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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 96, NWS Brownsville, TX

October 18, 2012Cameron County, Hidalgo County, Texas

NWS Brownsville, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 18, 2012, 6:59 PM CDT for Cameron County, Hidalgo County, Texas. It was in force for 56 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Oct 18, 2012, 6:59 PM CDT (23:59 UTC)
Expired
Oct 18, 2012, 7:55 PM CDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Brownsville, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Cameron County, TX, Hidalgo County, TX

The radar

The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:02 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Oct 18, 7:15 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGMcallen, TXCARPORT BLOWN INTO ADJACENT BUILDING BY THUNDERSTORM WINDS. NEARBY CARPORT ALSO DAMAGED AT HOUSTON AND 6TH.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 16 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The nearest sounding before it

Brownsville Intl, TX (KBRO), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 71 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 2012-10-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2118 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Brownsville Intl, TX at 12:00Z on 2012-10-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 62 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

013 
WUUS54 KBRO 182359
SVRBRO
TXC061-215-190130-
/O.NEW.KBRO.SV.W.0096.121018T2359Z-121019T0130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
659 PM CDT THU OCT 18 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN CAMERON COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS.
  SOUTHERN HIDALGO COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS.

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 659 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND
  DAMAGING 60 MPH WINDS...5 MILES NORTHWEST OF MCALLEN...MOVING
  EAST AT 10 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  PALMHURST.
  MISSION.
  CESAR CHAVEZ.
  MADERO.
  MCALLEN.
  MCALLEN MILLER AIRPORT.
  WESLACO.

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 2605 9780 2604 9784 2606 9788 2605 9797
      2606 9800 2603 9807 2604 9809 2606 9808
      2606 9810 2605 9816 2608 9827 2612 9829
      2610 9831 2615 9835 2615 9838 2617 9840
      2640 9821 2629 9779 2603 9778
TIME...MOT...LOC 2359Z 331DEG 10KT 2628 9827

$$

TOMASELLI
2 follow-up statements
386 
WWUS54 KBRO 190033
SVSBRO

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
733 PM CDT THU OCT 18 2012

TXC061-215-190130-
/O.CON.KBRO.SV.W.0096.000000T0000Z-121019T0130Z/
HIDALGO-CAMERON-
733 PM CDT THU OCT 18 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT
FOR WESTERN CAMERON AND SOUTHERN HIDALGO COUNTIES...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MCALLEN.
  PHARR.
  PHARR.
  ALAMO.
  HIDALGO.
  SOUTH ALAMO.

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...

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.

MOVE INTO A STURDY BUILDING IMMEDIATELY!

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 2605 9780 2604 9784 2606 9788 2605 9797
      2606 9800 2603 9807 2604 9809 2606 9808
      2606 9810 2605 9816 2608 9827 2612 9829
      2610 9831 2615 9835 2615 9838 2617 9840
      2640 9821 2629 9779 2603 9778
TIME...MOT...LOC 0033Z 331DEG 10KT 2620 9822

$$

TOMASELLI
269 
WWUS54 KBRO 190055
SVSBRO

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
755 PM CDT THU OCT 18 2012

TXC061-215-190105-
/O.CAN.KBRO.SV.W.0096.000000T0000Z-121019T0130Z/
HIDALGO-CAMERON-
755 PM CDT THU OCT 18 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN CAMERON AND SOUTHERN
HIDALGO COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

AT 755 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED AND WAS NO LONGER
SEVERE...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 2605 9780 2604 9784 2606 9788 2605 9797
      2606 9800 2603 9807 2604 9809 2606 9808
      2606 9810 2605 9816 2608 9827 2612 9829
      2610 9831 2615 9835 2615 9838 2617 9840
      2640 9821 2629 9779 2603 9778
TIME...MOT...LOC 0055Z 331DEG 10KT 2615 9819

$$

TOMASELLI

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Brownsville, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Oct 18, 1:57 PM CDT, 5 hours 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 18, 1:57 PM CDT, 5 hours 2 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
157 PM CDT THU OCT 18 2012

.SHORT TERM.../TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/...VISIBLE SATELLITE
IMAGES AND MSAS SURFACE ANALYSIS INDICATE A WEAK COLD FRONT DRAPED
ACROSS THE COASTAL BEND AND OFFSHORE THE UPPER TEXAS COAST THIS
AFTERNOON. NOT MUCH IN THE WAY OF CONVECTION ALONG THE FRONTAL
BOUNDARY AND WHILE THE SURFACE INSTABILITIES HAVE INCREASED ACROSS
THE LOWER TX COAST...MOISTURE APPEARS LIMITED ACROSS THE RIO GRANDE
VALLEY EVEN WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES NEAR 1.7 INCHES. WILL
HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE FRONT TO MOVE SOUTHWARD TONIGHT FOR MOISTURE TO
POOL ACROSS THE AREA AND WILL NOT MENTION RAIN CHANCES UNTIL LATE
TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY FOR SOME LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE TO PROVIDE A
SLIGHT CHANCE TO CHANCE OF SHOWERS MOSTLY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN AND
EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA. WITH THE INCREASE IN CLOUDS TONIGHT
INTO FRIDAY...HIGH TEMPERATURES FRIDAY WILL NOT BE AS HOT AS THEY
HAVE BEEN THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS.

.LONG TERM...SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
BY THE BEGINNING OF THE LONG TERM PERIOD...RIDGE SHIFTS EASTWARD AS
A MID LEVEL TROUGH ENTERS THE PACIFIC COAST MEANWHILE A SURFACE HIGH
WHICH IS CENTER OVER THE NORTH CENTRAL GULF STRENGTHENS AND INTERACTS
WITH LEE SIDE TROUGH PROVIDING THE LOWER VALLEY WITH A STRONG SOUTH/
SOUTHEAST FLOW ALONG THE COAST OF TEXAS. THIS S/SE WINDS WILL
INCREASE IN THE AFTERNOON HOURS SUNDAY AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY WITH
STRONG GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH ON SUNDAY. IN ADDITION...A DECENT INCREASE
IN WAA IS NOTICEABLE ON THE GFS AND ECMWF MODELS WITH THIS SOUTHERLY
FLOW. THIS WILL KEEP THE RGV DRY WHILE RIDGE MIGRATES EAST.
TEMPERATURES WILL INCREASE INTO THE MID 90S ACROSS THE VALLEY WITH
THE HOTTEST LOCATION RIGHT ALONG THE TEXAS BORDER LINE.

BY MONDAY INTO TUESDAY MID LEVEL TROUGH MOVES ACROSS THE CENTRAL
PLAINS WITH PERSISTENT SE FLOW ACROSS THE CWA ALLOWING FOR DEEPER
GULF MOISTURE TO INFILTRATE ACROSS MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA. A FEW
ISOLATED SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE COAST. SE WINDS WILL
CONTINUE INTO THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK WITH RIDGE BUILDING BACK
FROM MEXICO AND CONTINUING TO DOMINATE THE REGION THROUGH THE END OF
THE WEEK. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN WARM RANGING FROM THE MID TO
UPPER 90S AND LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 70S.

&&

.MARINE...TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...SEAS WERE NEAR 4 FEET
WITH SOUTH WINDS NEAR 10 KNOTS AT BUOY020 EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.
LIGHT TO MODERATE EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL PREVAIL ACROSS THE
SOUTHERN COASTAL WATERS TONIGHT AS WINDS INCREASE SLIGHTLY FROM
THE EAST TO NORTHEAST ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTIONS AS A WEAK COLD
FRONT ACROSS THE COASTAL BEND THIS AFTERNOON MOVES OFFSHORE THE
MIDDLE TEXAS COAST TONIGHT. WINDS SHOULD REMAIN LIGHT TO MODERATE
FROM THE EAST ACROSS THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO FRIDAY AS HIGH
PRESSURE MOVES SETTLES ACROSS CENTRAL TX FRI AFTERNOON. AS THE
SURFACE RIDGE TO THE NORTH MOVES EASTWARD FRI NIGHT...WINDS WILL
VEER TO THE SOUTHEAST.

SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE IN THE LONG TERM PERIOD FROM
SUNDAY INTO MONDAY AS AN UPPER TROUGH MOVES ACROSS THE CENTRAL
PLAINS STRENGTHENING SURFACE GRADIENT. THIS IN RETURN WILL KEEP THE
GULF WATERS UNDER SE WINDS THROUGH THE DAY WITH GUSTS UP TO 35
KNOTS POSSIBLE. EXPECT SEAS TO BUILD BETWEEN 4 TO 6 FEET INTO SUNDAY
AND SCA CRITERIA WILL BE REACH. THIS SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK GRADIENT RELAXING. RIDGE BUILDS FROM
THE WEST WITH A FEW SHOWERS POSSIBLE OVER THE OFFSHORE WATERS.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
BAYVIEW/PORT ISABEL  75  87  76  89 /  20  30  10  10
BROWNSVILLE          74  88  73  92 /  20  30  10  10
HARLINGEN            73  89  72  93 /  20  30  10  10
MCALLEN              74  90  74  93 /  20  40  10  10
RIO GRANDE CITY      73  88  73  94 /  20  30  20  10
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND   77  85  78  87 /  20  30  20  10

&&

.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, Oct 18, 6:25 PM CDT, 34 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
625 PM CDT THU OCT 18 2012

TXZ248>250-252>255-190930-
ZAPATA-JIM HOGG-BROOKS-STARR-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY-
INLAND CAMERON-
625 PM CDT THU OCT 18 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR DEEP SOUTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER CAMERON AND HIDALGO
COUNTIES THROUGH 8 PM THIS EVENING. FREQUENT LIGHTNING...DAMAGING
THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH AND QUARTER TO GOLF BALL SIZE
HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 8 PM. AN ISOLATED FUNNEL CLOUD OR
TORNADO WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 8 PM.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED FOR HIDALGO AND CAMERON COUNTY
EARLY THIS EVENING.

GMZ130-132-135-150-155-170-175-190930-
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-
625 PM CDT THU OCT 18 2012

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE MAINLY OVER THE
SOUTHERN END OF THE LAGUNA MADRE THROUGH 8 PM. FREQUENT LIGHTNING...
DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS UP 30 TO 40 KNOTS AND QUARTER TO
GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 8 PM. AN ISOLATED
FUNNEL CLOUD OR TORNADO WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 8 PM.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

MARINE CONDITIONS WILL WORSEN SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT
DUE TO STRONGER WINDS AND ROUGHER SEAS. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY
CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH SMALL CRAFT EXERCISE CAUTION
CONDITIONS PROBABLE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED NEAR THE SOUTHERN LAGUNA MADRE
THROUGH 8 PM.

TXZ251-256-257-190930-
KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON-
625 PM CDT THU OCT 18 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR DEEP SOUTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER CAMERON AND HIDALGO
COUNTIES THROUGH 8 PM THIS EVENING. FREQUENT LIGHTNING...DAMAGING
THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH AND QUARTER TO GOLF BALL SIZE
HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 8 PM. AN ISOLATED FUNNEL CLOUD OR
TORNADO WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 8 PM.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

ELEVATED RIP CURRENT RISK WILL BE POSSIBLE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH
MONDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED FOR HIDALGO AND CAMERON COUNTY
EARLY THIS EVENING.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 18, 4:21 PM CDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
421 PM CDT THU OCT 18 2012

TXZ251-182215-
KENEDY-
421 PM CDT THU OCT 18 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THUNDERSTORMS IN KENEDY COUNTY...

THUNDERSTORMS...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH...WILL AFFECT NORIAS...UNTIL
515 PM CDT. GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MPH WILL OCCUR. FREQUENT CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE...CROUCH DOWN IN A
LOW SPOT...AWAY FROM TALL OBJECTS. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE PEA SIZE
HAIL. TORRENTIAL RAINS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS...AND
MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

WHEN DRIVING THROUGH HEAVY RAIN...SLOW DOWN. ALWAYS LEAVE A SAFE
DISTANCE BETWEEN YOU AND OTHER VEHICLES. WHEN USING WIPERS...TURN ON
HEADLIGHTS. AVOID DRIVING THROUGH PUDDLES THAT COULD HIDE POTHOLES OR
CAUSE HYDROPLANING. MAKE SURE YOUR HEADLAMPS...TIRES...AND WIPERS ARE
IN GOOD CONDITION. KEEP AN EMERGENCY KIT WHICH INCLUDES A
FLASHLIGHT...FLARES...AND SIMPLE HAND TOOLS.

SEVEN THOUSAND PEOPLE DIE IN WEATHER RELATED AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS
EACH YEAR...MANY DUE TO POOR VISIBILITY AND WET ROADS.

REMEMBER: VISIBILITY AND TRACTION LEAVE TIME FOR REACTION!

TOMASELLI
Local storm report, Oct 18, 5:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
555 PM CDT THU OCT 18 2012

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

0550 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     7 S SAN PERLITA         26.40N  97.64W
10/18/2012                   WILLACY            TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            GAME WARDEN REPORTED A LARGE FUNNEL CLOUD POSSIBLY
            TOUCHING THE GROUND AT THE INTERSECTION OF FM 498 AND FM
            1420.

&&

EVENT NUMBER BRO1200143

JMS
Local storm report, Oct 18, 6:49 PM CDT, 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
649 PM CDT THU OCT 18 2012

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

0625 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 E SEBASTIAN           26.34N  97.76W
10/18/2012                   WILLACY            TX   AMATEUR RADIO

            30 FOOT TALL TREE SPLIT IN HALF BY WINDS 2 EAST OF
            SEBASTIAN ON FM 2629.

&&

EVENT NUMBER BRO1200144

JMS
Local storm report, Oct 18, 6:52 PM CDT, 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
652 PM CDT THU OCT 18 2012

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

0645 PM     HAIL             5 NNE MERCEDES          26.21N  97.89W
10/18/2012  E1.00 INCH       HIDALGO            TX   PUBLIC

            PUBLIC REPORTED QUARTER SIZED HAIL AT THE INTERSECTION
            OF MILE 12 RD AND 491.

&&

EVENT NUMBER BRO1200145

EB

The office that day

Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 18, 4:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROKenedy, Willacy63 min
Oct 18, 5:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROCameron, Kenedy, Willacy95 min
Oct 18, 5:41 PM CDTTornado WarningBROCameron, Willacy64 min
Oct 18, 6:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROCameron, Hidalgo, Willacy55 min
Oct 18, 6:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROCameron, Willacy59 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.