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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS Brownsville, TX

June 9, 1992Hidalgo County, Starr County, Texas

NWS Brownsville, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 1992, 6:30 PM CDT for Hidalgo County, Starr County, Texas. It was in force for 37 min.

The area

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The facts

Issued
Jun 9, 1992, 6:30 PM CDT (23:30 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 1992, 7:07 PM CDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Brownsville, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Hidalgo County, TX, Starr County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 178 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 1992-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1343 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, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 1992-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 27 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
1343 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-94 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
821 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
27 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
79 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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.