Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 1, 2000, 4:51 PM CDT for Hidalgo County, Texas. It was in force for 39 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
- Aug 1, 2000, 4:51 PM CDT (21:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 1, 2000, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hidalgo County, TX
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 4:57 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Weslaco, TX | A reporter from a local television station reported a roof from a mobile home was blown off and some out buildings were damaged by the strong winds from a thunderstorm. |
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, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 96 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
- 2742 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 671 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -61 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -14 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KBRO 012155 SVRBRO TXC215-012230- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 451 PM CDT TUE AUG 1 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EASTERN HIDALGO COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS * UNTIL 530 PM CDT * AT 450 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 6 MILES NORTH OF WESLACO...MOVING NORTH NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE DIME SIZE HAIL... AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. IN ADDITION TO HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS...SUCH AS RADIO...TELEVISION... CABLE TELEVISION...AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST SEVERE IWEATHER INFORMATION. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BROWNSVILLE. GF
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 Aug 1, 1:45 PM CDT, 3 hours 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 1, 1:45 PM CDT, 3 hours 6 minutes before
DEEP SOUTH TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 145 PM CDT TUE AUG 1 2000 WILL KEEP ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED CONVECTION IN THE FORECAST AS SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT IS WEAK AND THE SEABREEZE HAS ESTABLISHED RIGHT FOR RECOGNITION. SEABREEZE ALONE WILL MAKE SOME CONVECTION. WITH SUPLEMENT OF WEST MIGRATING TROPICAL STUFF...AREAL CONVERAGE...INTENSITY...AND DURATION MAY BE SOMEWHAT MORE. IN EXTENDED...WILL INCREASE POPS A LITTLE LATTER PART OF THE WEEK IN RESPONSE TO ONE OF THESE WEST-MOVING TROPICAL THINGS. MRF SUGGESTS AN INVERTED TROF NEARBY IN THE UPPER LEVELS AGAIN AROUND THURSDAY. NO REASON TO CHANGE THE MARINE FORECAST MUCH. MODELS SUGGEST AS MUCH EAST WINDFLOW OVER THE GULF AS SOUTHEAST. BOY020 SHOWS SOME OF THIS ALTHOUGH WITH FALLING SPEEDS...DIRECTION THERE HAS BEEN VARIABLE. BRO BB 076/095 075/096 075 62010 MFE BB 076/100 076/100 076 62010 RGC BB 076/104 076/105 076 62010 SPI BB 077/089 077/089 077 62010 BRO INTERNET ADDRESS...WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/BRO .BRO...NONE.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 1, 11:15 AM CDT, 5 hours 36 minutes before
TXZ248>257-011915- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 1115 AM CDT TUE AUG 1 2000 A VERY MOIST AND RELATIVELY UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL RESIDE OVER DEEP SOUTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. AS A SEA BREEZE FRONT TRACKS SLOWLY WEST DURING THE DAY...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL FORM ALONG THIS MARINE BOUNDARY AS IT ENCOUNTERS THE MOISTURE LADEN AIRMASS ACROSS THE VALLEY. EVEN THOUGH THE AREAL COVERAGE OF THE STORMS WILL BE LIMITED... A COUPLE OF THESE STORMS MAY BE EFFICIENT RAIN PRODUCERS...SIMILAR TO YESTERDAY EVENING. DURING EARLY MONDAY EVENING...THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO QUITE LIMITED...BUT AN AREA BETWEEN RIO GRANDE CITY AND ROMA OBTAINED LOCAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 3 AND 4 INCHES. WITH A SIMILAR WEATHER PATTERN THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...SOME VERY LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE ALSO FEASIBLE. IN ADDITION...ONE OR TWO OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL CABLE OR COMMERCIAL BROADCAST STATION...FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. CORDERO
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.