Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 2012, 1:09 PM CDT for Jim Hogg County, Starr County, Zapata County, Texas. It was in force for 36 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 8, 2012, 1:09 PM CDT (18:09 UTC)
- Expired
- May 8, 2012, 1:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Jim Hogg County, TX, Starr County, TX, Zapata County, TX
The radar
The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 176 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:09 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 8, 10:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Brownsville Intl, TX (KBRO), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 178 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
- 1588 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -37 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 637 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
809
WUUS54 KBRO 081809
SVRBRO
TXC247-427-505-081845-
/O.NEW.KBRO.SV.W.0053.120508T1809Z-120508T1845Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
109 PM CDT TUE MAY 8 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN JIM HOGG COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS.
WESTERN STARR COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS.
SOUTHEASTERN ZAPATA COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS.
* UNTIL 145 PM CDT
* AT 106 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 60 TO 70
MPH WINDS...FROM 22 MILES NORTHWEST OF AGUA NUEVA TO 5 MILES NORTH
OF FALCON...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
LOPENO.
RANDADO.
FRONTON.
ROMA CREEK.
NORTH ESCOBARES.
ESCOBARES.
AT 106 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC ALSO REPORTED FOUR INCH DIAMETER TREES
BLOWN DOWN IN THE TOWN OF ZAPATA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 2693 9904 2717 9900 2709 9847 2685 9851
2637 9882 2638 9896 2639 9896 2639 9902
2641 9903 2640 9909 2643 9912 2649 9910
2652 9913 2654 9918 2661 9918 2670 9922
TIME...MOT...LOC 1806Z 279DEG 21KT 2706 9891 2691 9894
2672 9909
$$
53/672 follow-up statements
403
WWUS54 KBRO 081830
SVSBRO
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
130 PM CDT TUE MAY 8 2012
TXC247-427-505-081845-
/O.CON.KBRO.SV.W.0053.000000T0000Z-120508T1845Z/
JIM HOGG-STARR-ZAPATA-
130 PM CDT TUE MAY 8 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN ZAPATA...WESTERN STARR AND SOUTHERN JIM HOGG
COUNTIES...
AT 130 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 14 MILES
NORTHWEST OF AGUA NUEVA TO 12 MILES NORTH OF VIBORAS TO 2 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF FALCON...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
FALCON.
ROMA CREEK.
VIBORAS.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...
QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OF 60 TO 70 MILES AN HOUR.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A DANGEROUS LINE OF STORMS.
PLEASE REPORT TORNADOES OR FUNNEL CLOUDS...WINDS OF 58 MPH OR
HIGHER...HAIL THE SIZE OF PENNIES OR LARGER...AND ANY WIND DAMAGE TO
YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE BY CALLING 956-504-1432.
&&
LAT...LON 2693 9904 2717 9900 2709 9847 2685 9851
2637 9882 2638 9896 2639 9896 2639 9902
2641 9903 2640 9909 2643 9912 2649 9910
2652 9913 2654 9918 2661 9918 2670 9922
TIME...MOT...LOC 1830Z 279DEG 21KT 2704 9875 2689 9878
2661 9906
$$
67556
WWUS54 KBRO 081852
SVSBRO
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
152 PM CDT TUE MAY 8 2012
TXC247-427-505-081901-
/O.EXP.KBRO.SV.W.0053.000000T0000Z-120508T1845Z/
JIM HOGG-STARR-ZAPATA-
152 PM CDT TUE MAY 8 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ZAPATA...WESTERN
STARR AND SOUTHERN JIM HOGG COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
AT 151 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THE
THUNDERSTORM HAD WEAKENED AND WAS NO LONGER SEVERE...THUS THE WARNING
HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM.
STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.
LAT...LON 2693 9904 2717 9900 2709 9847 2685 9851
2637 9882 2638 9896 2639 9896 2639 9902
2641 9903 2640 9909 2643 9912 2649 9910
2652 9913 2654 9918 2661 9918 2670 9922
TIME...MOT...LOC 1830Z 279DEG 21KT 2704 9875 2689 9878
2661 9906
$$
67The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 11:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Zapata | 39 min |
| May 8, 12:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Zapata | 46 min |
| May 8, 2:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Jim Hogg, Starr | 52 min |
| May 8, 2:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Jim Hogg, Zapata | 49 min |
| May 8, 3:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Jim Hogg, Starr, Zapata | 42 min |
| May 8, 3:51 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Jim Hogg, Starr, Zapata | 114 min |
| May 8, 3:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BRO | Brooks, Jim Hogg, Starr | 23 min |
| May 8, 4:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Brooks, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Kenedy, Starr | 41 min |
| May 8, 4:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BRO | Brooks, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Starr | 35 min |
| May 8, 4:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Hidalgo, Starr | 27 min |
| May 8, 4:35 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Brooks, Jim Hogg, Starr | 115 min |
| May 8, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Brooks, Hidalgo, Kenedy, Willacy | 45 min |
| May 8, 5:04 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Brooks, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Kenedy, Starr | 116 min |
| May 8, 5:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Cameron, Hidalgo, Kenedy, Willacy | 39 min |
| May 8, 5:41 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | BRO | 2 hr | |
| May 8, 5:46 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Brooks, Hidalgo, Kenedy, Starr, Willacy | 98 min |
| May 8, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Cameron, Hidalgo, Kenedy, Willacy | 44 min |
| May 8, 6:20 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Hidalgo, Kenedy, Willacy | 70 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.