Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 15, 1994, 10:12 PM CDT for Brooks County, Jim Hogg County, Zapata County, Texas. It was in force for 63 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 15, 1994, 10:12 PM CDT (03:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 15, 1994, 11:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Brooks County, TX, Jim Hogg County, TX, Zapata County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 155 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2863 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -181 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 716 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBRO 160313 SVRBRO TXC047-247-505-160415- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 1012 PM CDT FRI APR 15 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S... IN SOUTH TEXAS ...BROOKS COUNTY...JIM-HOGG COUNTY...ZAPATA COUNTY AT 1010 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING JUST NORTHWEST OF ZAPATA...AND ALSO BETWEEN HEBBRONVILLE AND FALFURRIAS. THESE STORMS WERE IN A LINE AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT AND WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST NEAR 20 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION 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, Apr 15, 9:54 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
TXZ248>255-514-160400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 950 PM CDT FRI APR 15 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN APPROACHING NORTH AND WEST AREAS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS... AT 930 PM BROWNSVILLE RADAR INDICATED SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM 50 MILES WEST OF ZAPATA TO ALICE TO CORPUS CHRISTI. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST NEAR 15 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS AND PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS CAN EXPECT VERY HEAVY RAINS CAUSING LOCAL FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE HAIL. NORTHERN AREAS OF ZAPATA...JIM HOGG AND BROOKS COUNTIES WILL BE EXPERIENCING THESE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE NEXT FEW MINUTES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND ANY POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 11:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Jim Hogg, Starr, Zapata | 61 min |
| Apr 16, 12:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Brooks, Hidalgo | 57 min |
Nearby
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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.