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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 54, NWS Brownsville, TX

June 3, 2009Starr County, Zapata County, Texas

NWS Brownsville, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 2009, 9:27 PM CDT for Starr County, Zapata County, Texas. It was in force for 16 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 3, 2009, 9:27 PM CDT (02:27 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 2009, 9:43 PM CDT
In force
16 min
Issued by
NWS Brownsville, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Starr County, TX, Zapata County, TX

The radar

The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 181 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:30 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

Brownsville Intl, TX (KBRO), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 183 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 2009-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1427 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 2009-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 24 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1427 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-70 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1399 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
49 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.7

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What 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 Jun 3, 7:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 3, 7:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
740 PM CDT WED JUN 3 2009

.DISCUSSION...TORNADIC THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER
BROOKS...HIDALGO AND STARR COUNTIES THIS EVENING. THESE TORNADIC
THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING SOUTH TOWARD MCCOOK AND BUILDING WEST TO LA
GLORIA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE LEFT COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF RAIN IN
FALFURRIAS...WHERE STREET FLOODING IS PREVALENT. THE ATMOSPHERE
REMAINS VERY UNSTABLE AND OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FROM THE NORTH ARE THE
LIFTING MECHANISM. EXPECT STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE
TO MOVE SOUTH INTO CENTRAL AND WESTERN HIDALGO COUNTY.
&&

.PREV DISCUSSION.../ISSUED 144 PM CDT WED JUN 3 2009/500MB RIDGE
ACROSS NORTHERN MEXICO EXPECTED TO BUILD EASTWARD INTO THE STATE THE
NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. THIS WILL PROVIDE AN INCREASE IN SUBSIDENCE
ACROSS DEEP SOUTH TEXAS WITH LESS IN THE WAY OF CLOUDS AND RAIN
CHANCES THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK. TEMPERATURES WILL BE SLIGHTLY
WARMER AS A RESULT. WILL GO AHEAD AND BLEND MET/MAV MOS TEMPERATURES
THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. WITH THE RIDGE ACROSS SOUTH TX THROUGH THE
WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK...VERY WARM AND HUMID CONDITIONS TO
PERSIST WITH NOT MUCH IN THE WAY OF RAIN CHANCES. WITH THE LACK OF
LOW TO MID LEVEL MOISTURE ACROSS THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO EARLY
NEXT WEEK...WILL KEEP MENTION OF RAIN CHANCES OUT OF THE FORECAST
GRIDS THROUGH THE REST OF THE PERIOD BUT WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED TO
SEE AN ISOLATED SHOWER OR TWO DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS MAINLY
ALONG THE SEABREEZE.
&&

.AVIATION...THE INTERACTION BETWEEN AN OLD MCS BOUNDARY MOVING SOUTH
AND THE SEA BREEZE SPARKED SOME EARLY AFTERNOON SHOWERS WITH
EMBEDDED LIGHTNING IN THE VICINITY. THIS ACTIVITY MAY REACH MFE
WITHIN AN HOUR...WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER PASSING OVER
THE MFE AIRPORT AT 930 TO 10 PM.
&&

.MARINE...LOADED THE LATEST WNAWAVE4 GRIDS...WHICH KEEP SEAS LOW
THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK BEFORE FINALLY BUILDING THEM UP TO MODERATE.
OTHERWISE...LIGHT WINDS AND LOW SEAS WILL CONTINUE BECAUSE OF A WEAK
PRESSURE GRADIENT SPREAD OVER THE LOWER TEXAS COAST. THREE FEET SEAS
AT BUOY020 EARLY THIS AFTERNOON ARE COMPOSED MOSTLY OF EAST SWELL.
BEACH REPORTS SHOW SLIGHTLY LOWER SEAS CLOSER IN AND A LOW RISK OF
RIP CURRENTS. MARINE SHOWER ACTIVITY SHOULD TAPER OFF OVER THE NEXT
TWO OR THREE DAYS AS UPSTREAM H5 RIDGING MOVES OVERHEAD.
&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
BAYVIEW/PORT ISABEL  73  89  74  91 /  30  10   0   0
BROWNSVILLE          72  92  72  93 /  30  10   0   0
HARLINGEN            71  94  71  95 /  30  10   0   0
MCALLEN              74  98  75 100 /  40  10   0   0
RIO GRANDE CITY      73 100  73 102 /  30  10   0   0
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND   77  87  77  86 /  30  10   0   0

&&

.BRO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...NONE.
GM...NONE.
&&

THIS PRODUCT IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT:
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BROWNSVILLE

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 3, 5:35 AM CDT, 15 hours 52 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
535 AM CDT WED JUN 3 2009

GMZ130-132-135-150-155-170-175-TXZ248>257-041100-
LAGUNA MADRE FROM THE PORT OF BROWNSVILLE TO THE ARROYO COLORADO-
LAGUNA MADRE FROM THE ARROYO COLORADO TO 5 NM NORTH OF PORT
MANSFIELD TX-
LAGUNA MADRE FROM 5 NM NORTH OF PORT MANSFIELD TO BAFFIN BAY TX-
COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT MANSFIELD TO THE RIO GRANDE OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT MANSFIELD OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM PORT MANSFIELD TO THE RIO GRANDE EXTENDING FROM 20 TO
60 NM-
WATERS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT MANSFIELD EXTENDING FROM 20 TO
60 NM-ZAPATA-JIM HOGG-BROOKS-KENEDY-STARR-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY-
INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON-
535 AM CDT WED JUN 3 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR DEEP SOUTH TEXAS...THE GULF
OF MEXICO AND THE LAGUNA MADRE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS DEEP
SOUTH TEXAS TODAY AND TONIGHT. AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES WILL REACH
INTO THE 100 TO 106 DEGREE RANGE. NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS
EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES WILL REACH INTO THE 100 TO 108 DEGREE RANGE
ACROSS MUCH OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS THROUGH NEXT TUESDAY. NO OTHER
HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

SPEECE

In the hours before

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Local storm report, Jun 3, 8:47 PM CDT, 40 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 7:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROStarr19 min
Jun 3, 7:27 PM CDTTornado WarningBROHidalgo, Starr33 min
Jun 3, 7:36 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBROBrooks54 min
Jun 3, 7:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROHidalgo, Starr34 min
Jun 3, 8:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROStarr22 min
Jun 3, 8:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROHidalgo35 min
Jun 3, 8:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROStarr32 min
Jun 3, 8:38 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBROHidalgo67 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2009Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2009

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.