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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Brownsville, TX

May 27, 2014Brooks County, Kenedy County, Texas

NWS Brownsville, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 2014, 7:40 PM CDT for Brooks County, Kenedy County, Texas. It was in force for 50 min. 5 reports 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: May 27, 2014, 7:40 PM CDT (00:40 UTC)
Expired: May 27, 2014, 8:30 PM CDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Brownsville, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Brooks County, TX, Kenedy County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:40 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 27, 7:52 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Falfurrias, TX	OAK TREES DOWN AT LASATER STREET AND RICE STREET
May 27, 7:52 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Falfurrias, TX	REPORTS OF STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO BUSINESS SIGNS ON CENTER STREET
May 27, 8:01 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 61	Falfurrias, TX
May 27, 8:02 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Falfurrias, TX	REPORTS OF NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ON ST. MARYS STREET
May 27, 8:05 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	Falfurrias, TX	GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED

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

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 27, 6:40 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	2 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1431 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -84 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 837 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 102 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 167 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.0
Supercell composite: 3.8

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The text

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

714 
WUUS54 KBRO 280040
SVRBRO
TXC047-261-280130-
/O.NEW.KBRO.SV.W.0013.140528T0040Z-140528T0130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
740 PM CDT TUE MAY 27 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN BROOKS COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS.
  NORTHWESTERN KENEDY COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS.

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 739 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE
  HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE 70 MPH WINDS...FROM 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF
  FALFURRIAS TO 17 MILES NORTHWEST OF FALFURRIAS...MOVING SOUTH AT 30
  MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  AIRPORT ROAD ADDITION.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE WIND SPEEDS STRONG ENOUGH TO BRING
DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES AND DAMAGE OR DESTROY MOBILE HOMES AND
OUTBUILDINGS. PERSONS OUTDOORS OR IN VEHICLES SHOULD SEEK SAFETY
INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. IF YOU CAN HEAR
THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE
WARNING.

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 2726 9799 2722 9798 2722 9797 2724 9795
      2725 9789 2704 9781 2701 9792 2701 9834
      2727 9841
TIME...MOT...LOC 0039Z 347DEG 25KT 2738 9799 2736 9807
          2736 9836

$$

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3 follow-up statements

502 
WWUS54 KBRO 280100
SVSBRO

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
800 PM CDT TUE MAY 27 2014

TXC047-261-280130-
/O.CON.KBRO.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140528T0130Z/
BROOKS-KENEDY-
800 PM CDT TUE MAY 27 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN KENEDY AND NORTHERN BROOKS COUNTIES...

AT 758 PM CDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF PREMONT TO 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF FALFURRIAS TO 12 MILES
WEST OF FALFURRIAS...MOVING SOUTH AT 30 MPH.

THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...
  GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL...WITH POSSIBLE DAMAGE.
  DAMAGING WINDS TO 70 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  FLOWELLA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE WIND SPEEDS STRONG ENOUGH TO BRING
DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES AND DAMAGE OR DESTROY MOBILE HOMES AND
OUTBUILDINGS. PERSONS OUTDOORS OR IN VEHICLES SHOULD SEEK SAFETY
INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. IF YOU CAN HEAR
THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE
WARNING.

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 2726 9799 2722 9798 2722 9797 2724 9795
      2725 9789 2704 9781 2701 9792 2701 9834
      2727 9841
TIME...MOT...LOC 0058Z 347DEG 25KT 2725 9796 2723 9804
          2723 9833

$$

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556 
WWUS54 KBRO 280114
SVSBRO

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
814 PM CDT TUE MAY 27 2014

TXC047-261-280130-
/O.CON.KBRO.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140528T0130Z/
BROOKS-KENEDY-
814 PM CDT TUE MAY 27 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN KENEDY AND NORTHEASTERN BROOKS COUNTIES...

AT 815 PM CDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF SARITA TO 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FALFURRIAS TO 12 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF FALFURRIAS...MOVING SOUTH AT 30 MPH.

THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...
  GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL...WITH POSSIBLE DAMAGE.
  DAMAGING WINDS TO 70 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  CANTU ADDITION.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE WIND SPEEDS STRONG ENOUGH TO BRING
DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES AND DAMAGE OR DESTROY MOBILE HOMES AND
OUTBUILDINGS. PERSONS OUTDOORS OR IN VEHICLES SHOULD SEEK SAFETY
INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. IF YOU CAN HEAR
THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE
WARNING.

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 2703 9784 2701 9792 2701 9828 2726 9821
      2726 9799 2722 9798 2722 9797 2724 9795
TIME...MOT...LOC 0115Z 347DEG 25KT 2713 9793 2711 9801
          2711 9830

$$

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060 
WWUS54 KBRO 280128
SVSBRO

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
828 PM CDT TUE MAY 27 2014

TXC047-261-280136-
/O.EXP.KBRO.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140528T0130Z/
BROOKS-KENEDY-
828 PM CDT TUE MAY 27 2014

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN KENEDY AND
NORTHEASTERN BROOKS COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 830 PM CDT...

THE ORIGINAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AND A TORNADO 
WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE THUNDERSTORM UNTIL 900 PM CDT.

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 2703 9784 2701 9792 2701 9828 2726 9821
      2726 9799 2722 9798 2722 9797 2724 9795
TIME...MOT...LOC 0126Z 347DEG 25KT 2706 9791 2704 9799
          2704 9828

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 27, 7:47 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BRO	Brooks, Kenedy	58 min
May 27, 7:51 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BRO	Brooks, Kenedy	24 min
May 27, 8:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BRO	Brooks, Kenedy	48 min
May 27, 8:49 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BRO	Brooks	56 min
May 28, 2:25 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	BRO		65 min
May 28, 3:00 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	BRO		60 min
May 28, 3:23 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BRO	Hidalgo, Starr	67 min
May 28, 3:30 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	BRO		60 min
May 28, 3:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BRO	Cameron	64 min
May 28, 3:51 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	BRO		54 min
May 28, 4:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BRO	Cameron	30 min
May 28, 4:08 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BRO	Hidalgo, Starr	82 min
May 28, 4:13 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BRO	Hidalgo	62 min
May 28, 4:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BRO	Cameron	24 min
May 28, 4:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BRO	Cameron	39 min
May 28, 4:42 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BRO	Cameron	93 min
May 28, 4:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BRO	Cameron	31 min
May 28, 5:01 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BRO	Cameron	89 min
May 28, 6:28 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BRO	Cameron	62 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.