Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 7, 1995, 8:07 AM CST for Hidalgo County, Kenedy County, Willacy County, Texas. It was in force for 68 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 7, 1995, 8:07 AM CST (14:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 7, 1995, 9:15 AM CST
- In force
- 68 min
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Hidalgo County, TX, Kenedy County, TX, Willacy County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Brownsville Intl, TX (KBRO), launched 12:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 88 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
- 1884 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -79 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 520 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 212 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 342 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 8.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBRO 071409 RRA SVRBRO TXC215-261-489-071515- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 807 AM CST TUE MAR 7 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 915 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S... IN SOUTH TEXAS ...NORTHEASTERN HIDALGO COUNTY...SOUTHERN KENEDY COUNTY ...WILLACY COUNTY AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS OF THE LOWER TEXAS COAST THE BAY WATERS OF THE LAGUNA MADRE AT 805 AM...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WEST OF NORIAS...OR ABOUT 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF RAYMONDVILLE. THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE MOVING THROUGH NORIAS... RAYMONDVILLE...SAN PERLITA AND PORT MANSFIELD BETWEEN 815 AND 900 AM. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE DIME TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MILES PER HOUR. 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, Mar 7, 5:01 AM CST, 3 hours 6 minutes before
TXZ248>255-071800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 500 AM CST TUE MAR 7 1995 ...FREEZE THREAT LOOMS FOR DEEP SOUTH TEXAS AND THE LOWER VALLEY... ALTHOUGH THE CALENDAR SAYS THAT SPRING IS JUST TWO WEEKS AWAY...MOTHER NATURE HAS OTHER THINGS IN STORE FOR DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES OF THE SEASON ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR BEHIND A STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT THAT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE AREA TODAY. NORTH AND NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GET STRONG AND GUSTY BY THIS AFTERNOON AS THE COLD AIR BEGINS TO RUSH IN. THE MERCURY COULD TOP OUT NEAR 80 DEGREES BEFORE THE FRONT ARRIVES...THEN WILL DROP INTO THE 50S DURING THE AFTERNOON. A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO PRECEDE AND ACCOMPANY THE FRONT. CLOUDS WILL DECREASE TONIGHT AS THE COLD WIND CONTINUES TO HOWL. WITH TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO DROP TO THE UPPER 30S IN THE WEST AND LOW 40S IN THE EAST TONIGHT...THE WIND CHILL READINGS COULD DROP INTO THE 15 TO 25 DEGREE RANGE. COLD HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD OVER THE VALLEY THROUGH WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. AFTER A COOL SUNNY DAY ON WEDNESDAY...THE WIND WILL DIMINSH AS SKIES REMAIN CLEAR WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THAT WILL SET UP A GOOD RADIATIONAL COOLING SITUATION LEADING TO FREEZING TEMPERATURES IN THE WEST VALLEY WHERE THE MERCURY COULD DROP TO NEAR 30 DEGREES. MID 30S ARE EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF THE REST OF THE AREA WITH SCATTERED FROST LIKELY. ALL AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS SHOULD PREPARE FOR THIS IMMINENT FREEZE THREAT. THERE IS ABUNDANT TENDER VEGETATION THAT HAS GOTTEN USED TO WARM WEATHER FOR A GOOD PORTION OF THIS SEASON AND WILL BE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO THIS SUDDEN LATE SEASON CHILL. RESIDENTS SHOULD ALSO MAKE PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT PLANTS AROUND THEIR HOMES. CHECK TO BE SURE YOUR VEHICLE IS PROPERLY MAINTAINED FOR THE COLD ON THE WAY. PETS WILL NEED WARM SHELTER TONIGHT DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF COLD AND WIND AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT DUE TO THE NEAR FREEZING TEMPERATURES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL TV AND RADIO STATIONS FOR THE LATEST ON THIS MARCH COLD SNAP. NEWMAN
Special weather statement, Mar 7, 6:18 AM CST, 1 hour 49 minutes before
TXZ249-252-071320- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 616 AM CST TUE MAR 7 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING OVER THE WEST RIO GRANDE VALLEY... AT 555 AM THIS MORNING A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND INDICATIONS OF HAIL WAS OVER SOUTHWEST JIM HOGG COUNTY AND NORTHWEST STARR COUNTY. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS CENTERED 25 MILES NORTH OF RIO GRANDE CITY. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE COLD FRONT THAT WILL BE MOVING INTO DEEP SOUTH TEXAS LATER TODAY. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE NIGHT HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF HAIL AND STRONG WINDS.
Special weather statement, Mar 7, 7:00 AM CST, 1 hour 7 minutes before
TXZ248>255-514-071405- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 700 AM CST TUE MAR 7 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE DEVELOPING OVER DEEP SOUTH TEXAS... AT 630AM.. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED ACROSS DEEP SOUTH TEXAS FROM 15 MILES NORTH OF RIO GRANDE CITY.. NORTHEAST TO BAFFIN BAY. THUNDERSTORMS EXTEND NORTH OF THIS LINE TO CORPUS CHRISTI.. ALICE.. AND LAREDO. THE AREA OF THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THE COLD FRONT.. THAT IS THE CAUSE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS.. IS EXPECTED IN THE VALLEY BY MID DAY. THE FRONT IS ABOUT ALONG A CORPUS CHIRSTI... LAREDO LINE AT THIS TIME. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF STRONG WINDS AND HAIL AS THEY MOVED ACROSS CENTRAL TEXAS EARLIER THIS MORNING. AT THIS TIME THIS STRONGES THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED.. JUST SOUTH OF RIVERA OR 15 MILES SOUTH OF KINGSVILLE.. AND 20 MILES NORTH OF RIO GRANDE CITY. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS.
Special weather statement, Mar 7, 7:02 AM CST, 1 hour 5 minutes before
TXZ248>255-514-071405- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 700 AM CST TUE MAR 7 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE DEVELOPING OVER DEEP SOUTH TEXAS... AT 630AM.. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED ACROSS DEEP SOUTH TEXAS FROM 15 MILES NORTH OF RIO GRANDE CITY.. NORTHEAST TO BAFFIN BAY. THUNDERSTORMS EXTEND NORTH OF THIS LINE TO CORPUS CHRISTI.. ALICE.. AND LAREDO. THE AREA OF THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THE COLD FRONT.. THAT IS THE CAUSE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS.. IS EXPECTED IN THE VALLEY BY MID DAY. THE FRONT IS ABOUT ALONG A CORPUS CHIRSTI... LAREDO LINE AT THIS TIME. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF STRONG WINDS AND HAIL AS THEY MOVED ACROSS CENTRAL TEXAS EARLIER THIS MORNING. AT THIS TIME THIS STRONGES THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED.. JUST SOUTH OF RIVERA OR 15 MILES SOUTH OF KINGSVILLE.. AND 20 MILES NORTH OF RIO GRANDE CITY. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS.
Special weather statement, Mar 7, 7:45 AM CST, 22 minutes before
TXZ248>255-514-071505- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 745 AM CST TUE MAR 7 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE DEVELOPING OVER DEEP SOUTH TEXAS... AT 730AM.. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED ACROSS DEEP SOUTH TEXAS FROM 5 MILES NORTH OF RIO GRANDE CITY TO 15 MILES NORTH OF RAYMONDVILLE. THE THUNDERSTORMS EXTEND NORTH OF THIS LINE TO CORPUS CHRISTI.. ALICE.. AND LAREDO. THE AREA OF THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THE COLD FRONT.. THAT IS THE CAUSE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS.. IS EXPECTED IN THE VALLEY BY MID DAY. THE FRONT IS ABOUT ALONG A CORPUS CHIRSTI... LAREDO LINE AT THIS TIME. AT THIS TIME THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED...15 MILES NORTH OF RIO GRANDE CITY AND 35 MILES NORTH OF RAYMONDVILLE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED LOCALIZED FLOODING IN AND AROUND THE CORPUS CHRISTI AREA AS THEY MOVED THRU DURING THE PAST FEW HOURS. PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN CENTRAL STARR COUNTY AS THE STORMS MOVED OVER THAT AREA. THUNDERSTORMS WERE ENTERING THE COASTAL WATERS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS AND MARINERS SHOULD BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR THE WORST AS THESE STORMS MOVE SOUTH DOWN THE COAST. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR FURTHER UPDATES.
Special weather statement, Mar 7, 7:55 AM CST, 12 minutes before
TXZ248>255-514-071505- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 745 AM CST TUE MAR 7 1995 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE DEVELOPING OVER DEEP SOUTH TEXAS... AT 730AM.. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED ACROSS DEEP SOUTH TEXAS FROM 5 MILES NORTH OF RIO GRANDE CITY TO 15 MILES NORTH OF RAYMONDVILLE. THE THUNDERSTORMS EXTEND NORTH OF THIS LINE TO CORPUS CHRISTI.. ALICE.. AND LAREDO. THE AREA OF THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THE COLD FRONT.. THAT IS THE CAUSE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS.. IS EXPECTED IN THE VALLEY BY MID DAY. THE FRONT IS ABOUT ALONG A CORPUS CHIRSTI... LAREDO LINE AT THIS TIME. AT THIS TIME THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED...15 MILES NORTH OF RIO GRANDE CITY AND 35 MILES NORTH OF RAYMONDVILLE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED LOCALIZED FLOODING IN AND AROUND THE CORPUS CHRISTI AREA AS THEY MOVED THRU DURING THE PAST FEW HOURS. PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN CENTRAL STARR COUNTY AS THE STORMS MOVED OVER THAT AREA. THUNDERSTORMS WERE ENTERING THE COASTAL WATERS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS AND MARINERS SHOULD BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR THE WORST AS THESE STORMS MOVE SOUT&H DOWN THE COAST. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND SMALL HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR FURTHER UPDATES.
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.