Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2003
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 15, 2003, 5:19 AM CST for Starr County, Texas. It was in force for 61 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 15, 2003, 5:19 AM CST (11:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 15, 2003, 6:20 AM CST
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Starr County, TX
The radar
The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 158 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:19 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.
Did it verify
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.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 15, 4:35 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Brownsville Intl, TX (KBRO), launched 00:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 161 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
- 675 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -235 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 794 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KBRO 151119 SVRBRO TXC427-151220- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 519 AM CST SAT FEB 15 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... STARR COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS * UNTIL 620 AM CST * AT 515 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 19 MILES NORTH OF RIO GRANDE CITY TO RIO GRANDE CITY...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF... STARR COUNTY. IN ADDITION TO DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. LAT...LON 2665 9900 2625 9867 2675 9840 2677 9893 $$
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 Feb 15, 5:00 AM CST, 19 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 15, 5:00 AM CST, 19 minutes before
DEEP SOUTH TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 500 AM CST SAT FEB 15 2003 UPDATED ZONES FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH 9 AM FOR ALL EXCEPT ZAPATA COUNTIES. W/V IMAGERY SHOWS HISTORY OF ENHANCED DEVELOPMENT MAXIMIZING AS CONVECTIVE LINE MOVES TOWARD COAST. PRELIMINARY NUMBERS FOR COORDINATION PURPOSES ONLY... BRO EU 081/052 063/044 067 40/10/00/00/00 HRL EU 082/051 063/042 067 40/10/00/00/00 MFE EU 083/050 065/041 069 40/00/00/00/00 RGC EU 084/050 065/040 069 40/00/00/00/00 SPI EU 079/053 060/045 066 40/10/00/00/00 .BRO...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH TXZ249>257 THROUGH 9 AM. 54/61 THIS PRODUCT IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON OUR INTERNET WEB PAGE AT: HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/BRO
Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 14, 10:43 PM CST, 6 hours 36 minutes before
TXZ248>257-151100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 1043 PM CST FRI FEB 14 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SMALL CRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION ON THE LAGUNA MADRE. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER TEXAS GULF WATERS. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST LOWER TEXAS COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR DETAILS. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS THE REGION WILL TRIGGER SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY. THE BEST CHANCES FOR STORMS WILL BE OVER KENEDY, BROOKS, JIM HOGG, AND ZAPATA COUNTIES. AT THIS TIME...ANY STORMS THAT MOVE OVER THESE COUNTIES ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE BUT MAY PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAINS, BRIEF WIND GUSTS FROM 25 TO 35 MPH AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. HOWEVER... AN ISOLATED SEVERE IS NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO MOVE EAST OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS BY MIDDAY SATURDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH DEEP SOUTH TEXAS SATURDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL CAUSE WINDS AND SEAS TO BUILD ONCE AGAIN OVER THE LOWER TEXAS COASTAL WATERS. AS A RESULT, SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES ARE EXPECTED FROM SATURDAY NIGHT INTO LATE SUNDAY. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Feb 15, 3:39 AM CST, 1 hour 40 minutes before
TXZ248-249-252-151030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 339 AM CST SAT FEB 15 2003 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN ZAPATA COUNTY... AT 335 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHERN ZAPATA COUNTY...17 MILES NORTHEAST OF ZAPATA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 35 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES...AS WELL AS SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. RAINFALL RATES OF HALF AN INCH TO AN INCH PER HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED AS WELL. THIS STORM SHOULD REMAIN OVER RURAL PORTIONS OF NORTHERN ZAPATA COUNTY AND AFFECT PORTIONS OF FARM ROAD 3169. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION SERVICE PROVIDER FOR LATER STATEMENTS CONCERNING THIS SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. CASTILLO
Special weather statement, Feb 15, 4:53 AM CST, 26 minutes before
TXZ249>257-151500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 453 AM CST SAT FEB 15 2003 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH VALID UNTIL 900 AM CST SATURDAY MORNING. THE WATCH INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF BROOKS...CAMERON...HIDALGO...JIM HOGG...KENEDY... STARR...AND WILLACY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO OCCUR IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL THE SIZE OF A DIME OR LARGER...STRONG WINDS OF 58 MPH OR GREATER AND EVEN TORNADOES. EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION. RESIDENTS ACROSS DEEP SOUTH TEXAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE READY TO ACT QUICKLY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA. IF SEVERE WEATHER THREATENS YOUR AREA...THEN MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM AND LAY DOWN ON THE FLOOR. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE...LAY FLAT DOWN ON THE GROUND...PREFERABLY IN A DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT. NEVER TRY TO OUTRUN SEVERE WEATHER. CASTILLO
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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.