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Wind Advisory 21, NWS Brownsville, TX

October 18, 2022Cameron County, Texas

NWS Brownsville, TX issued this wind advisory at Oct 18, 2022, 3:37 AM CDT for Cameron County, Texas. It took effect at Oct 18, 2022, 4:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 18, 2022, 3:37 AM CDT (08:37 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 18, 2022, 4:00 AM CDT
Expired
Oct 18, 2022, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
14 hr
Issued by
NWS Brownsville, TX

County Cameron County, TX

The radar

The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:40 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

Brownsville Intl, TX (KBRO), launched 00:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 29 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 2022-10-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 723 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 2022-10-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -16 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
723 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
766 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
61 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.2
Supercell composite
-1.2

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The text

As transmitted.

936 
WWUS74 KBRO 180837
NPWBRO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Brownsville TX
337 AM CDT Tue Oct 18 2022

TXZ455-182300-
/O.NEW.KBRO.WI.Y.0021.221018T0900Z-221018T2300Z/
Cameron Island-
Including the cities of South Padre Island and Boca Chica Beach
337 AM CDT Tue Oct 18 2022

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...North winds 25 to 30 mph with occasional gusts up to 40 
  mph expected.

* WHERE...Cameron Island County, including South Padre Island and
  Boca Chica Beach.

* WHEN...Until 6 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.

&&

$$

Mejia
1 follow-up statement
360 
WWUS74 KBRO 182303
NPWBRO

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Brownsville TX
603 PM CDT Tue Oct 18 2022

TXZ455-190015-
/O.EXP.KBRO.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-221018T2300Z/
Cameron Island-
Including the cities of South Padre Island and Boca Chica Beach
603 PM CDT Tue Oct 18 2022

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

Winds have diminished and will remain below advisory levels the
rest of the evening. 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 18, 3:33 AM CDTHigh Surf AdvisoryBROCameron, Kenedy, Willacy18 hr
Oct 18, 1:11 PM CDTCoastal Flood StatementBROCameron, Kenedy18 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.