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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Brownsville, TX

May 10, 2006Jim Hogg County, Zapata County, Texas

NWS Brownsville, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 10, 2006, 3:31 PM CDT for Jim Hogg County, Zapata County, Texas. It was in force for 49 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
May 10, 2006, 3:31 PM CDT (20:31 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 2006, 4:20 PM CDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Brownsville, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Jim Hogg County, TX, Zapata County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 164 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 10, 3:35 PM CDTHAIL 0.7519 Ne Zapata, TXREPORTED AT THE FANDANGO GAS PLANT

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 10, 3:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 176 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, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 2006-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3220 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, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 2006-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 49 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
3220 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-404 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
862 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
41 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KBRO 102033
SVRBRO
TXC247-505-102130-
/O.NEW.KBRO.SV.W.0021.060510T2031Z-060510T2130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
331 PM CDT WED MAY 10 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL JIM HOGG COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS
  EAST CENTRAL ZAPATA COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS

* UNTIL 430 PM CDT

* AT 328 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
  PRODUCING DIME SIZE HAIL.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ESCOBA...
  OR ABOUT 19 MILES NORTHEAST OF ZAPATA...AND MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  RANDADO.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DESTRUCTIVE HAIL AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND 
LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 2710 9908 2692 9908 2685 9872 2719 9872

$$

TOMASELLI
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS54 KBRO 102057
SVSBRO

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
355 PM CDT WED MAY 10 2006

TXC247-505-102130-
/O.CON.KBRO.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-060510T2130Z/
JIM HOGG TX-ZAPATA TX-
355 PM CDT WED MAY 10 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL ZAPATA AND WEST CENTRAL JIM HOGG COUNTIES...

AT 328 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING DIME SIZE HAIL.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ESCOBA...OR
ABOUT 22 MILES NORTHEAST OF ZAPATA...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
RANDADO.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL. SEEK 
SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS

LAT...LON 2710 9908 2692 9908 2685 9872 2719 9872

$$

TOMASELLI
000 
WWUS54 KBRO 102120
SVSBRO

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
420 PM CDT WED MAY 10 2006

TXC247-505-102130-
/O.CAN.KBRO.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-060510T2130Z/
JIM HOGG TX-ZAPATA TX-
420 PM CDT WED MAY 10 2006

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL ZAPATA AND WEST
CENTRAL JIM HOGG COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR DEEP SOUTH TEXAS.

LAT...LON 2710 9908 2692 9908 2685 9872 2719 9872

$$

TOMASELLI

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 10, 9:47 AM CDTMarine Weather StatementBRO21 hr
May 10, 3:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROHidalgo, Kenedy46 min
May 10, 4:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROJim Hogg27 min
May 10, 4:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROBrooks, Jim Hogg34 min
May 10, 4:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROKenedy26 min
May 10, 4:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROHidalgo, Kenedy, Willacy42 min
May 10, 4:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROHidalgo46 min
May 10, 5:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROBrooks30 min
May 10, 5:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROHidalgo47 min
May 10, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROBrooks, Hidalgo, Kenedy, Willacy60 min
May 10, 5:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROHidalgo20 min
May 10, 5:55 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningBRO65 min
May 10, 5:59 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningBROHidalgo61 min
May 10, 6:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROKenedy25 min
May 10, 6:29 PM CDTTornado WarningBROKenedy31 min
May 10, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROHidalgo, Willacy45 min
May 10, 6:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROCameron, Hidalgo44 min
May 10, 6:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROHidalgo30 min
May 10, 6:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROKenedy32 min
May 10, 6:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROCameron, Willacy31 min

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.