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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Brownsville, TX

May 30, 2005Hidalgo County, Texas

NWS Brownsville, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 2005, 12:30 AM CDT for Hidalgo County, Texas. It was in force for 30 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
May 30, 2005, 12:30 AM CDT (05:30 UTC)
Expired
May 30, 2005, 1:00 AM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Brownsville, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Hidalgo County, TX

The radar

The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 29, 11:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Brownsville Intl, TX (KBRO), launched 00:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 106 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 2005-05-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3120 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 2005-05-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 117 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
3120 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-194 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1139 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
117 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
156 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.8

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KBRO 300530
SVRBRO
TXC215-300600-
/O.NEW.KBRO.SV.W.0021.050530T0530Z-050530T0600Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
1230 AM CDT MON MAY 30 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN HIDALGO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SAN MANUEL

* UNTIL 100 AM CDT

* AT 1225 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 12
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF SAN MANUEL...OR ABOUT NEAR MCCOOK...AND MOVING
  EAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  SAN MANUEL BY 1255 AM CDT

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 2659 9833 2642 9837 2641 9800 2664 9799

$$

CAFFREY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 29, 7:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROKenedy43 min
May 29, 7:14 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningBRO91 min
May 29, 7:35 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningBROKenedy85 min
May 29, 7:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROKenedy51 min
May 29, 8:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROBrooks47 min
May 29, 8:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROKenedy33 min
May 29, 8:48 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningBRO27 min
May 29, 9:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROKenedy45 min
May 29, 9:33 PM CDTTornado WarningBROKenedy12 min
May 29, 9:40 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningBRO50 min
May 29, 11:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROStarr39 min
May 29, 11:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROStarr30 min
May 30, 12:47 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningBRO88 min
May 30, 12:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROHidalgo, Kenedy, Willacy51 min
May 30, 1:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROKenedy, Willacy34 min
May 30, 2:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROHidalgo35 min
May 30, 3:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROHidalgo28 min
May 30, 3:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROHidalgo28 min
May 30, 4:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROCameron59 min
May 30, 4:35 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningBRO25 min
May 30, 4:38 AM CDTTornado WarningBROCameron37 min
May 30, 5:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROCameron36 min
May 30, 5:24 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningBRO51 min
May 30, 5:30 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningBRO45 min
May 30, 6:12 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningBRO33 min
May 30, 6:13 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningBRO47 min
May 30, 8:37 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningBRO38 min
May 30, 9:13 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningBRO47 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.