Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Brownsville, TX

Issued

May 1, 1986, 7:13 PM CDT (00:13 UTC)

Expired

May 1, 1986, 8:15 PM CDT

In force

62 min

Issued by

NWS Brownsville, TX

Area

Whole counties

Counties Hidalgo County, TX, Starr County, TX

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
713 PM CDT THU MAY 1 1986

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES OF

EXTREME SOUTH TEXAS...HIDALGO...WESTERN WILLACY AND EASTERN STARR

AT 710 PM RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED
FROM 15 MILES WEST OF RAYMONDVILLE TO ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF
EDINBURG TO ABOUT 20 MILES NORTH OF RIO GRANDE CITY.  THIS LINE WAS
MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...
HAIL THE SIZE OF A PENNY OR LARGER...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY
HEAVY RAIN THAT CAN QUICKLY FLOOD STREETS AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS.

IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT MOVEABLE PROPERTY FROM POSSIBLE HAIL
DAMAGE SHOULD BE TAKEN IN THE WARNED AREA. TO AVOID INJURY FROM
FLYING GLASS/DEBRIS OR FROM LIGHTNING STRIKES...REMAIN INDOORS
AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND METAL SURFACES OR APPLIANCES/TELEPHONE/ETC.

IF YOU OBSERVE WIND DAMAGE...HAIL...OR FLOODING ... YOU SHOULD ASK
THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY TO RELAY THESE WEATHER REPORT[S
TO THE BROWNSVILLE WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE.

PLEASE LISTEN TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO..TV..OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR
LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS REGARDING THIS DANGEROUS WEATHER
EPISODE.

In the hours before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
350 PM CDT THU MAY 1 1986

AT 330 PM CDT A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER THE UPPER END
OF FALCON LAKE ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF ZAPATA.  THE THUNDERSTORM
WAS MOVING SOUTHWEST AT ABOUT 10 MPH AND COULD PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...
BRIEF GUSTY WINDS... AND SMALL HAIL DURING THE NEXT HOUR.

WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSHOWERS WERE LOCATED WITHIN 40 MILES OF THE
COAST FROM 30 MILES NORTH OF RAYMONDVILLE NORTHWARD THROUGH THE CORPUS
CHRISTI AREA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTH AT 15 MPH.

SCATTERED THUNDERSHOWERS WERE LOCATED IN A 30 MILE WIDE AREA OVER THE
GUKF FROM 70 MILES EAST OF BROWNSVILLE TO 80 MILES SOUT$HEAST OF
BROWNSVILLE. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 1986Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1986

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.