Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 24, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 1998, 7:13 PM CDT for Brooks County, Texas. It was in force for 32 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 15, 1998, 7:13 PM CDT (00:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 1998, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Brooks County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:15 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 116 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
- 2421 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -268 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1774 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
380 WUUS1 KBRO 160014 RRA SVRBRO TXC047-160045- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 713 PM CDT MON JUN 15 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN BROOKS COUNTY IN SOUTHERN TEXAS * UNTIL 745 PM CDT * AT 710 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHWEST BROOKS COUNTY 20 MILES WEST- SOUTHWEST OF FALFURRIAS...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM STAY INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 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 DONT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. VALONE
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 Jun 15, 2:15 PM CDT, 4 hours 58 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 15, 2:15 PM CDT, 4 hours 58 minutes before
DEEP SOUTH TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 215 PM CDT MON JUN 15 1998 HEAT PROBABLY THE BIG STORY THIS AFTERNOON...AGAIN...AS OTHERWISE NOT A LOT GOING ON ACROSS THE AREA...OR MOST OF THE U.S FOR THAT MATTER. SOME FESTIVITIES OCCURRING OVER SOUTH CENTRAL INTO SOUTHEAST TEXAS WITH THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX MOVING NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA. HOWEVER HERE IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS JUST HOT AND WINDY. WE HAVE ALREADY SURPASSED THE RECORD HIGH FOR TODAY (99)...JUST REMAINS TO BE SEEN BY HOW MUCH (CURRENTLY 100). SOUTH WINDS WHIPPING ACROSS EASTERN AREAS WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 35 KT RECORDED AT BRO. MORNING MODEL RUNS NOT SHOWING MUCH TO WRITE HOME ABOUT AS NO BIG CHANGES ARE PROGNOSTICATED. HOWEVER...DOES APPEAR WE WILL GET A RESPITE TOMORROW FROM THE EXTREME HEAT AS SURFACE HIGH BUILDS WEST FROM THE GULF AND BRINGS WINDS AROUND MORE SOUTHEASTERLY. NEAR ZONAL FLOW ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE CONTERMINOUS U.S. CONTINUES TOMORROW...THEN UPPER PATTERN BECOMES A BIT MORE BLOCKY AS GULF RIDGE BUILDS ONCE AGAIN WESTWARD ACROSS TEXAS AND NORTHWARD INTO THE PLAINS. TROF/DRYLINE REGIME TO OUR WEST NOT APPEARING TO BE MAKING AS MUCH PROGRESS EAST AS YESTERDAY AS LOW-LEVEL WINDS NOT AS FAVORABLE WITH MORE OF A SOUTHERLY DIRECTION TODAY. THESE FEATURES PROGGED TO LIFT OUT TONIGHT AND WE RETURN TO MORE OF A SOUTHEASTERLY SURFACE FLOW. SO WE COOL A BIT TOMORROW FROM HEAT OF YESTERDAY AND TODAY...THEN BUMP UP A BIT AGAIN WEDNESDAY AS UPPER RIDGE BUILDS. ON THE COASTAL WATERS...CAN PROBABLY DROP SCA FOR THE OVERNIGHT...AND EXPECTING WINDS TO BE A BIT LESS TOMORROW...SO CAN GO WITHOUT. CURRENTLY BOUY B42020 SHOWING WINDS BELOW CRITERIA AND SEAS 5 FT. FORECAST: TONIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 80. S WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH BECOMING SOUTHEAST LATE. TUESDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY...BREEZY...AND A LITTE COOLER. HIGHS AROUND 90 COAST/LOWER 90S EAST/AROUND 100 MID VALLEY/104 TO 108 FAR WEST. S-SE WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH AND GUSTY. TUE NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 80. SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. WEDNESDAY...SAME AS TUESDAY. BRO UU 079/095 080/096 080 00/00/00/00 MFE UU 078/101 079/101 079 00/00/00/00 RGC UU 078/107 079/106 079 00/00/00/00 SPI UU 081/091 081/091 080 00/00/00/00 61...VALONE
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 4:40 PM CDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before
TXZ249>252-160235- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 440 PM CDT MON JUN 15 1998 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR JIM HOGG...BROOKS...AND KENEDY COUNTIES UNTIL 9 PM CDT... ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE IN SOUTHERN STARR COUNTY... THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR JIM HOGG... BROOKS...AND KENEDY COUNTIES IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS VALID UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS MONDAY EVENING. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE FORMATION OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. ALTHOUGH STARR COUNTY IS NOT IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH BOX...STRONG TO POTENTIALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO OCCUR THERE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE... SEEK REFUGE FROM THE STORM IN A STRONG BUILDING. BOATERS ON AREA LAKES SHOULD TAKE SHELTER. DAMAGING WIND... LARGE HAIL... VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE ALL LIKELY. DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER TREES OR OTHER ISOLATED TALL OBJECTS. THESE ATTRACT LIGHTNING. DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 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 DONT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. PERSONS IN THE ABOVE MENTIONED AREAS SHOULD STAY UPDATED ON THIS DEVELOPING AND POTENTIALLY SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION THROUGH NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR THEIR FAVORITE LOCAL MEDIA OUTLET. VALONE
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 4:40 PM CDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before
TXZ249>252-160235- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 440 PM CDT MON JUN 15 1998 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR JIM HOGG...BROOKS...AND KENEDY COUNTIES UNTIL 9 PM CDT... ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE IN SOUTHERN STARR COUNTY... THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR JIM HOGG... BROOKS...AND KENEDY COUNTIES IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS VALID UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS MONDAY EVENING. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE FORMATION OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. ALTHOUGH STARR COUNTY IS NOT IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH BOX...STRONG TO POTENTIALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO OCCUR THERE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE... SEEK REFUGE FROM THE STORM IN A STRONG BUILDING. BOATERS ON AREA LAKES SHOULD TAKE SHELTER. DAMAGING WIND... LARGE HAIL... VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE ALL LIKELY. DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER TREES OR OTHER ISOLATED TALL OBJECTS. THESE ATTRACT LIGHTNING. DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 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 DONT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. PERSONS IN THE ABOVE MENTIONED AREAS SHOULD STAY UPDATED ON THIS DEVELOPING AND POTENTIALLY SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION THROUGH NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR THEIR FAVORITE LOCAL MEDIA OUTLET. VALONE
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.