Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 29, 2012, 6:29 PM CDT for Kenedy County, Willacy County, Texas. It was in force for 61 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
- Mar 29, 2012, 6:29 PM CDT (23:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 29, 2012, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Kenedy County, TX, Willacy County, TX
The radar
The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Brownsville Intl, TX (KBRO), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 84 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
- 1455 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -115 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 665 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
520
WUUS54 KBRO 292329
SVRBRO
TXC261-489-300030-
/O.NEW.KBRO.SV.W.0009.120329T2329Z-120330T0030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
629 PM CDT THU MAR 29 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN KENEDY COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS.
NORTHERN WILLACY COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS.
* UNTIL 730 PM CDT
* AT 628 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL
AND DAMAGING 60 MPH WINDS...OVER SOUTHERN KENEDY COUNTY...MOVING
SOUTH AT 5 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
YTURRIA....AND HIGHWAY 77 NEAR THE KENEDY AND WILLACY COUNTY LINE.
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 2665 9749 2649 9752 2648 9778 2660 9779
2667 9777 2670 9771 2673 9763
TIME...MOT...LOC 2328Z 355DEG 5KT 2660 9768
$$
JGG3 follow-up statements
757
WWUS54 KBRO 292349
SVSBRO
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
649 PM CDT THU MAR 29 2012
TXC261-489-300030-
/O.CON.KBRO.SV.W.0009.000000T0000Z-120330T0030Z/
WILLACY-KENEDY-
649 PM CDT THU MAR 29 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHERN KENEDY AND NORTHERN WILLACY COUNTIES...
AT 649 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF RAYMONDVILLE...
MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
YTURRIA.
SAN PERLITA.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...
QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PLEASE REPORT TORNADOES OR FUNNEL CLOUDS...WINDS OF 58 MPH OR
HIGHER...HAIL THE SIZE OF PENNIES OR LARGER...AND ANY WIND DAMAGE TO
YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE BY CALLING 956-504-1432.
&&
LAT...LON 2665 9749 2649 9752 2648 9778 2660 9779
2667 9777 2670 9771 2673 9763
TIME...MOT...LOC 2349Z 358DEG 5KT 2659 9766
$$
JGG241
WWUS54 KBRO 300010
SVSBRO
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
710 PM CDT THU MAR 29 2012
TXC261-489-300030-
/O.CON.KBRO.SV.W.0009.000000T0000Z-120330T0030Z/
WILLACY-KENEDY-
710 PM CDT THU MAR 29 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT
FOR FAR SOUTHERN KENEDY AND NORTHERN WILLACY COUNTIES...
AT 710 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF RAYMONDVILLE...
MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
YTURRIA.
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 2663 9775 2665 9770 2666 9762 2665 9749
2649 9752 2648 9778 2660 9779
TIME...MOT...LOC 0010Z 358DEG 5KT 2657 9767
$$
JGG429
WWUS54 KBRO 300029
SVSBRO
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
729 PM CDT THU MAR 29 2012
TXC261-489-300039-
/O.EXP.KBRO.SV.W.0009.000000T0000Z-120330T0030Z/
WILLACY-KENEDY-
729 PM CDT THU MAR 29 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN KENEDY AND NORTHERN
WILLACY COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 730 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED TO BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS BUT REMAINS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL TO AROUND NICKEL SIZE
AND GUSTY WINDS FOR AREAS MAINLY NEAR AND NORTHEAST OF RAYMONDVILLE.
LAT...LON 2663 9775 2665 9770 2666 9762 2665 9749
2649 9752 2648 9778 2660 9779
TIME...MOT...LOC 0029Z 358DEG 5KT 2654 9767
$$
JGGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 3:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Kenedy | 59 min |
| Mar 29, 4:18 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | BRO | 87 min | |
| Mar 29, 4:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Kenedy | 61 min |
| Mar 29, 4:37 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Kenedy | 113 min |
| Mar 29, 5:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Brooks, Hidalgo, Kenedy, Willacy | 56 min |
| Mar 29, 5:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BRO | Kenedy | 35 min |
| Mar 29, 6:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BRO | Willacy | 28 min |
| Mar 29, 6:13 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Brooks, Hidalgo, Kenedy | 2 hr |
| Mar 29, 6:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Brooks, Hidalgo, Kenedy, Willacy | 64 min |
| Mar 29, 6:59 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Brooks, Hidalgo, Kenedy, Starr | 2 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.