Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 2001, 3:35 PM CDT for Cameron County, Kenedy County, Willacy County, Texas. It was in force for 55 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 15, 2001, 3:35 PM CDT (20:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 2001, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Cameron County, TX, Kenedy County, TX, Willacy County, TX
The radar
The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:34 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Brownsville Intl, TX (KBRO), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 71 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
- 2857 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 546 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -62 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 152027 SVRBRO TXC061-261-489-152130- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 335 PM CDT FRI JUN 15 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS EXTENDED THE * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CAMERON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS EASTERN WILLACY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS SOUTHEASTERN KENEDY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS * UNTIL 430 PM CDT * AT 334 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES WEST OF BROWNSVILLE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE DIME SIZE HAIL... AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...WITH HEAVY RAINFALL. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE MOVING ACROSS CAMERON COUNTY THROUGH 430 PM. $$ LAT...LON 2601 9775 2586 9749 2617 9711 2673 9735 PHILO
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 15, 9:29 AM CDT, 6 hours 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 15, 9:29 AM CDT, 6 hours 6 minutes before
DEEP SOUTH TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION...AMENDED FOR SCA LAGUNA MADRE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 929 AM CDT FRI JUN 15 2001 **AFTER CONSULTATION WITH CRP MET...WL PLACE LAGUNA MADRE UNDER SCA FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS IN ASSOCIATION WITH OUTFLOWS APPROACHING.** SHORT TERM...WITH OUTFLOW APPROACHING FM THE NORTH AND CONVECTION ALREADY FIRING ALONG THE ADJ MEX COAST AND 50 MILES SW OF BRO...WL BUMP POPS FOR COASTAL AREA TO SCT. WITH CLD CVR CURRENTLY IN PLACE AND MESOETA AND RUC BOTH SHOWING LITTLE WARMING TDY...WL DROP HIGHS A CAT. BRO 12Z SOUNDING SHOWS PWAT VALUES AT 1.67 AND CAPES 5317 J/KG WITH -11.2 LI. +TSRA SIMILAR TO EVENT LAST NIGHT OVR WRN VLY CUD GREET COASTAL AREAS THIS PM...WITH DEEP S TX NOW IN CLIMATOLOGICALLY FAVORED WET PERIOD. MARINE...WINDS OFFSHORE ARE BEGINNING TO BACK TO THE EAST AND NE NOW...WITH BOY020 10010G12KT AND 8 FOOTERS AT 8 SECS. WL FOLLOW MESOETA WIND SOLUTION...AS MDL INITS BEST WITH CURRENT PLACEMENT OF SFC FEATURES...BRINGING WINDS NE BY LATE PM. SCA CONTINUES OFFSHORE ...BEFORE THE PRESSURE GRADIENT WEAKENS ACROSS THE LOWER TEXAS COAST BY TONIGHT. WINDS AND SEAS SHOULD GRADUALLY DECREASE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. PUBLIC-SYNOPTIC-AVIATION-MARINE...PHILO (58)/MESO...VEGA INTERNET ADDRESS...WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/BRO .BRO...SCA FOR GMZ 130-150-155-170-175
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 10:17 AM CDT, 5 hours 18 minutes before
TXZ248>257-151730- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 1017 AM CDT FRI JUN 15 2001 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO NORTHERN PORTIONS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS... AT 1016 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN BROWNSVILLE SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO NORTHERN KENEDY AND BROOKS COUNTIES. THE LINE OF CONVECTION WAS MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE BEING FORMED BY AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES CREATED BY CONVECTION NORTH OF THE VALLEY EARLY THIS MORNING. ALSO...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER ADJACENT MEXICO AND ARE MOVING NORTHWEST TOWARD STARR COUNTY. STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS OVER THE LAGUNA MADRE AND THE LOWER TEXAS GULF WATERS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES ARE IN PLACE FOR THE LAGUNA MADRE AND LOWER TEXAS GULF WATERS.. ADDITIONAL LIFT FROM THE SEA BREEZE LATER TODAY...MAY ASSIST IN THE LIFTING PROCESS...INCREASING CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY OVER THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY. RAINFALL MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. PHILO
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 10:18 AM CDT, 5 hours 17 minutes before
TXZ248>257-151731- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 1018 AM CDT FRI JUN 15 2001 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO NORTHERN PORTIONS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS... AT 1017 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN BROWNSVILLE SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO NORTHERN KENEDY AND BROOKS COUNTIES. THE LINE OF CONVECTION WAS MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE BEING FORMED BY AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES CREATED BY CONVECTION NORTH OF THE VALLEY EARLY THIS MORNING. ALSO...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER ADJACENT MEXICO AND ARE MOVING NORTHWEST TOWARD STARR COUNTY. STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS OVER THE LAGUNA MADRE AND THE LOWER TEXAS GULF WATERS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES ARE IN PLACE FOR THE LAGUNA MADRE AND LOWER TEXAS GULF WATERS.. ADDITIONAL LIFT FROM THE SEA BREEZE LATER TODAY...MAY ASSIST IN THE LIFTING PROCESS...INCREASING CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY OVER THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY. RAINFALL MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. PHILO
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 11:30 AM CDT, 4 hours 5 minutes before
TXZ248>257-151731- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 1130 AM CDT FRI JUN 15 2001 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER DEEP SOUTH TEXAS... AT 1129 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN BROWNSVILLE SHOWED TWO AREAS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING EACH OTHER OVER DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES MOVING SOUTH INTO NORTHERN WILLACY...HIDALGO AND STARR COUNTIES HAVE GENERATED CONVECTION IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY. A LARGE AREA OF CONVECTION SOUTH OF THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY CREATED BY AN INVERTED SURFACE TROUGH EXTENDING FROM MEXICO TO THE WESTERN VALLEY IS MOVING TOWARD THE RIO GRANDE. THESE TWO BOUNDARIES WILL MEET OVER SOUTHERN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS AND ADJACENT MEXICO...RESULTING IN SOME AREAS OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS OVER THE LAGUNA MADRE AND THE LOWER TEXAS GULF WATERS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE LAGUNA MADRE AND OFFSHORE WATERS UNTIL 1230 PM. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. PHILO
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 7:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Zapata | 60 min |
| Jun 14, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Zapata | 30 min |
| Jun 14, 10:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Zapata | 3 hr |
| Jun 15, 12:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BRO | Hidalgo, Willacy | 24 min |
| Jun 15, 12:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Cameron, Hidalgo, Willacy | 47 min |
| Jun 15, 1:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Hidalgo | 39 min |
| Jun 15, 1:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Hidalgo | 62 min |
| Jun 15, 1:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BRO | Hidalgo | 46 min |
| Jun 15, 2:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BRO | Cameron, Hidalgo | 45 min |
| Jun 15, 2:20 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Hidalgo | 4 hr |
| Jun 15, 2:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Cameron, Kenedy, Willacy | 50 min |
| Jun 15, 3:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BRO | Cameron, Hidalgo | 45 min |
| Jun 15, 3:09 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Cameron | 3 hr |
| Jun 15, 6:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Cameron | 42 min |
| Jun 15, 6:23 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Cameron | 3 hr |
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.