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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Brownsville, TX

June 7, 2001Cameron County, Willacy County, Texas

NWS Brownsville, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 2001, 8:34 PM CDT for Cameron County, Willacy County, Texas. It was in force for 41 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 7, 2001, 8:34 PM CDT (01:34 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 2001, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Brownsville, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Cameron County, TX, Willacy County, TX

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 7, 3:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Brownsville Intl, TX (KBRO), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 48 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, Brownsville Intl, TX at 00:00Z on 2001-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1803 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, Brownsville Intl, TX at 00:00Z on 2001-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 24 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
1803 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-63 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1192 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
23 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS54 KBRO 080133 RRA
SVRBRO
TXC061-489-080215-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
834 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

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 Jun 7, 7:55 PM CDT, 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 7, 7:55 PM CDT, 39 minutes before
DEEP SOUTH TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
755 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2001

SEVERE WEATHER ONGOING WITH GREATEST THREAT NOW SHIFTING OVER
NORTHEAST PORTIONS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
CONTINUES THROUGH 9 PM. BOWING SQUALL LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING
INTO NORTHERN KENEDY COUNTY AND NORTHEAST PORTIONS OF BROOKS COUNTY.
MARINE...SE WINDS NEAR 15 KNOTS WITH 4 FOOT WAVES OFFSHORE. WILL
CONTINUE TO MONITOR BOWING LINE OF SHOWERS OFFSHORE. WILL MAKE
ADJUSTMENTS AS NEEDED.

SYNOPTIC-PUBLIC...MC.61/AVIATION-MARINE...SC.64
MESO...MARTINEZ

INTERNET ADDRESS...WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/BRO

.BRO...SVR TSTM WATCH IN IN EFFECT FOR DEEP SOUTH TX TIL 02Z.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 7, 3:55 PM CDT, 4 hours 39 minutes before
TXZ248>257-080200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
355 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR
PORTIONS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING FROM 3:45 PM UNTIL 9 PM CDT.

HAIL UP TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 80
MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...BROOKS...CAMERON...
HIDALGO...JIM HOGG...KENEDY...STARR...WILLACY AND ZAPATA.

SOME CITIES AND TOWNS INCLUDED IN THE WATCH AREA ARE HEBBRONVILLE...
ZAPATA...FALFURRIAS...SARITA...RAYMONDVILLE...RIO GRANDE CITY...
MCALLEN...HARLINGEN AND BROWNSVILLE.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE
FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN
THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS
AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.  SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES.

SPEECE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 7:42 PM CDTTornado WarningBROKenedy33 min
Jun 7, 8:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROKenedy45 min
Jun 7, 11:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROZapata56 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.