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Wind Chill Advisory 2, NWS Brownsville, TX

January 15, 20247 counties in Texas

NWS Brownsville, TX issued this wind chill advisory at Jan 15, 2024, 1:03 PM CST for 7 counties in Texas. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 15, 2024, 1:03 PM CST (19:03 UTC)
Expired
Jan 15, 2024, 6:00 PM CST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Brownsville, TX

Counties Brooks County, TX, Cameron County, TX, Hidalgo County, TX, Jim Hogg County, TX, Kenedy County, TX, Starr County, TX, Willacy County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 140 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 12:00Z on 2024-01-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 55 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 2024-01-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 555 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
55 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
251 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
70 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
555 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
594 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this wind chill advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Brownsville, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this wind chill advisory went out at Jan 15, 11:15 AM CST, 1 hour 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 15, 11:15 AM CST, 1 hour 48 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 15, 3:37 AM CSTGale WarningBRO30 hr
Jan 15, 3:41 AM CSTFreeze WatchBROCameron, Hidalgo, Starr, Willacy24 hr
Jan 15, 3:41 AM CSTFreeze WarningBROBrooks, Cameron, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Kenedy, Starr and 2 more30 hr
Jan 15, 3:41 AM CSTHard Freeze WatchBROBrooks, Jim Hogg, Kenedy, Starr, Zapata24 hr
Jan 15, 3:48 AM CSTWind Chill WarningBROBrooks, Cameron, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Kenedy, Starr and 2 more35 hr
Jan 15, 3:48 AM CSTWind Chill AdvisoryBROBrooks, Cameron, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Kenedy, Starr and 2 more9 hr
Jan 15, 6:38 AM CSTRip Current StatementBROCameron, Kenedy, Willacy41 hr
Jan 15, 9:46 AM CSTFreeze WarningBROBrooks, Cameron, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Kenedy, Starr and 2 more6 hr
Jan 15, 11:21 AM CSTMarine Dense Fog AdvisoryBRO13 hr
Jan 15, 12:59 PM CSTHard Freeze WarningBROBrooks, Jim Hogg, Kenedy, Starr, Zapata21 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.