Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 92, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 18, 2012, 4:43 PM CDT for Kenedy County, Willacy County, Texas. It was in force for 63 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
- Oct 18, 2012, 4:43 PM CDT (21:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 18, 2012, 5:46 PM CDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Kenedy County, TX, Willacy County, TX
The radar
The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Brownsville Intl, TX (KBRO), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 91 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
- 2118 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -148 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1124 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
721 WUUS54 KBRO 182143 SVRBRO TXC261-489-182315- /O.NEW.KBRO.SV.W.0092.121018T2143Z-121018T2315Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 443 PM CDT THU OCT 18 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 615 PM CDT * AT 442 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING 60 MPH WINDS...OVER SOUTHERN KENEDY COUNTY...MOVING SOUTH-SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... RUDOLPH. NORIAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY...AN INTERIOR ROOM IN THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOUSE OR BUSINESS. 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 2666 9752 2652 9771 2672 9788 2684 9773 TIME...MOT...LOC 2142Z 319DEG 6KT 2671 9773 $$ TOMASELLI
3 follow-up statements
088 WWUS54 KBRO 182209 SVSBRO SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 509 PM CDT THU OCT 18 2012 TXC261-489-182315- /O.CON.KBRO.SV.W.0092.000000T0000Z-121018T2315Z/ WILLACY-KENEDY- 509 PM CDT THU OCT 18 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN KENEDY AND NORTHERN WILLACY COUNTIES... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... RUDOLPH. YTURRIA. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING... QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 60 MPH WIND GUSTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY...AN INTERIOR ROOM IN THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOUSE OR BUSINESS. PLEASE REPORT TORNADOES OR FUNNEL CLOUDS...WINDS OF 58 MPH OR HIGHER...HAIL THE SIZE OF PENNIES OR LARGER...AND ANY WIND DAMAGE TO YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE BY CALLING 956-504-1432. && LAT...LON 2666 9752 2652 9771 2672 9788 2684 9773 TIME...MOT...LOC 2208Z 319DEG 6KT 2668 9770 $$ TOMASELLI
055 WWUS54 KBRO 182225 SVSBRO SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 525 PM CDT THU OCT 18 2012 TXC261-489-182315- /O.CON.KBRO.SV.W.0092.000000T0000Z-121018T2315Z/ WILLACY-KENEDY- 525 PM CDT THU OCT 18 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN KENEDY AND NORTHERN WILLACY COUNTIES... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... RURAL SOUTHERN KENEDY COUNTY. RURAL NORTHERN WILLACY COUNTY. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING... QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 60 MPH WIND GUSTS. EXCESSIVE AND DEADLY CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. 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 2661 9779 2675 9763 2666 9752 2652 9771 TIME...MOT...LOC 2226Z 343DEG 14KT 2655 9767 $$
032 WWUS54 KBRO 182246 SVSBRO SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 546 PM CDT THU OCT 18 2012 TXC261-489-182254- /O.CAN.KBRO.SV.W.0092.000000T0000Z-121018T2315Z/ WILLACY-KENEDY- 546 PM CDT THU OCT 18 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN KENEDY COUNTY IS CANCELLED... AT 544 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD EXITED...AND THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION. LAT...LON 2661 9779 2675 9763 2666 9752 2652 9771 TIME...MOT...LOC 2244Z 343DEG 14KT 2648 9765 $$ TOMASELLI
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 18, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Cameron, Kenedy, Willacy | 95 min |
| Oct 18, 5:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BRO | Cameron, Willacy | 64 min |
| Oct 18, 6:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Cameron, Hidalgo, Willacy | 55 min |
| Oct 18, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Cameron, Willacy | 59 min |
| Oct 18, 6:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Cameron, Hidalgo | 56 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2012Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2012
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.