Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 9, 2011, 3:48 AM CST for Brooks County, Texas. It was in force for 42 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
- Jan 9, 2011, 3:48 AM CST (09:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 9, 2011, 4:30 AM CST
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Brooks County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 9, 4:00 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Falfurrias, TX | PUBLIC REPORTED SHEET METAL DAMAGE TO CARPORT AND ALUMINUM SIDING BLOWN OFF OF HOUSE NEAR THE FALFURRIAS AIRPORT. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 114 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 719 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 74 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 285 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 475 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
232
WUUS54 KBRO 090948
SVRBRO
TXC047-091030-
/O.NEW.KBRO.SV.W.0002.110109T0948Z-110109T1030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
348 AM CST SUN JAN 9 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
BROOKS COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS.
* UNTIL 430 AM CST
* AT 347 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING 60 MPH WINDS...
18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FALFURRIAS...MOVING EAST AT 65 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
FALFURRIAS BY 400 AM CST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...
TORRENTIAL RAIN...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE EXPECTED. STAY INSIDE AWAY
FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE
INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. DO NOT USE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES OR TELEPHONES.
WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH OR MORE WILL CAUSE SOME STRUCTURAL DAMAGE...
MAINLY TO TREES AND POWER LINES. POORLY ANCHORED ROOFS...MOBILE
HOMES...AND SHEDS ARE ALSO AT RISK.
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 2726 9799 2686 9799 2688 9843 2706 9843
2715 9849 2727 9851
TIME...MOT...LOC 0947Z 264DEG 56KT 2711 9836
$$
572 follow-up statements
789
WWUS54 KBRO 091004
SVSBRO
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
404 AM CST SUN JAN 9 2011
TXC047-091030-
/O.CON.KBRO.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110109T1030Z/
BROOKS-
404 AM CST SUN JAN 9 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 AM CST
FOR BROOKS COUNTY...
AT 403 AM CST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTH OF FALFURRIAS...MOVING EAST AT 65
MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
FALFURRIAS BY 405 AM CST.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...
60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
EXCESSIVE AND DEADLY CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE INTO A STURDY BUILDING IMMEDIATELY!
PLEASE REPORT TORNADOES OR FUNNEL CLOUDS...WINDS OF 58 MPH OR
HIGHER...HAIL THE SIZE OF PENNIES OR LARGER...AND ANY WIND DAMAGE TO
YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE BY CALLING 956-504-1432.
&&
LAT...LON 2726 9799 2686 9799 2688 9843 2706 9843
2715 9849 2727 9851
TIME...MOT...LOC 1003Z 264DEG 56KT 2713 9808
$$
57573
WWUS54 KBRO 091038
SVSBRO
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
438 AM CST SUN JAN 9 2011
TXC047-091039-
/O.EXP.KBRO.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110109T1030Z/
BROOKS-
438 AM CST SUN JAN 9 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR BROOKS COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
430 AM CST...
AT 435 AM CST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT AFFECTED BROOKS COUNTY EARLIER HAS
MOVED EAST INTO NORTHERN KENEDY COUNTY. ACCORDINGLY...THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR BROOKS COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT
430 AM.
ALTHOUGH THE WARNING HAS EXPIRED...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE
AFFECTING SOUTHERN BROOKS COUNTY PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINS...AND
POSSIBLE WIND GUSTS FROM 35 TO 45 MPH.
LAT...LON 2726 9799 2686 9799 2688 9843 2706 9843
2715 9849 2727 9851
TIME...MOT...LOC 1029Z 266DEG 40KT 2715 9775
$$
SPEECEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 9, 2:49 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Zapata | 26 min |
| Jan 9, 4:10 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | BRO | 3 hr | |
| Jan 9, 4:24 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Kenedy | 51 min |
| Jan 9, 5:30 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Brooks, Hidalgo, Kenedy, Willacy | 2 hr |
| Jan 9, 6:38 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | BRO | 2 hr | |
| Jan 9, 3:56 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | BRO | Hidalgo, Starr, Zapata | 3 hr |
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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.