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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 23, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 2, 2000, 11:44 AM CDT for Brooks County, Texas. It was in force for 46 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 2, 2000, 11:44 AM CDT (16:44 UTC)
- Expired
- May 2, 2000, 12:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Brooks County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:44 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 2, 11:47 AM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Encino, 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 nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 122 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
- 1319 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -69 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 948 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -34 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -1.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KBRO 021644 SVRBRO TXC047-021730- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 1144 AM CDT TUE MAY 2 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... BROOKS COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS * UNTIL 1230 PM CDT * AT 1146 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF ENCINO...OR 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FALFURRIAS...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS... AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF... NORTHEASTERN BROOKS COUNTY. ENCINO IS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM AS WELL AS HIGHWAY 281. IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...GO INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER AWAY FROM WINDOWS. REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE LARGE DAMAGING HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. LAT...LON 2684 9843 2683 9803 2725 9803 2725 9842
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 2, 9:45 AM CDT, 1 hour 59 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 2, 9:45 AM CDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
DEEP SOUTH TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 945 AM CDT TUE MAY 2 2000 OUTFLOW BOUNDARY JUST TO OUR NORTH WILL BE MOVING SOUTH DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. THIS WILL LIKELY BE A TRIGGER FOR ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. WILL GO ALONG WITH CURRENT ZONES WITH MENTION OF SVR TSMS AS PER SPC DAY 1 DISCUSSION. OUR VWP CONTINUES TO SHOW 35-45 KTS OF WIND IN THE LOWEST 10KFT. THE MORNING SOUNDING SHOWS GOOD INSTABILITY WHILE THE LATEST MODEL RUNS SHOW ANOTHER S/W TROF ROTATING AROUND THE SOUTHERN BASE OF MAIN TROF. S/W IS CURRENTLY OVER THE BIG BEND AREA BUT VORTICITY ADVECTION SHOULD BE AFFECTING THE AREA BY AFTERNOON. THIS ALONG WITH THE INTERACTION OF THE BOUNDARY SHOULD MAKE FOR AN INTERESTING AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE THING THAT COULD HAPPEN WOULD BE THE BOUNDARY OUTRUNS THE APPROACHING VORTICITY AND WE SOCKED IN WITH CLOUDS AND COOLER STABLE AIR. THAT WOULD KNOCK DOWN OUR POP CHANCES CONSIDERABLY. IT DOES LOOK LIKE THE MAIN TROF AXIS WILL BE THROUGH THE AREA BY WED MORNING SO TOMORROW SHOULD BE MUCH IMPROVED. WILL BE ISSUING A HWO SHORTLY. 69 .WFO BRO INTERNET ADDRESS...WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/BRO .BRO...NONE.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 2, 10:20 AM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
TXZ248>257-030000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 1020 AM CDT TUE MAY 2 2000 STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED LATE THIS MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS ACROSS MUCH OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. ALREADY BY MID MORNING...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP OVER MIDDLE PORTIONS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM STORMS LAST NIGHT...ALONG WITH AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM...WILL HELP TRIGGER THE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. THE SOUTHEASTERN SECTIONS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS IS RECEIVING SUNSHINE THIS MORNING WHICH WILL ALLOW THE ATMOSPHERE TO FURTHER DESTABILIZE. THIS WILL ADD TO THE POTENTIAL OF SEVERE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO COOL IN THE MID LEVELS WHICH WILL INCREASE THE CHANCES FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE A POSSIBILITY. SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR THE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. ALL RESIDENTS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS SHOULD KEEP UPDATED ON THE WEATHER THROUGH LOCAL RADIO...TELEVISION...OR CABLE SOURCES...AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 7:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Hidalgo, Starr | 40 min |
| May 1, 8:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Brooks, Hidalgo, Starr | 43 min |
| May 1, 8:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Jim Hogg | 43 min |
| May 1, 9:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BRO | Brooks, Jim Hogg, Starr | 28 min |
| May 2, 1:08 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BRO | Brooks | 37 min |
| May 2, 1:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Brooks, Kenedy | 57 min |
| May 2, 2:37 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Brooks, Kenedy | 4 hr |
| May 2, 2:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Brooks, Kenedy | 62 min |
| May 2, 4:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Brooks, Kenedy | 58 min |
| May 2, 5:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Kenedy | 60 min |
| May 2, 6:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Jim Hogg | 60 min |
| May 2, 11:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Brooks | 29 min |
| May 2, 11:11 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BRO | Brooks | 34 min |
| May 2, 11:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Jim Hogg | 63 min |
| May 2, 11:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Kenedy | 58 min |
| May 2, 12:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Kenedy | 59 min |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.