Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2003
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 43, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 2003, 6:39 PM CDT for Jim Hogg County, Starr County, Texas. It was in force for 51 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
- Jul 2, 2003, 6:39 PM CDT (23:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 2003, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Jim Hogg County, TX, Starr County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 170 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:38 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 nearest sounding before it
Brownsville Intl, TX (KBRO), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 173 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
- 2318 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 630 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -15 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
835
WUUS54 KBRO 022339
SVRBRO
TXC247-427-030030-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
637 PM CDT WED JUL 2 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN STARR COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS
SOUTHWESTERN JIM HOGG COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS
* UNTIL 730 PM CDT
* AT 635 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GUERRA...OR 18 MILES
NORTH OF EL SAUZ. THIS STORM IS MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER THE MAINLY RURAL AREAS
OF...NORTHWESTERN STARR AND SOUTHERN JIM HOGG COUNTIES.
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND 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 2696 9862 2694 9895 2679 9895 2665 9905
2660 9891 2665 9865
$$
SPEECEWhat 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 Jul 2, 2:30 PM CDT, 4 hours 9 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 2, 2:30 PM CDT, 4 hours 9 minutes before
DEEP SOUTH TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 230 PM CDT WED JUL 2 2003 A TROF EXTENDS ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO FROM THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM BILL NOW LOCATED OVER THE APPALACHIANS. THE BERMUDA RIDGE WILL BUILD WESTWARD ACROSS THE GULF OF MEXICO THIS WEEK RESULTING IN SOUTH TO SOUTH EAST WINDS ACROSS THE CWA. AFTERNOON HEATING WILL RESULT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SEABREEZE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE SEABREEZE BOUNDARY. THIS GENERAL PATTERN OF SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS AND A CHANCE OF AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ALONG A SEABREEZE BOUNDARY WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS THE AREA WILL TIGHTEN THIS WEEKEND RESULTING IN AN INCREASE IN WINDS ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. MARINE...AT 1PM BUOY020 REPORTED NORTHEAST WINDS AT 6 KTS AND SEAS AT 2 FEET 8 SECONDS. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE THE RULE AS LOW PRESSURE HOLDS AT MID LEVELS AND LOW LEVEL MOISTURE REMAINS ENTRENCHED. THIS WILL REMAIN THE CASE THROUGH THE WEEKEND...WITH A POSSIBLE INCREASE IN COVERAGE DURING THE LATE WEEKEND WITH A SOMEWHAT MORE ORGANIZED MIDLEVEL DISTURBANCE. SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT LOOKS TO INCREASE DURING THE WEEKEND AS A SURFACE LOW DEVELOPS IN THE GREAT PLAINS. AVIATION...SEABREEZE SHOWERS HAVE DEVELOPED ALONG THE SOUTH TEXAS COAST AND ARE PUSHING INLAND AROUND 15KTS. EXPECT BRIEF BOUTS OF MVFR CONDITIONS WITH LOW CIGS...PRECIP AND WINDS GUSTS TO 25KTS. SEABREEZE SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEK AND INTO THE WEEKEND...MAINLY DURING PEAK HEATING HOURS. PRELIMINARY NUMBERS FOR COORDINATION PURPOSES ONLY... BRO EE 076/093 077/094 077 20/40/20/30/20 HRL EE 077/094 077/095 077 20/40/20/30/20 MFE TE 076/095 076/096 076 20/40/20/40/20 RGC TT 076/096 076/097 076 20/40/20/40/30 SPI EE 081/088 081/089 081 20/40/20/30/20 SYNOPTIC/FIRE WX...63/65 AVIATION/MARINE/MESO...64 .BRO...NONE. THIS PRODUCT IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON OUR INTERNET WEB PAGE AT: HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/BRO
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 2, 4:15 AM CDT, 14 hours 24 minutes before
TXZ248>257-031100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 415 AM CDT WED JUL 2 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE...MORE NUMEROUS IN THE WESTERN VALLEY TODAY...AND CONTINUING THROUGH EARLY EVENING. HEAVY RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED FROM ANY THUNDERSTORM. LONG PERIOD SWELLS ARE STILL ARRIVING AT THE SOUTH PADRE ISLAND BEACHES...WITH HEIGHTS OF ONLY 2 FEET. SOME RIP CURRENTS ARE STILL POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON...WITH RIPS THAN YESTERDAYS SURF. DRIVE CAREFULLY IN AND NEAR THUNDERSTORMS AND BE ALERT TO THE POTENTIAL FOR ROADWAY PONDING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH MOST OF THE WEEK. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATER THIS AFTERNOON. PHILO
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 6:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Jim Hogg | 57 min |
| Jul 2, 6:12 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Jim Hogg | 3 hr |
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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.