Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 14, 2000, 1:45 PM CST for Hidalgo County, Kenedy County, Willacy County, Texas. It was in force for 60 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
- Mar 14, 2000, 1:45 PM CST (19:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 14, 2000, 2:45 PM CST
- In force
- 60 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 19:49 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 14, 2:04 PM CST | Hail 0.75 | Raymondville, 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
Brownsville Intl, TX (KBRO), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 88 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
- 1579 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 584 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 4.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KBRO 141946 SVRBRO TXC215-261-489-142045- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 145 PM CST TUE MAR 14 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL HIDALGO COUNTY AND WILLACY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF RAYMONDVILLE AND LYFORD * UNTIL 245 PM CST * AT 144 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES WEST OF LYFORD...OR ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RAYMONDVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF LYFORD AT 145 PM CST OVER RAYMONDVILLE AT 155 PM CST IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...GO INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER AWAY FROM CREEK BEDS AND OTHER FLOOD-PRONE AREAS. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE LARGE DAMAGING HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. VERY LARGE HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE STORM...PUT YOUR CAR IN A GARAGE AND MOVE TO A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN BROWNSVILLE.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 14, 1:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Brooks | 45 min |
| Mar 14, 1:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Hidalgo | 25 min |
| Mar 14, 2:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Kenedy, Willacy | 62 min |
| Mar 14, 2:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Brooks | 42 min |
| Mar 14, 3:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Hidalgo | 59 min |
| Mar 14, 3:40 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BRO | Hidalgo | 35 min |
| Mar 14, 4:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Kenedy, Willacy | 60 min |
| Mar 14, 4:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Hidalgo | 66 min |
| Mar 14, 5:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Cameron, Willacy | 67 min |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.