Severe Thunderstorm Warning 11, NWS Brownsville, TX

855 
WWUS54 KBRO 300155
SVSBRO

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
855 PM CDT THU MAR 29 2012

TXC215-300230-
/O.CON.KBRO.SV.W.0011.000000T0000Z-120330T0230Z/
HIDALGO-
855 PM CDT THU MAR 29 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHERN HIDALGO COUNTY...

AT 845 PM CDT...A WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL IN 
EDINBURG. AT 854 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 
INDICATED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS NOW 3 MILES NORTH OF 
MCALLEN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  EDINBURG.
  MCALLEN.
  LOPEZVILLE.
  MCALLEN MILLER AIRPORT.
  PHARR.
  ALAMO.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...
  GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL...WITH POSSIBLE DAMAGE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 2615 9834 2616 9834 2615 9835 2617 9841
      2620 9845 2621 9845 2621 9847 2620 9848
      2621 9849 2620 9851 2642 9844 2647 9804
      2605 9792 2605 9794
TIME...MOT...LOC 0154Z 334DEG 14KT 2625 9823

$$

JGG

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
646 PM CDT THU MAR 29 2012

.DISCUSSION...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CONTINUE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE
AREA WITH STRONG INSTABILITY LEADING TO VIGOROUS UPDRAFTS.
STRONGER STORMS HAVE PRODUCED BRIEF LOW LEVEL VELOCITY COUPLETS
AND WILL HAVE TO CONTINUE TO MONITOR RADAR TRENDS FOR
THAT...ESPECIALLY AS THE AIRMASS COOLS OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS AND
LCL HEIGHTS LOWER. RADAR SIGNATURES CONTINUE TO BE SUPPORTIVE OF
LARGE HAIL. MADE FIRST PERIOD GRID UPDATE TO TWEAK POPS FOR THE
AREA MOST LIKELY TO BE IMPACTED. WILL ALSO MONITOR FOR THIS AREA
POSSIBLY PROPAGATING INTO THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY...BUT CURRENT
THINKING IS SLOW PROPAGATION AND VERY WEAK STEERING FLOW SHOULD
KEEP THE CONVECTION OUT OF THE VALLEY.

CONVECTION TO THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST ON THE SIERRA MADRE MOUNTAINS
ON THE NOSE OF A WEAK UPPER DISTURBANCE CONTINUES TO BEAR
WATCHING. CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS
IF CONVECTION CAN GET GOING/CONTINUE IN CONCERT WITH THE WEAK
UPPER TROUGH. SOME CONDITIONALITY REMAINS FOR THIS ACTIVITY BUT
IT WOULD POSSIBLY IMPACT THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA THROUGH
THIS EVENING. /68-JGG/

&&

.AVIATION...EXPECT CEILINGS WILL HOLD AT FULL VFR FOR MUCH OF THE
EVENING LOWERING TO MVFR/IFR TONIGHT. STRONG CONVECTION IS
OCCURING AND WILL PERSIST FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS IN
BROOKS...KENEDY...WILLACY...AND NORTHERN HIDALGO COUNTY.
ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT AND HAVE
INCLUDED A CB GROUP IN THE TAFS FOR THE TIME TERMINALS WOULD BE
MOST LIKELY TO BE IMPACTED. STORMS WOULD LIKELY BE MOVING IN FROM
THE SOUTHWEST.

CONDITIONS IMPROVE TOMORROW MORNING WITH MVFR TO VFR CIGS
EXPECTED. /68/

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 513 PM CDT THU MAR 29 2012/

DISCUSSION...CONTINUING TO MONITOR SEVERE CONVECTION IN KENEDY
COUNTY. MODIFIED SOUNDINGS AND SPC MESOANALYSIS AGREE THERE IS
AROUND 4000 J/KG OF SBCAPE THAT ARE FEEDING THE INTENSE UPDRAFTS. STORMS
APPEAR TO BE ROOTED CLOSE TO THE THERMAL BOUNDARY PROVIDED BY THE
SEABREEZE THIS AFTERNOON AND ARE NOT MAKING MUCH PROGRESS WITH
VERY WEAK STEERING FLOW. PROPAGATION IS EXPECTED TO BE THE MAIN
MODE OF MOVEMENT THROUGH THE NEXT FEW HOURS. NEW UPDRAFTS HAVE
GONE UP FROM OUTFLOW FROM THE EAST OVER EASTERN BROOKS COUNTY AND
WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR FOR THE POTENTIAL FOR THE STORMS TO
PROPOGATE OVER WILLACY COUNTY ALONG THE BOUNDARY TO THE SOUTH. AS
SURFACE HEATING REDUCES HOWEVER BELIEVE THIS ACTIVITY WILL
GRADUALLY TAPER OFF.

ALSO MONITORING CONVECTION OVER THE SIERRA MADRE. A WEAK UPPER
DISTURBANCE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE OVERHEAD TONIGHT AND MAY HELP THAT
CONVECTION MOVE NORTHEASTWARD WITH NEW DEVELOPMENT POSSIBLE. CAPE
WILL REMAIN FAIRLY HIGH AFTER DARK SO STORMS MAY BE STRONG TO
SEVERE IF THEY ARE ABLE TO GET GOING. MADE MODEST TWEAKS TO NEAR TERM
POP FIELDS REFLECTING THE BEST CHANCES FOR THIS ARE IN THE WEST
AND SOUTHWEST TONIGHT. /68-JGG/

PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 149 PM CDT THU MAR 29 2012/

SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/...WEAK TROUGH IN THE
UPPER FLOW CONTINUES TO DRIFT EASTWARD ACROSS TEXAS. THIS HAD
SPARKED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS AND SIERRA
MADRE MOUNTAINS THE PAST COUPLE EVENINGS...WITH MOST ACTIVITY
STAYING TO THE NORTH. WITH SIMILAR CONDITIONS TONIGHT...EXPECT
THAT PATTERN TO CONTINUE TONIGHT AS WELL. UPPER FLOW TONIGHT WILL
BE A LITTLE MORE WEST TO EAST THAN PREVIOUS DAYS...SO THE CHANCE
FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE INTO THE WESTERN VALLEY ARE A TOUCH
HIGHER THAN PREVIOUS DAYS. THICKER CU FIELD TODAY HAS INHIBITED
SOME DAYTIME HEATING...BUT BREAKS ARE ALREADY FORMING AND TEMPS
ARE JUMPING QUICKLY IN THE WESTERN VALLEY. WENT AHEAD AND UPPED
POPS FOR THE WESTERN THREE COUNTIES...BUT ENTIRE AREA HAS A SHOT
AT SEEING SOME CONVECTION OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. A FEW OF THESE STORMS
COULD GET STRONG MAINLY WITH GUSTY WINDS AND SOME SMALL HAIL
POSSIBLE. HIGHS TOMORROW AGAIN WILL REACH THE MID TO UPPER 80S...
ONCE THE CLOUD COVER BURNS OFF. WINDS CONTINUE FROM THE SOUTHEAST
15G20KTS.

LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT/...BROAD HIGH PRESSURE
STRETCHING ACROSS THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL REMAIN A PERSISTENT
THEME IN THE LONG TERM. ON FRIDAY NIGHT...A MID LEVEL TROUGH WILL
MOVE OVERHEAD...KICKING OFF POTENTIALLY STRONGER TSTMS THAT WILL
MOVE IN FROM THE WEST. THE GFS QPF DEPICTION HINTS AT POSSIBLE
HEAVY RAINERS THAT WILL LINGER INTO SATURDAY MORNING. AFTER THAT A
SLIGHTLY MORE ZONAL PATTERN WILL EMERGE ALOFT...THOUGH NOTHING
THAT WILL PUT A COMPLETE KIBOSH ON RESIDUAL INSTABILITY. AN
ENERGETIC SHORT WAVE TROUGH WILL DIG SOUTH FROM THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST INTO THE FOUR CORNERS BY SUNDAY...CAUSING PRESSURE FALLS
EXTENDING FROM THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS SOUTH INTO WEST TEXAS AND
KEEPING THE WIND MACHINE TURNED ON AT THE BREEZY SETTING DURING
THE AFTERNOONS.

THE TROUGH WILL SUBSEQUENTLY DIG SOUTH ON MONDAY AND ACROSS NORTH
TEXAS...PUSHING A SQUALL LINE MORE OR LESS FROM WEST TO EAST
ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS. THE FOLLOW ON COLD FRONT WILL TRAVERSE
MORE SOUTHEAST IN DIRECTION...PUSHING THROUGH DEEP SOUTH TEXAS AND
THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY MONDAY NIGHT. THE FRONT WILL BRING JUST A
SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...WHICH WAS ADDED TO
THE FORECAST. DRY BEHIND THE FRONT WITH ENHANCED FIRE WEATHER
CONCERNS TUESDAY AFTERNOON. COOLER AND SUNNIER LATE TUESDAY
THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT

MARINE...
TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...SEAS CONTINUE TO FLUCTUATE RIGHT
AROUND 3 FEET ACROSS THE GULF WATERS WITH MODEST SOUTHEAST FLOW.
THIS PATTERN WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 36 HOURS...WITH LITTLE
CHANGE TO WIND AND SEA CONDITIONS. SOME THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY
COULD MOVE THROUGH THE WATERS LATE TONIGHT OR TOMORROW WITH BRIEF
GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALIZED LIGHTNING.

SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...BROAD HIGH PRESSURE STRETCHING
ACROSS THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL REMAIN A PERSISTENT THEME FOR THE
MARINE AREAS IN THE LONG TERM. WINDS AND SEAS WILL REMAIN WELL
BEHAVED ON THE LOW TO MODERATE SIDE THROUGH SUNDAY...BUT SOUTHEAST
WINDS WILL INCREASE TO SCEC STRENGTH...15 TO 20 KTS...SUNDAY NIGHT
WITH SEAS BUILDING A FOOT OR TWO INTO THE MODERATE RANGE. THIS
WILL BE THE RESULT OF AN APPROACHING MID LEVEL SYSTEM IN THE
SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS...AND A COLD FRONT WILL DEVELOP AND PUSH
THROUGH NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS MONDAY...REACHING THE LOWER TEXAS
COAST MONDAY NIGHT. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BEHIND THE
FRONT ON TUESDAY...BUT THE UNFAVORABLE FETCH WILL NOT INCREASE
WAVE HEIGHTS SUBSTANTIALLY.

&&

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

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

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
342 PM CDT THU MAR 29 2012

GMZ130-132-135-150-155-170-175-302045-
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-
342 PM CDT THU MAR 29 2012

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS
AFTERNOON...MAINLY ON THE NORTHERN LAGUNA MADRE. ISOLATED TO
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE...BUT LESS LIKELY TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH BRIEF GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL WILL
BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
FORMAL SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED BUT SPOTTERS ARE
ENCOURAGED TO REPORT HAIL OR GUSTY WINDS TONIGHT AND TOMORROW
ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

TXZ248>257-302045-
ZAPATA-JIM HOGG-BROOKS-KENEDY-STARR-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY-
INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON-
342 PM CDT THU MAR 29 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR DEEP SOUTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

ISOLATED STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE
THIS AFTERNOON MAINLY ACROSS KENEDY COUNTY. GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL
WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THUNDERSTORMS. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS MAY MOVE IN FROM THE SOUTHWEST THIS EVENING. IF
THUNDERSTORMS OCCUR A FEW MAY BE STRONG TO SEVERE WITH GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON
FRIDAY...MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON. IF STORMS OCCUR THEY MAY BE
STRONG TO SEVERE WITH GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
FORMAL SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED...BUT SPOTTERS ARE
ENCOURAGED TO REPORT WIND AND HAIL TONIGHT AND TOMORROW ACCORDING
TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

GIBBS

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
526 PM CDT THU MAR 29 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0500 PM     HAIL             10 S SARITA             27.07N  97.80W
03/29/2012  E0.88 INCH       KENEDY             TX   OTHER FEDERAL

            DIME TO NICKEL SIZED HAIL ON HIGHWAY 77 REPORTED BY
            BORDER PATROL

&&

EVENT NUMBER BRO1200004

JGG

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
728 PM CDT THU MAR 29 2012

TXZ251-254-300115-
INLAND WILLACY-KENEDY-
728 PM CDT THU MAR 29 2012

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IMPACTING NORTHERN WILLACY COUNTY....

A THUNDERSTORM...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH...WILL AFFECT AREAS NORTH OF
PORFIRIO...AND FROM NEAR RAYMONDVILLE EAST...UNTIL 815 PM CDT. HAIL
TO NICKEL SIZE AND GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE.

JGG

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
741 PM CDT THU MAR 29 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0725 PM     HAIL             20 W SAN MANUEL         26.57N  98.44W
03/29/2012  E1.50 INCH       STARR              TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            HIDALGO S.O. RELAYED REPORT OF 1.5 INCH HAIL 12W OF SAN
            ISIDRO FROM GENERAL PUBLIC.

&&

EVENT NUMBER BRO1200005

GB

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
754 PM CDT THU MAR 29 2012

TXZ249-250-300200-
JIM HOGG-BROOKS-
754 PM CDT THU MAR 29 2012

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTHEAST JIM HOGG AND SOUTHWEST
BROOKS COUNTIES...

THUNDERSTORMS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH...WILL AFFECT RURAL
SOUTHEASTERN JIM HOGG COUNTY AND RURAL SOUTHWESTERN BROOKS COUNTY...
UNTIL 900 PM CDT. GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50 MPH MAY CAUSE LOOSE OBJECTS TO
BLOW AROUND. SOME DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND WIRES IS POSSIBLE.
EXCESSIVE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED! IF OUTSIDE...CROUCH
DOWN IN A LOW SPOT...AWAY FROM TALL OBJECTS. IF INDOORS...REFRAIN
FROM USING ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES. NICKEL SIZE HAIL IS EXPECTED.
RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL OCCUR. MOTORISTS CAN
EXPECT PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS...AND MINOR FLOODING OF POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
807 PM CDT THU MAR 29 2012

TXZ253-300145-
HIDALGO-
807 PM CDT THU MAR 29 2012

...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND
HAIL POSSIBLE IN THE MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY THROUGH 900 PM...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN IS MOVING SLOWLY
SOUTH INTO PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN HIDALGO COUNTY. THIS
ACTIVITY MAY REACH PLACES LIKE EDINBURG...MCALLEN...MISSION...AND
WESLACO THROUGH 900 PM. VERY HEAVY RAIN...STREET FLOODING...HAIL
FROM ONE HALF INCH TO UP TO QUARTER SIZE OR LARGER...AND GUSTY TO
POSSIBLY DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO...WEATHER.GOV/RGV...AND LOCAL MEDIA FOR
LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

JGG

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
813 PM CDT THU MAR 29 2012

TXZ248-249-252-300215-
JIM HOGG-STARR-ZAPATA-
813 PM CDT THU MAR 29 2012

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT WESTERN STARR COUNTY...

THUNDERSTORMS...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 25 MPH...WILL AFFECT EL SAUZ...
FALCON...NEW FALCON AND SALINENO...UNTIL 915 PM CDT. GUSTY WINDS UP
TO 50 MPH MAY CAUSE LOOSE OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND. SOME DAMAGE TO TREE
LIMBS AND WIRES IS POSSIBLE. EXCESSIVE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS
EXPECTED! IF OUTSIDE...CROUCH DOWN IN A LOW SPOT...AWAY FROM TALL
OBJECTS. IF INDOORS...REFRAIN FROM USING ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES.
NICKEL SIZE HAIL IS EXPECTED. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER
HOUR WILL OCCUR. MOTORISTS CAN EXPECT PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS...AND
MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

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