Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2007
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 3, 2007, 1:28 AM CDT for Hidalgo County, Starr County, Willacy County, Texas. It was in force for 32 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 3, 2007, 1:28 AM CDT (06:28 UTC)
- Expired
- May 3, 2007, 2:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Hidalgo County, TX, Starr County, TX, Willacy County, TX
The radar
The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:32 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 10:48 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Brownsville Intl, TX (KBRO), launched 00:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 105 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
- 1847 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -295 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1075 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 119 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KBRO 030629 SVRBRO TXC215-427-489-030700- /O.NEW.KBRO.SV.W.0021.070503T0628Z-070503T0700Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 128 AM CDT THU MAY 3 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... HIDALGO COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WESLACO...SAN MANUEL...SAN JUAN... PHARR...MISSION...MERCEDES...MCCOOK...MCALLEN...HIDALGO... EDINBURG...EDCOUCH...DONNA...ALAMO... EASTERN STARR COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS... NORTHWESTERN WILLACY COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS... * UNTIL 200 AM CDT * AT 127 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MCCOOK...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... EDINBURG BY 150 AM CDT... 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF SAN JUAN BY 155 AM CDT... ELSA...EDCOUCH...7 MILES NORTH OF DONNA AND 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF ALAMO BY 200 AM CDT... THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING FOR CENTRAL TEXAS. LAT...LON 2678 9835 2621 9881 2594 9790 2655 9787 $$ KL
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS54 KBRO 030646 SVSBRO SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 146 AM CDT THU MAY 3 2007 TXC215-427-489-030700- /O.CON.KBRO.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-070503T0700Z/ STARR TX-HIDALGO TX-WILLACY TX- 146 AM CDT THU MAY 3 2007 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN WILLACY...HIDALGO AND EASTERN STARR COUNTIES... AT 141 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MCCOOK...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... EDINBURG BY 155 AM CDT... ELSA AND 7 MILES WEST OF EDCOUCH BY 200 AM CDT... THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS. HAIL UP TO NICKEL SIZE HAS BEEN REPORTED IN LA GRULLA WITH THIS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE STORM...TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING FOR CENTRAL TEXAS. LAT...LON 2678 9835 2621 9881 2594 9790 2655 9787 $$ KL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 10:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Zapata | 61 min |
| May 2, 11:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Jim Hogg, Starr, Zapata | 66 min |
| May 3, 12:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Brooks, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Kenedy, Starr | 48 min |
| May 3, 1:09 AM CDT | Marine Weather Statement | BRO | 4 hr | |
| May 3, 1:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Cameron, Hidalgo, Kenedy, Willacy | 35 min |
| May 3, 2:04 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | BRO | 56 min | |
| May 3, 2:12 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | BRO | 63 min | |
| May 3, 2:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Cameron, Kenedy, Willacy | 21 min |
| May 3, 2:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Cameron, Hidalgo | 27 min |
| May 3, 3:04 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | BRO | 86 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.