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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Brownsville, TX

May 29, 1995Kenedy County, Texas

NWS Brownsville, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 1995, 6:07 AM CDT for Kenedy County, Texas. It was in force for 68 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 29, 1995, 6:07 AM CDT (11:07 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 1995, 7:15 AM CDT
In force
68 min
Issued by
NWS Brownsville, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Kenedy County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 94 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 1995-05-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2536 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 1995-05-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 38 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KBRO 291109
SVRBRO
TXC261-291215-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
607 AM CDT MON MAY 29 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  715 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN SOUTH TEXAS
 
   ...KENEDY COUNTY
 
   AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS OF THE LOWER TEXAS COAST
THE BAY WATERS OF THE LAGUNA MADRE
 
AT 606 AM BROWNSVILLE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
IN KENEDY COUNTY EAST OF ARMSTRONG MOVING NORTH ABOUT 20 MPH.
 
TRAVELERS ON NEARBY HIGHWAY 77 BE WARY.  BLINDING RAIN ACCOMPANIES
STRONG WIND.
 
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.

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 29, 1:15 AM CDT, 4 hours 52 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, 3 hours 40 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 29, 3:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROZapata64 min
May 29, 4:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROZapata34 min
May 29, 5:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROBrooks, Jim Hogg55 min
May 29, 7:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROBrooks67 min
May 29, 7:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROKenedy68 min
May 29, 8:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROWillacy57 min
May 29, 10:01 AM CDTTornado WarningBROCameron59 min
May 29, 10:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROCameron, Hidalgo65 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.