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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 89, NWS Brownsville, TX

August 19, 2012Willacy County, Texas

NWS Brownsville, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 19, 2012, 5:00 PM CDT for Willacy County, Texas. It was in force for 30 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
Aug 19, 2012, 5:00 PM CDT (22:00 UTC)
Expired
Aug 19, 2012, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Brownsville, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Willacy County, TX

The radar

The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:01 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Brownsville Intl, TX (KBRO), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 74 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 12:00Z on 2012-08-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2862 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Brownsville Intl, TX at 12:00Z on 2012-08-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -69 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2862 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
487 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
3 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-69 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-32 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

841 
WUUS54 KBRO 192200
SVRBRO
TXC489-192230-
/O.NEW.KBRO.SV.W.0089.120819T2200Z-120819T2230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
500 PM CDT SUN AUG 19 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL WILLACY COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS.

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 500 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING 60 MPH WINDS...
  OVER RAYMONDVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  YTURRIA.
  RAYMONDVILLE.
  LYFORD.

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 2655 9758 2636 9767 2646 9791 2660 9787
TIME...MOT...LOC 2200Z 290DEG 6KT 2652 9778

$$

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2 follow-up statements
740 
WWUS54 KBRO 192218
SVSBRO

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
518 PM CDT SUN AUG 19 2012

TXC489-192230-
/O.CON.KBRO.SV.W.0089.000000T0000Z-120819T2230Z/
WILLACY-
518 PM CDT SUN AUG 19 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL WILLACY COUNTY...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  LOS ANGELES SUBDIVISION.
  SAN PERLITA.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...

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 2660 9787 2655 9758 2636 9767 2644 9786
      2645 9790
TIME...MOT...LOC 2217Z 290DEG 6KT 2651 9775

$$
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WWUS54 KBRO 192233
SVSBRO

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
533 PM CDT SUN AUG 19 2012

TXC489-192242-
/O.EXP.KBRO.SV.W.0089.000000T0000Z-120819T2230Z/
WILLACY-
533 PM CDT SUN AUG 19 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL WILLACY COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED...

AT 532 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THE 
THUNDERSTORM HAD WEAKENED AND WAS NO LONGER SEVERE...THUS THE WARNING
HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS WERE STILL 
POSSIBLE FROM THE THUNDERSTORM.


LAT...LON 2660 9787 2655 9758 2636 9767 2644 9786
      2645 9790
TIME...MOT...LOC 2218Z 290DEG 6KT 2651 9775

$$

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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.