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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Brownsville, TX

May 14, 2008Brooks County, Texas

NWS Brownsville, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 2008, 10:52 PM CDT for Brooks County, Texas. It was in force for 23 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 14, 2008, 10:52 PM CDT (03:52 UTC)
Expired
May 14, 2008, 11:15 PM CDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Brownsville, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Brooks County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:52 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 3.9 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2008-05-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2849 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 00:00Z on 2008-05-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -31 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
2849 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-220 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
837 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-171 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-2.7

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KBRO 150353
SVRBRO
TXC047-150415-
/O.NEW.KBRO.SV.W.0021.080515T0352Z-080515T0415Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
1052 PM CDT WED MAY 14 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN BROOKS COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS.

* UNTIL 1115 PM CDT

* AT 1052 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL AND
  DAMAGING 60 MPH WINDS...14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FALFURRIAS...MOVING
  EAST AT 26 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  FALFURRIAS.

PLEASE REPORT TORNADOES OR FUNNEL CLOUDS...WINDS OF 58 MPH OR
HIGHER...HAIL THE SIZE OF PENNIES OR LARGER...AND ANY WIND DAMAGE TO
YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE BY CALLING 956-504-1432.

&&

LAT...LON 2696 9832 2712 9842 2728 9811 2727 9810
      2727 9800 2726 9799 2692 9799
TIME...MOT...LOC 0352Z 241DEG 23KT 2709 9827

$$

TOMASELLI
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS54 KBRO 150405
SVSBRO

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
1105 PM CDT WED MAY 14 2008

TXC047-150415-
/O.CON.KBRO.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-080515T0415Z/
BROOKS-
1105 PM CDT WED MAY 14 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM CDT
FOR NORTHERN BROOKS COUNTY...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  FALFURRIAS.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...
  PENNY SIZE HAIL.
  60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

&&

LAT...LON 2696 9832 2712 9842 2728 9811 2727 9810
      2727 9800 2726 9799 2692 9799
TIME...MOT...LOC 0405Z 241DEG 23KT 2713 9819

$$

TOMASELLI

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 14, 8:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROZapata37 min
May 14, 8:43 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningBROZapata92 min
May 14, 8:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROZapata30 min
May 14, 9:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROJim Hogg, Starr, Zapata26 min
May 14, 9:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROJim Hogg, Starr, Zapata27 min
May 14, 10:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROBrooks, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Starr33 min
May 14, 10:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROHidalgo24 min
May 14, 11:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROKenedy30 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.