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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Brownsville, TX

March 29, 1992Brooks County, Kenedy County, Texas

NWS Brownsville, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 29, 1992, 5:00 AM CST for Brooks County, Kenedy County, Texas. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 29, 1992, 5:00 AM CST (11:00 UTC)
Expired
Mar 29, 1992, 6:00 AM CST
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Brownsville, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Brooks County, TX, Kenedy County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 102 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 00:00Z on 1992-03-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1133 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 00:00Z on 1992-03-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -75 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
1133 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
611 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-75 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
5 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.1
Supercell composite
-0.3

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