Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 1995, 4:11 AM CDT for Zapata County, Texas. It was in force for 34 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 29, 1995, 4:11 AM CDT (09:11 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 1995, 4:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Zapata County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 198 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
- 2536 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -74 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 956 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 3.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBRO 290912 SVRBRO TXC505-290945- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 411 AM CDT MON MAY 29 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN SOUTH TEXAS ...ZAPATA COUNTY AT 415 AM BROWNSVILLE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN ZAPATA COUNTY NORTH OF ZAPATA MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST ABOUT 25 MPH. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLYX INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
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, May 28, 11:04 PM CDT, 5 hours 7 minutes before
TXZ248>255-514-290450- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 1055 PM CDT SUN MAY 28 1995 AT 1055 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED A FEW AREAS OF LIGHT RAIN OVER STARR AND WESTERN HIDALGO COUNTIES. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS SOUTH OF ZAPATA COUNTY EARLIER IN THE EVENING DISIPATED BEFORE DROPPING SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL OVER THE WESTERN VALLEY. THE REMNANTS OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOW MOVING OVER PORTIONS OF STARR AND HIDALGO COUNTIES BUT ONLY LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED. THE AREAS OF LIGHT RAIN ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL TV OR RADIO STATION FOR FURTHER UPDATES. YURA
Special weather statement, May 29, 1:15 AM CDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before
TXZ248>255-514-290715- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 115 AM CDT MON MAY 29 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS INCLUDING ZAPATA..JIM HOGG..BROOKS AND KENEDY COUNTIES... AT 115 AM RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR LAREDO MOVING A LITTLE SOUTH OF EAST TOWARD THESE COUNTIES ABOUT 20 MPH. RADAR ESTIMATED WIND NEAR 50 MPH AND RAINFALL RATE NEAR 3 INCHES. STPAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL TV OR RADIO STATION FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS SEVERE STORM. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER..ASK THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE.
Special weather statement, May 29, 2:27 AM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before
TXZ248>255-514-290825- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 225 AM CDT MON MAY 29 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS INCLUDING ZAPATA..JIM HOGG..BROOKS AND KENEDY COUNTIES... AT 220 AM RADAR INDICATED SEVERE WEATHER STILL NORTH OF THESE COUNTIES. ONE STORM WAS LOCATED IN WEBB COUNTY ABOUT 15 MILES EAST OF LAREDO MOVING NORTHEAST VERY QUICKLY. ANOTHER WAS LOCATED IN MEXICO ABOUT 20 MILES WEST OF LAREDO MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST ABOUT 30 MPH. EVEN ANOTHER STORM WAS LOCATED IN MEXICO DISTANT SOUTHWEST OF BROWNSVILLE NEAR SAN FERNANDO MOVING SLOWLY EAST. KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON WEATHER TONIGHT. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE0 OF HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG WIND AS THEY GET CLOSER. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER..ASK THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 3:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Zapata | 64 min |
| May 29, 5:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Brooks, Jim Hogg | 55 min |
| May 29, 6:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Kenedy | 68 min |
| May 29, 7:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Brooks | 67 min |
| May 29, 7:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Kenedy | 68 min |
| May 29, 8:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Willacy | 57 min |
| May 29, 10:01 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BRO | Cameron | 59 min |
| May 29, 10:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Cameron, Hidalgo | 65 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.