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Special Marine Warning 9, NWS Brownsville, TX

March 30, 2012

NWS Brownsville, TX issued this special marine warning at Mar 30, 2012, 2:53 AM CDT. It was in force for 70 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 30, 2012, 2:53 AM CDT (07:53 UTC)
Expired: Mar 30, 2012, 4:03 AM CDT
In force: 70 min
Issued by: NWS Brownsville, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special marine 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 special marine warning went out at Mar 30, 12:41 AM CDT, 2 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 30, 12:41 AM CDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 29, 3:42 PM CDT, 11 hours 11 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
342 PM CDT THU MAR 29 2012

GMZ130-132-135-150-155-170-175-302045-
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-
342 PM CDT THU MAR 29 2012

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS
AFTERNOON...MAINLY ON THE NORTHERN LAGUNA MADRE. ISOLATED TO
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE...BUT LESS LIKELY TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH BRIEF GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL WILL
BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
FORMAL SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED BUT SPOTTERS ARE
ENCOURAGED TO REPORT HAIL OR GUSTY WINDS TONIGHT AND TOMORROW
ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

TXZ248>257-302045-
ZAPATA-JIM HOGG-BROOKS-KENEDY-STARR-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY-
INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON-
342 PM CDT THU MAR 29 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR DEEP SOUTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

ISOLATED STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE
THIS AFTERNOON MAINLY ACROSS KENEDY COUNTY. GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL
WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THUNDERSTORMS. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS MAY MOVE IN FROM THE SOUTHWEST THIS EVENING. IF
THUNDERSTORMS OCCUR A FEW MAY BE STRONG TO SEVERE WITH GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON
FRIDAY...MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON. IF STORMS OCCUR THEY MAY BE
STRONG TO SEVERE WITH GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
FORMAL SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED...BUT SPOTTERS ARE
ENCOURAGED TO REPORT WIND AND HAIL TONIGHT AND TOMORROW ACCORDING
TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

GIBBS

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 29, 10:43 PM CDT, 4 hours 10 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 29, 10:44 PM CDT, 4 hours 9 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 29, 11:01 PM CDT, 3 hours 52 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 29, 11:25 PM CDT, 3 hours 28 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 29, 11:48 PM CDT, 3 hours 5 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 30, 12:07 AM CDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 29, 7:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BRO	Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Starr	65 min
Mar 29, 7:41 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BRO	Hidalgo, Starr	64 min
Mar 29, 8:29 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BRO	Brooks, Jim Hogg	2 hr
Mar 29, 8:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BRO	Hidalgo	53 min
Mar 29, 8:40 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BRO	Hidalgo	95 min
Mar 29, 9:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BRO	Hidalgo	36 min
Mar 29, 9:12 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BRO	Hidalgo, Zapata	17 days
Mar 29, 9:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BRO	Starr	33 min
Mar 29, 9:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BRO	Hidalgo	29 min
Mar 29, 9:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BRO	Hidalgo	29 min
Mar 29, 10:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BRO	Hidalgo	42 min
Mar 29, 10:47 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BRO	Hidalgo	3 hr
Mar 29, 11:19 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BRO	Cameron, Hidalgo	14 min
Mar 29, 11:31 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BRO	Cameron, Hidalgo	2 hr
Mar 29, 11:54 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	BRO		76 min
Mar 30, 12:31 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BRO	Cameron	76 min
Mar 30, 2:08 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	BRO	Cameron, Hidalgo	2 hr
Mar 30, 3:32 AM CDT	Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	BRO		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.