Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 14, 2000, 4:25 PM CST for Kenedy County, Willacy County, Texas. It was in force for 60 min. 2 reports 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
- Mar 14, 2000, 4:25 PM CST (22:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 14, 2000, 5:25 PM CST
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Kenedy County, TX, Willacy County, TX
The radar
The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:43 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, 4:30 PM CST | Hail 0.75 | Raymondville, TX | |
| Mar 14, 4:58 PM CST | Tornado F0 | Norias, TX | A classic supercell thunderstorm produced a brief tornado that knocked over trees in a 200 yard swath on the Santa Cecilia ranch. This tornado was observed by a citizen living on the ranch. |
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, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 92 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 142228 SVRBRO TXC261-489-142325- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 425 PM CST TUE MAR 14 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN KENEDY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS WESTERN WILLACY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF RAYMONDVILLE * UNTIL 525 PM CST * AT 425 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF RAYMONDVILLE... NEARING THE WILLACY AND HIDALGO COUNTY LINE. THE STORM IS MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. 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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SOMETIMES PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN BROWNSVILLE. LAT...LON 2678 9795 2647 9799 2633 9769 2681 9751
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, 1:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Hidalgo, Kenedy, Willacy | 60 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, 4:54 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.