Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Brownsville, TX

Issued

Mar 27, 1999, 10:34 PM CST (04:34 UTC)

Expired

Mar 27, 1999, 11:30 PM CST

In force

56 min

Issued by

NWS Brownsville, TX

Area

Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Brooks County, TX, Hidalgo County, TX, Kenedy County, TX, Starr County, 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.

999 
WUUS1 KBRO 280438 RRA
SVRBRO
TXC047-215-261-427-280530-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
1034 PM CST SAT MAR 27 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BROOKS COUNTY IN TEXAS
  HIDALGO COUNTY IN TEXAS
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...ABRAM-PEREZVILLE...ALAMO...ALTON...
  EDINBURG...HIDALGO...LOPEZVILLE...MCALLEN...MISSION...PHARR...SAN
  JUAN
  WESTERN KENEDY COUNTY IN TEXAS
  EASTERN STARR COUNTY IN TEXAS

* UNTIL 1130 PM CST

* AT 1033 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 54 MILES NORTH OF
  EDINBURG TO 25 MILES NORTH OF SULLIVAN CITY TO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  LA CASITA-GARCIASVILLE...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF FALFURRIAS TO 26 MILES NORTHWEST OF ALTON TO 9 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF RIO GRANDE CITY...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE...
  OVER LA GRULLA AT 1050 PM CST
  OVER SULLIVAN CITY AT 1105 PM CST
  OVER LA JOYA AT 1115 PM CST
  OVER PENITAS AT 1120 PM CST
  OVER ABRAM-PEREZVILLE AT 1125 PM CST
  OVER PALMVIEW AT 1130 PM CST

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE
FOR DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY
LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY
INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN BROWNSVILLE.

SPEECE

LAT...LON 2717 9829 2662 9857 2618 9892 2607 9814
          2660 9799 2723 9787

NWS Brownsville, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Mar 27, 7:45 PM CST, 2 hours 49 minutes earlier.

DEEP SOUTH TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
745 PM CST SAT MAR 27 1999

SIGNIFICANT WEATHER UNDERWAY OVER NORTHEAST MEXICO AND DEEP SOUTH TEXAS
CAUSED BY UPPER AIR LOW AMBLING SLOWLY NORTHEAST FROM MEXICO..WILL
TAPER OFF LATE LATER TONIGHT AS ENERGY MAKING STORMS RACES NORTHEAST.
HOWEVER..STORM DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED AGAIN TOMORROW BUT STARTING MORE
EAST THAN CURRENT POSITION KEEPING WITH LOWS EASTWARD MIGRATION.

FORECAST UNDERWAY LOOKS APPROPRIATE WITH 60 POPS TONIGHT AND
TOMORROW..POSSIBLY SEVERE STORMS..HEAVY RAINFALL. PRECIP ALGO SUPPORTS
THE POPS. BY TOMORROW NIGHT..LAND AREA WILL BE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF
SUBSIDING AIR IN THE LOWS WAKE..GULF OF MEXICO WILL NOT HOWEVER..WHERE
STORMY WEATHER WILL DOMINATE.

SO FAR..MOST DAMAGE HAS BEEN FROM WIND.

.BRO...SCA RIO GRANDE-BAFFIN BAY OUT 50 NM INCLUDING BAYS. GRADIENT IS
STILL QUITE STRONG.

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Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 1999Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1999

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.