Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 28, 1995, 4:30 PM CST for Cameron County, Texas. It was in force for 35 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 28, 1995, 4:30 PM CST (22:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 28, 1995, 5:05 PM CST
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Cameron County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Brownsville Intl, TX (KBRO), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 29 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
- 1085 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -70 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 793 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 191 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBRO 282231 RRA SVRBRO TXC061-TXZ512-282330- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 430 PM CST TUE FEB 28 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN SOUTH TEXAS ...CAMERON COUNTY AND FOR MARINE INTERESTS IN THE COASTAL WATERS FROM... ... MOUTH OF THE ARROY TO MOUTH OF THE RIVER AT 430 PM CST...RADAR AND SURFACE REPORTS INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN BROWNSVILLE. THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT BROWNSVILLE AND PORT ISABEL BETWEEN THROUGH 530 PM. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF POWER OUTAGES AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES AN HOUR WHICH ARE STRONG ENOUGH TO CAUSE TO SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE. MARINE INTERESTS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO AVOID OR ENDURE THE STO . 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. INGRAM &
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, Feb 28, 3:11 PM CST, 1 hour 19 minutes before
TXZ248-252>255-010000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 315 PM CST TUE FEB 28 1995 AT 310 PM CST...RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS NEAR SAN MANUEL OR ABOUT 30 MILES NORTH OF MCALLEN. THIS STORM COULD BEGIN TO AFFECT THE HARGRIFF...RAYMONDVILLE AND EDINBURG AREAS BEFORE 415 PM. OTHER STORMS CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY AS FAR WEST AS LAREDO. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTH AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND WERE LIKELY PRODUCING SOME BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. PEA SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED IN SAN MANUEL AT 300 PM WITH GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS THIS AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE LOWER VALLEY FOR THE BALANCE OF THE AFTERNOON AND COULD PERSIST INTO THE EVENING HOURS AS WELL. MOTORISTS SHOULD NEVER DRIVE THROUGH AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. MARINE INTERESTS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR WHEN THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. STAY TUNDED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS. INGRAM 6
Special weather statement, Feb 28, 3:15 PM CST, 1 hour 15 minutes before
TXZ248-252>255-010000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 315 PM CST TUE FEB 28 1995 AT 310 PM CST...RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS NEAR SAN MANUEL OR ABOUT 30 MILES NORTH OF MCALLEN. THIS STORM COULD BEGIN TO AFFECT THE HARGILL...RAYMONDVILLE AND EDINBURG AREAS BEFORE 415 PM. OTHER STORMS CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY AS FAR WEST AS LAREDO. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTH AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND WERE LIKELY PRODUCING SOME BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. PEA SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED IN SAN MANUEL AT 300 PM WITH GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS THIS AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE LOWER VALLEY FOR THE BALANCE OF THE AFTERNOON AND COULD PERSIST INTO THE EVENING HOURS AS WELL. MOTORISTS SHOULD NEVER DRIVE THROUGH AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. MARINE INTERESTS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR WHEN THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. STAY TUNDED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS. INGRAM CORRECTED SPELLING OF HARGILL IN 1ST PARAGRAPH
Special weather statement, Feb 28, 3:18 PM CST, 1 hour 12 minutes before
TXZ248-252>255-010000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 315 PM CST TUE FEB 28 1995 AT 310 PM CST...RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS NEAR SAN MANUEL OR ABOUT 30 MILES NORTH OF MCALLEN. THIS STORM COULD BEGIN TO AFFECT THE HARGILL...RAYMONDVILLE AND EDINBURG AREAS BEFORE 415 PM. OTHER STORMS CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY AS FAR WEST AS LAREDO. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTH AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND WERE LIKELY PRODUCING SOME BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. PEA SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED IN SAN MANUEL AT 300 PM WITH GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR. BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS THIS AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE LOWER VALLEY FOR THE BALANCE OF THE AFTERNOON AND COULD PERSIST INTO THE EVENING HOURS AS WELL. MOTORISTS SHOULD NEVER DRIVE THROUGH AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. MARINE INTERESTS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR WHEN THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. STAY TUNDED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS. INGRAM CORRECTED SPELLING OF HARGILL IN 1ST PARAGRAPH
Special weather statement, Feb 28, 3:30 PM CST, 1 hour before
TXZ248-252>255-010000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 332 PM CST TUE FEB 28 1995 AT 330 PM CST...RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS JUST WEST OF RAYMONDVILLE OR ABOUT 40 MILES NORTH OF BROWNSVILLE. THIS STORM COULD BEGIN TO AFFECT THE SEBASTIAN AREA BEFORE 415 PM. OTHER STRONG STORMS CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY AS FAR WEST AS LAREDO. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTH AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MILES AND PEA TO MARBLE SIZED HAIL HAVE ALREADY BEEN REPORTED WITH THE STRONGER STORMS THIS AFTERNOON. HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE LOWER VALLEY FOR THE BALANCE OF THE AFTERNOON AND COULD PERSIST INTO THE EVENING HOURS AS WELL. MOTORISTS SHOULD NEVER DRIVE THROUGH AN AREA IF WATER COVERS THE ROAD. MOVE INDOORS WHEN THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH AND STAY THERE UNTIL THEY PASS. STAY TUNDED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS. INGRAM
Special weather statement, Feb 28, 3:32 PM CST, 58 minutes before
TXZ248-252>255-010000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 332 PM CST TUE FEB 28 1995 AT 330 PM CST...RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS JUST WEST OF RAYMONDVILLE OR ABOUT 40 MILES NORTH OF BROWNSVILLE. THIS STORM COULD BEGIN TO AFFECT THE SEBASTIAN AREA BEFORE 415 PM. OTHER STRONG STORMS CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY AS FAR WEST AS LAREDO. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTH AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MILES AND PEA TO MARBLE SIZED HAIL HAVE ALREADY BEEN REPORTED WITH THE STRONGER STORMS THIS AFTERNOON. HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE LOWER VALLEY FOR THE BALANCE OF THE AFTERNOON AND COULD PERSIST INTO THE EVENING HOURS AS WELL. MOTORISTS SHOULD NEVER DRIVE THROUGH AN AREA IF WATER COVERS THE ROAD. MOVE INDOORS WHEN THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH AND STAY THERE UNTIL THEY PASS. STAY TUNDED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS. INGRAM
Special weather statement, Feb 28, 3:55 PM CST, 35 minutes before
TXZ248-252>255-010000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 355 PM CST TUE FEB 28 1995 AT 350 PM CST...RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS NEAR HARLINGEN AND WAS MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. AREAS BETWEEN BROWNSVILLE AND HARLINGEN SHOULD PREPARE FOR SOME HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL BETWEEN 400 AND 530 PM. GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE LOWER VALLEY FOR THE BALANCE OF THE AFTERNOON AND COULD PERSIST INTO THE EVENING HOURS AS WELL. MOTORISTS SHOULD NEVER DRIVE THROUGH AN AREA IF WATER COVERS THE ROAD. MOVE INDOORS WHEN THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH AND STAY THERE UNTIL THEY PASS. STAY TUNDED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS. INGRAM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 4:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Cameron | 56 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.