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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Brownsville, TX

May 26, 1999Hidalgo County, Kenedy County, Willacy County, Texas

NWS Brownsville, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 1999, 9:39 PM CDT for Hidalgo County, Kenedy County, Willacy County, Texas. It was in force for 51 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 26, 1999, 9:39 PM CDT (02:39 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 1999, 10:30 PM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Brownsville, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Hidalgo County, TX, Kenedy County, TX, Willacy County, TX

The radar

The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 26, 10:10 PM CDTThunderstorm WindNorias, TXLarge tree limbs down.

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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 26, 7:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 134 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 1999-05-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1680 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 1999-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -32 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
1680 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-167 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
975 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.3

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 8:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROZapata65 min
May 26, 8:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROBrooks, Jim Hogg56 min
May 26, 9:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROBrooks51 min
May 26, 9:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROBrooks, Hidalgo, Kenedy, Willacy36 min
May 26, 10:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROZapata56 min

Nearby

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

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.