Severe Thunderstorm Warning 20, NWS Brownsville, TX

Issued

May 30, 1995, 9:17 PM CDT (02:17 UTC)

Expired

May 30, 1995, 9:40 PM CDT

In force

23 min

Issued by

NWS Brownsville, TX

Area

Whole counties

County Starr County, TX

The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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TTAA00 KBRO 310219
SVRBRO
TXC061-215-261-427-489-TXZ512-310315-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
917 PM CDT TUE MAY 30 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S...
 
IN SOUTH TEXAS
 
   ...CAMERON COUNTY...HIDALGO COUNTY...KENEDY COUNTY
   ...STARR COUNTY...WILLACY COUNTY
 
  AND FOR MARINE INTERESTS IN THE COASTAL WATERS FROM...
 
   ... BAFFIN BAY  TO   PT MANSFIELD JETTY
   ... PT MANSFIELD JETTY  TO   MOUTH OF THE ARROY
   ... MOUTH OF THE ARROY  TO   MOUTH OF THE RIVER
 
BROWNSVILLE DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF STRONG TO
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM KENEDY COUNTY INTO STARR COUNTY
OF EXTREME SOUTH TEXAS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
20 MILES AN HOUR. VERY HEAVY RAINS ARE ACCOMPANING THESE THUNDERSTORMS
AND LOCAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
 
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 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.

In the hours before

TXZ248-249-250-251-252-253-254-255-514-302345-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
548 PM CDT TUE MAY 30 1995

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR DEEP SOUTH TEXAS
   UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

AT 545 PM...DOPPLER RADAR IN BROWNSVILLE INDICATED AN AREA OF INTENSE
TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM EXTREME NORTHEASTERN ZAPATA COUNTY
THROUGH NORTHERN JIM HOGG COUNTY.  THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 25 MPH AND WILL PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAINS...WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF
40 MPH AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL ACROSS PORTIONS OF ZAPATA...JIM HOGG AND
BROOKS COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT HOUR.

THE POTENTIAL FOR INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS DEEfP
SOUTH TEXAS THROUGH 9 PM TONIGHT.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL TV AND RADIO STATIONS
IN THE EVENT OF ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

TRS

TXZ248-249-250-251-252-253-254-255-514-310300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
915 PM CDT TUE MAY 30 1995

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR DEEP SOUTH TEXAS
   UNTIL 1 AM CDT...

AT 910 PM...DOPPLER RADAR IN BROWNSVILLE INDICATED AN AREA OF INTENSE
TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM CENTRAL STARR COUNTY THROUGH EXTREME
WESTERN WILLACY COUNTY.  THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20
MPH AND WILL PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAINS AND WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40
MPH AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL.  THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT THE RIO GRANDE
CITY...MCALLEN...WESLACO AND RAYMONDVILLE AREAS THROUGH 1015 PM.

THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS DEEP
SOUTH TEXAS THROUGH 1 AM TONIGHT.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL TV AND RADIO STATIONS
FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

TRS

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.