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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS Brownsville, TX

May 28, 2014Starr County, Texas

NWS Brownsville, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 2014, 7:53 PM CDT for Starr County, Texas. It was in force for 52 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: May 28, 2014, 7:53 PM CDT (00:53 UTC)
Expired: May 28, 2014, 8:45 PM CDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Brownsville, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Starr County, TX

The radar

The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:56 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.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

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 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 140 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1673 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 57 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 24 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

847 
WUUS54 KBRO 290053
SVRBRO
TXC427-290145-
/O.NEW.KBRO.SV.W.0018.140529T0053Z-140529T0145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
753 PM CDT WED MAY 28 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN STARR COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS.

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT

* AT 753 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND
  DAMAGING 60 MPH WINDS...OVER SOUTHERN STARR COUNTY...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  LA VICTORIA.

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.

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 2632 9876 2632 9877 2633 9877 2642 9876
      2662 9864 2636 9853 2633 9855 2632 9875
TIME...MOT...LOC 0053Z 243DEG 9KT 2641 9868

$$

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2 follow-up statements

584 
WWUS54 KBRO 290117
SVSBRO

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
817 PM CDT WED MAY 28 2014

TXC427-290145-
/O.CON.KBRO.SV.W.0018.000000T0000Z-140529T0145Z/
STARR-
817 PM CDT WED MAY 28 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHERN STARR COUNTY...

AT 730 PM...THE PUBLIC REPORTED QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND ESTIMATD WIND 
GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH.

AT 813 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS NOW 13
MILES WEST OF MCCOOK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...
  QUARTER SIZED HAIL.
  DAMAGING WINDS TO 60 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  LA VICTORIA.

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.

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 2632 9873 2642 9871 2657 9862 2636 9853
      2635 9854 2633 9855
TIME...MOT...LOC 0113Z 247DEG 15KT 2645 9858

$$

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861 
WWUS54 KBRO 290126
SVSBRO

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
826 PM CDT WED MAY 28 2014

TXC427-290136-
/O.CAN.KBRO.SV.W.0018.000000T0000Z-140529T0145Z/
STARR-
826 PM CDT WED MAY 28 2014

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN STARR COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

AT 826 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 2632 9873 2642 9871 2657 9862 2636 9853
      2635 9854 2633 9855
TIME...MOT...LOC 0126Z 247DEG 15KT 2647 9852

$$

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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 May 28, 6:43 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 28, 6:43 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
643 PM CDT WED MAY 28 2014

.DISCUSSION...UPDATED FOR LATEST AVIATION DISCUSSION BELOW.

&&

.AVIATION...BRO 88D RADAR SHOWS DISSIPATING TS OVER N CAMERON
COUNTY WITH ACTIVITY INCREASING OVER STARR INTO W HIDALGO COUNTY.
OUTSIDE CHANCE THESE STORMS WILL IMPACT MFE. A COUPLE OF LL
MESOSCALE BOUNDARIES REMAIN ACROSS DEEP SOUTH TEXAS SO TS COULD
REDEVLOP OVER NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. LOW PROBABILITIES OF THIS
OCCURRING AND HAVE LEFT OUT OF TAFS. VFR AT THE TAF SITES THROUGH
OVERNIGHT HOURS. SOME PATCHY MVFR CIGS AND VSBY PRIOR TO SUNRISE
THURSDAY IS POSSIBLE. THE MARGINAL LOWER CONDITIONS ARE ONLY EXPECTED TO
LAST BRIEFLY. SOUTHWEST TO SOUTH SURFACE WINDS TO REMAIN AT LIGHT
LEVELS BACKING GRADUALLY SOUTHEAST OVERNIGHT.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 151 PM CDT WED MAY 28 2014/

SHORT TERM /NOW THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/...CONVECTION IS TRYING
TO FIRE ALONG A LOW PRESSURE TROUGH EXTENDING FROM AROUND PORT
MANSFIELD TO RIO GRANDE CITY. LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE ALONG THE
BOUNDARY AND AN INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE /3000 J/KG OF
CAPE/ LOOK TO BE SUFFICIENT TO FIRE OFF A FEW STORMS THE REST OF
THE AFTERNOON. DID INCREASE POPS ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF THE
BOUNDARY WHICH IS MAKING STEADY SOUTHWARD PROGRESS. ONE OR TWO OF
THESE STORMS COULD APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS BUT DO NOT EXPECT
WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY.

WITH THE UPPER LOW CONTINUE TO SPIN OVER THE ARKLATEX AND PROGGED
TO DRIFT SOUTH ALONG THE TX/LA BORDER WILL MAINTAIN THE LOW END
POPS THROUGH THE SHORT TERM PERIOD. WEAK PERTURBATIONS AND MODEST
MOISTURE AND A CONTINUED CONDITIONALLY UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE WILL BE
ENOUGH TO WARRANT THE LOW CONVECTION CHANCES. MODEL GUIDANCE
REMAINS LOW BUT SLIGHTLY HIGHER THEN YESTERDAY. CONVECTION OVER
THE SIERRA MADRE DOES NOT LOOK TO A FACTOR THIS EVENING. DRIER AIR
ALOFT AND A MORE NORTH TO SOUTH FLOW ACROSS NORTHEAST MEXICO LOOK
TO KEEP CONVECTION ISOLATED AND WEST OF THE RIVER RESPECTIVELY.

TEMPERATURES TO REMAIN RATHER HOT DURING THE DAY AND UNSEASONABLY
WARM AND MUGGY AT NIGHT. MAV/MET GUIDANCE CONTINUE TO SHOW NOT AS
WARM DAYTIME HIGHS ON THURSDAY WITH POSSIBLE SOME THICKER HIGH
CLOUDS MOVING IN FROM THE EASTERN PACIFIC. WILL TREND JUST SLIGHTLY
HIGHER THEN THESE MODELS KEEPING THE THICKEST CLOUDS TO OUR SOUTH.

LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/...A MID LEVEL LOW
SPINNING OVER EAST TEXAS WILL SHIFT SLOWLY EAST...BUT WILL STILL
BE WITHIN RANGE...ROUGHLY OVER LOUISIANA...TO MAINTAIN UNSETTLED
CONDITIONS LOCALLY. THE SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO SLOWLY FILL AND
FLATTEN OUT GOING INTO THE WEEKEND...WITH SLIGHTLY HIGHER HEIGHTS
BUILDING IN FROM THE WEST UNDER MULTIPLE ATTACKS OF SHORT WAVE
TROUGHS MOVING INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. IN ADDITION...UPPER
MOISTURE FROM THE CURRENT TS AMANDA IN THE EASTERN PACIFIC WILL
WORK ACROSS MEXICO AND INTO THE SOUTHWEST GULF...WITH FEW TO
SCATTERED HIGH CLOUDS FOR THE CWA AS WELL. IT LOOKS LIKE THE BEST
CHANCE OF CONVECTION REACHING THE CWA WILL BE FRIDAY MOVING EAST
FROM NORTHEAST MEXICO. CONVECTIVE CHANCES WILL DIMINISH OVER THE
WEEKEND AS THE ENVIRONMENT BECOMES LESS FAVORABLE...THAT IS...
LESS UPPER MOISTURE...H5 MID LEVEL RIDGING MOVING IN FROM THE
WEST...AND A DISAPPEARING UPPER LOW. SINCE THE SCENARIO HAS NOT
CHANGED A WHOLE LOT...KEPT THE INHERITED FORECAST MAINLY INTACT
WITH ABOVE AVERAGE CONFIDENCE. TEMPS FRIDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND
SHOULD BE NEAR TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL WITH A PERSISTENT ONSHORE
WIND. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL BE IN THE MID 70S FOR MUCH OF THE CWA...
WITH SLIGHTLY HIGHER DEW POINTS AND HUMIDITY FOR EASTERN SECTIONS.
A RICHER MIX OF SUN WILL DEVELOP LATE IN THE WEEKEND AS THE MID
LEVEL RIDGING FROM THE WEST GAINS CONTROL.

MARINE...
NOW THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...BROAD LOW PRESSURE ALONG THE TEXAS
COAST AND BROAD HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL
PRODUCE A WEAK ON SHORE FLOW TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. SEAS
TO LOWER ANOTHER FOOT BY THURSDAY. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED TSTM
ACTIVITY IS HOWEVER EXPECTED TONIGHT AND THURSDAY WITH AN UPPER
LEVEL STORM SYSTEM REMAINING OVER EAST TEXAS.

FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...A BROAD MID LEVEL LOW OVER LOUISIANA
AND THE NORTHWEST GULF COAST WILL CONTRIBUTE TO CONTINUED UNSETTLED
MARINE CONDITIONS FRIDAY AND INTO THE WEEKEND. UPPER MOISTURE FROM
THE REMAINS OF TS AMANDA IN THE PACIFIC MAY ALSO PLAY A ROLE IN
MAINTAINING CLOUD COVER. IN GENERAL...HOWEVER...A FLAT PRESSURE
GRADIENT ACROSS THE GULF WILL PRODUCE LIGHT TO MODERATE SOUTHEAST
WINDS AND LOW TO MODERATE SEAS.

&&

.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, May 28, 6:19 PM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
619 PM CDT WED MAY 28 2014

TXZ248>257-292330-
ZAPATA-JIM HOGG-BROOKS-KENEDY-STARR-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY-
INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON-
619 PM CDT WED MAY 28 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR DEEP SOUTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL WIND DOWN OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS
ACROSS THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT HAS
DIMINISHED WITH CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING BEING THE MAIN THREAT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

GMZ130-132-135-150-155-170-175-292330-
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-
619 PM CDT WED MAY 28 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 28, 5:37 PM CDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
537 PM CDT WED MAY 28 2014

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

0516 PM     HEAVY RAIN       BROWNSVILLE             25.93N  97.48W
05/28/2014  E2.00 INCH       CAMERON            TX   BROADCAST MEDIA

            TWO FEET OF STANDING WATER REPORTED IN BROWNSVILLE VIA
            POLICE SCANNER.

&&

EVENT NUMBER BRO1400030

EB

Special weather statement, May 28, 5:47 PM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
547 PM CDT WED MAY 28 2014

TXZ255-282330-
INLAND CAMERON-
547 PM CDT WED MAY 28 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...

  NORTHWESTERN CAMERON COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS.

  UNTIL 630 PM CDT...

  AT 548 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  STRONG THUNDERSTORM...8 MILES NORTHWEST OF HARLINGEN...MOVING EAST
  AT 10 MPH.

  THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...
  PEA TO DIME SIZED HAIL.
  GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH.
  TORRENTIAL RAINFALL RATES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR.

  LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  TIERRA BONITA.
  PRIMERA.
  COMBES.
  AVONDALE.
  LASANA.
  HARLINGEN.

  MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL MEDIA...OR WEATHER.GOV FOR
  UPDATES.   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.

&&

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Local storm report, May 28, 6:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
615 PM CDT WED MAY 28 2014

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

0437 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 ENE BROWNSVILLE       25.93N  97.47W
05/28/2014                   CAMERON            TX   NWS EMPLOYEE

            SEVERAL ONE TO TWO FOOT DIAMETER TREES SNAPPED. WINDS
            ESTIMATED AT 60 MPH.

&&

EVENT NUMBER BRO1400031

JGG

Local storm report, May 28, 6:23 PM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
623 PM CDT WED MAY 28 2014

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

0622 PM     FLASH FLOOD      BROWNSVILLE             25.93N  97.48W
05/28/2014                   CAMERON            TX   EMERGENCY MNGR

            STREETS AROUND PALM BLVD IN DOWNTOWN BROWNSVILLE WITH
            AS MUCH AS 18 INCHES OF RUNNING WATER. TRASH CANS
            FLOATING DOWN THE ROADWAY. WATER WAS RECEEDING QUICKLY
            AS OF 620 PM.

&&

EVENT NUMBER BRO1400032

JGG

Special weather statement, May 28, 6:41 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
641 PM CDT WED MAY 28 2014

TXZ252-290030-
STARR-
641 PM CDT WED MAY 28 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...

  SOUTHERN STARR COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS.

  UNTIL 730 PM CDT...

  AT 642 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  STRONG THUNDERSTORM...OVER RIO GRANDE CITY...MOVING SOUTH AT 15
  MPH.

  THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...
  PEA TO DIME SIZED HAIL.
  GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH.

  LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LAS LOMAS.
  SANTA CRUZ.
  LA CASITA.
  ALTO BONITO.
  LA GRULLA.

  MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL MEDIA...OR WEATHER.GOV FOR
  UPDATES.

&&

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Special weather statement, May 28, 6:55 PM CDT, 58 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
655 PM CDT WED MAY 28 2014

TXZ252-290045-
STARR-
655 PM CDT WED MAY 28 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...

  SOUTHERN STARR COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS.

  UNTIL 745 PM CDT...

  AT 655 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  STRONG THUNDERSTORM...OVER RIO GRANDE CITY...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10
  MPH.

  THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...
  FREQUENT DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
  TORRENTIAL RAINFALL RATES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR.
  PENNY TO NICKEL SIZED HAIL.
  STRONG WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH.

  LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LAS LOMAS.
  RIO GRANDE CITY.
  LOS VILLAREALES.
  LOS GARZAS.
  LOS ALVAREZ.
  LA ROSITA.

  MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL MEDIA...OR WEATHER.GOV FOR
  UPDATES.   THUNDERSTORM INTENSITY IS INCREASING AND SEVERE WEATHER
  MAY DEVELOP RAPIDLY. MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL MEDIA...OR
  WEATHER.GOV FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.   FREQUENT
  CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNIGN IS EXPECTED. TAKE COVER INDOORS. IF
  CAUGHT OUTSIDE... CROUCH DOWN IN A LOW SPOT...AWAY FROM TALL
  OBJECTS.   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.

&&

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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 28, 7:07 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BRO	Starr	53 min
May 28, 7:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BRO	Starr	42 min
May 28, 7:43 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BRO	Starr	77 min
May 29, 6:07 AM CDT	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	BRO		3 hr
May 29, 6:16 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	BRO	Cameron, Willacy	3 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.