Severe Thunderstorm Warning 25, NWS Brownsville, TX

Issued

Sep 8, 2002, 9:32 PM CDT (02:32 UTC)

Expired

Sep 8, 2002, 10:30 PM CDT

In force

58 min

Issued by

NWS Brownsville, TX

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Brooks County, TX

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Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
931 PM CDT SUN SEP 8 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN BROOKS COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS

* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT

* AT 925 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES WEST OF FALFURRIAS...MOVING SOUTHEAST
  AT 5 MPH. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE DIME SIZE   
  HAIL...AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF...
  NORTHERN BROOKS AND CENTRAL BROOKS COUNTIES.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE ADVANCE
WARNING. PREPARE TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE
SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED.

LAT...LON 2725 9827 2726 9847 2694 9836 2704 9810

CASTILLO

NWS Brownsville, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Sep 8, 8:50 PM CDT, 42 minutes earlier.

DEEP SOUTH TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
850 PM CDT SUN SEP 8 2002

MSAS SURFACE ANALYSIS...RADAR IMAGES...AND SATELLITE IMAGES INDICATE
REMNANTS OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION FAY NORTHEAST OF COTULLA THIS
EVENING. MESOETA 700MB HEIGHT ANALYSIS PLACES 700MB LOW OVER THE
WESTERN RIO GRANDE PLAINS. CONVECTION CURRENTLY OVER OVER COASTAL
SECTIONS OF THE CWA AND NORTH OF THE CWA NEAR CIRCULATION CENTER
ASSOCIATED WITH FAY. RECORD TEMPS ACROSS THE LOWER VALLEY THIS
AFTERNOON PROVIDED A STRONG THERMAL GRADIENT ACROSS THE COASTAL
SECTIONS FOR A SEABREEZE-LIKE FRONT TO OVERCOME SINKING DOWNSLOPE
WINDS FROM THE SIERRA MADRE ORIENTAL WHICH HAS WEAKENED AS THE
CIRCULATION WITH FAY CONTINUES TO WEAKEN. SEABREEZE BOUNDARY HAS
REACHED WESTERN AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF DEEP SOUTH TX WHERE
CONVECTION IS DEVELOPING OVER NORTHERN PORTIONS OF BROOKS COUNTY.
WILL MONITOR CONVECTIVE TRENDS BEFORE ADJUSTING ZONES BUT WILL
LIKELY LOWER POPS WEST AND INCLUDE MENTION OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL
WITH THUNDERSTORMS. OTHERWISE...ONLY MINOR CHANGES TO THE ZFP
EXPECTED.

.MARINE...BOY020 REPORTED A NORTHEAST WIND AT 14 TO 17 KNOTS WITH 6
FOOT SEAS.  WINDS AND SEAS WILL CONTINUE TO BE UNSETTLED TONIGHT
THROUGH TUESDAY...AS THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM FAY PRODUCE
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE LOWER TEXAS GULF
WATERS.  THE WEATHER PATTERN WILL BE BACK TO NORMAL WITH LOW
PRESSURE IN THE GULF AND HIGH PRESSURE OVER WEST TEXAS BY
WEDNESDAY.  THIS WILL CAUSE A LIGHT TO MODERATE NORTHEAST WIND OVER
THE COASTAL WATERS BY MID WEEK.

SYNOPTIC...CASTILLO
AVIATION-MARINE...FLATT
MESO...WATKINS

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

.BRO...NONE.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2002Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2002

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.