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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Brownsville, TX

May 14, 1992Cameron County, Willacy County, Texas

NWS Brownsville, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 1992, 4:55 PM CDT for Cameron County, Willacy County, Texas. It was in force for 50 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
May 14, 1992, 4:55 PM CDT (21:55 UTC)
Expired
May 14, 1992, 5:45 PM CDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Brownsville, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Cameron County, TX, Willacy County, TX

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 14, 5:08 PM CDTTornado F0Cameron, TX
May 14, 5:08 PM CDTTornado F0Cameron, TX

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.

The nearest sounding before it

Brownsville Intl, TX (KBRO), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 48 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 12:00Z on 1992-05-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2205 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Brownsville Intl, TX at 12:00Z on 1992-05-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 14 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
2205 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-21 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
551 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
30 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KBRO 142155
SVRBRO
TXC061-489-142245-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
455 PM CDT THU MAY 14 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  545 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH TEXAS
 
   ...NORTHERN CAMERON COUNTY...SOUTHERN WILLACY COUNTY
 
   AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS OF THE LOWER TEXAS COAST
THE BAY WATERS OF THE LAGUNA MADRE
 
AT 445 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS DETECTING A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM OVER WILLACY AND NORTHERN CAMERON COUNTY. THERE HAS BEEN
REPORTS OF HAIL AND HIGH WINDS WITH THIS STORM. LITTLE MOVEMENT OF
THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS BEEN DETECTED DURING THE PAST 30 MINUTES SO
LOCALIZED URBAN FLOODING IS LIKELY.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTE7CTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

What forecasters said that day

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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 14, 1:42 PM CDT, 3 hours 13 minutes before
TXZ041>44-142000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
125 PM CDT THU MAY 14 1992

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS RAPIDLY DEVELOPING OVER SOUTH TEXAS...

AT 125 PM SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY
HEAVY RAIN...CONTINUED TO RAPIDLY DEVELOP OVER SOUTH TEXAS BETWEEN
KINGSVILLE AND RAYMONDVILLE AND EAST TO THE GULF COASTLINE.

THE THUNDERSTORM CONTAINING THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS LOCATED 30 MILES
NORTHEAST OF RAYMONDVILLE.  MOVEMENT OF ALL ACTIVITY WAS NORTHEAST AT 10
MILES AN HOUR.

PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR BRIEF
PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLE
GUSTY WINDS4.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER WEATHER SOURCES FOR FURTHER

UPDATES.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 14, 3:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROKenedy, Willacy69 min
May 14, 3:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROCameron69 min
May 14, 5:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROHidalgo61 min
May 14, 6:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROCameron, Hidalgo68 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 1992Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1992

Sources

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.