Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 11, 1996, 7:14 PM CDT for Hidalgo County, Texas. It was in force for 31 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 11, 1996, 7:14 PM CDT (00:14 UTC)
- Expired
- May 11, 1996, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hidalgo County, TX
The radar
The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 7:15 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | La Joya, TX |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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.
NWS Brownsville, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 11, 2:43 PM CDT, 4 hours 31 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 11, 2:43 PM CDT, 4 hours 31 minutes before
DEEP SOUTH TEXAS WEATHER FORECAST REASONING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 245 PM CDT SAT MAY 11 1996 SATL PICS INDCT THE CENTR OF THE VORICITY TO BE JUST NORTH OF CORPUS CHRISTI. THE ETA MODE
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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.