts at 25 mph. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 6, 3:37 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | BRO | 30 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.