Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Brownsville, TX

304 
WWUS54 KBRO 100112
SVSBRO

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
812 PM CDT FRI MAY 9 2014

TXC047-215-261-427-489-100130-
/O.CON.KBRO.SV.W.0008.000000T0000Z-140510T0130Z/
HIDALGO-STARR-BROOKS-KENEDY-WILLACY-
812 PM CDT FRI MAY 9 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN WILLACY...WESTERN KENEDY...BROOKS...EASTERN STARR
AND HIDALGO COUNTIES...

AT 812 PM CDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
DETECT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF SARITA TO 7 MILES NORTH OF SAN MANUEL TO 5 MILES NORTH
OF LOS EBANOS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...
  DAMAGING WINDS TO 70 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  MCCOOK.
  SARITA.
  LOS EBANOS.
  TURCOTTE.
  BORDER PATROL.

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 2728 9764 2725 9763 2725 9759 2653 9789
      2614 9835 2621 9845 2620 9848 2625 9859
      2623 9867 2636 9880 2636 9888 2640 9893
      2679 9847 2679 9842 2688 9842 2727 9829
      2726 9799 2722 9798 2729 9779
TIME...MOT...LOC 0112Z 301DEG 24KT 2720 9783 2667 9815
          2632 9857

$$

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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
747 PM CDT FRI MAY 9 2014

.DISCUSSION...LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES
EASTWARD TO SOUTHEASTWARD MOVEMENT. EFFECTIVE SHEAR AROUND 65
KNOTS AND PERSISTENT MID LEVEL INSTABILITY OF AROUND 2000 TO 2500
J/KG AS SUPPORTED BY MESOANALYSIS AND THE EVENING SOUNDING WILL
CONTINUE TO SUPPORT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE NEXT FEW
HOURS. CURRENT RADAR PICTURE SHOWS SEVERAL LOCALIZED AREAS OF
BOWING WITH A DISTINCT REAR INFLOW JET AND MID ALTITUDE RADIAL
CONVERGENCE SIGNATURE NEAR THE TORNADO WARNED AREA. DISCRETE CELLS
DEVELOPING IN FRONT OF THE LINE WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE AN
ENHANCED LOCAL TORNADO THREAT. THE LINE APPEARS TO BE ACCELERATING
IN THIS REGION.

DUAL POL RAINFALL RATES ARE QUITE HIGH AROUND 2.00 TO 2.50 INCHES
PER HOUR AND WILL CONTINUE WITH FLOOD ADVISORIES FOR MOST AREAS
IMPACTED BUT FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS MAY BE NECESSARY IF ANY AREAS
SLOW DOWN OR URBAN AREAS EXPERIENCE HEAVIER CELLS.

THE HIGHEST SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WITH 70 TO 80 MPH
WIND POTENTIAL CURRENTLY APPEARS TO BE OVER NORTHERN HIDAGLO AND
SOUTHERN KENEDY COUNTIES MOVING INTO WILLACY COUNTY WITH THE
ACCELERATING PORTION OF THAT LINE BUT THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY METRO
AREAS WILL BEGIN TO EXPERIENCE A NOTABLE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IN
THE NEXT HOUR. /68-JGG/

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 631 PM CDT FRI MAY 9 2014/

DISCUSSION...UPDATED FOR LATEST AVIATION DISCUSSION BELOW.

AVIATION...LARGE AREA OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED
TO MOVE EAST TO WEST ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH TONIGHT. POTENTIAL
FOR IMPACT TO THE RGV TAF SITES IS INCREASING AND HAVE INCLUDED
TEMPO GROUPS FOR THE MOST LIKELY TIME WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR HAIL
AND GUSTY TO STRONG AND ERRATIC WINDS WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS. A
LOW MVFR HIGH IFR CEILING IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY LATE THIS
EVENING BUT THE DEEP CONVECTION IN THE VICINITY WILL PROBABLY MAKE
THE CEILINGS ERRATIC FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS AND HELD VFR UNTIL
LATER THIS EVENING TO LOW MVFR WITH HIGH IFR POSSIBLE. CONDITIONS
SHOULD IMPROVE BY MID TO LATE MORNING ON SATURDAY TO FULL VFR. /68-JGG/

PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 558 PM CDT FRI MAY 9 2014/

DISCUSSION...SURFACE PRESSURE FALLS OVER MEXICO IN RESPONSE TO
THE ADVANCING UPPER LEVEL WAVE CONTINUE TO PRODUCE A MORE EASTERLY
COMPONENT TO THE SURFACE WINDS OVER THE NORTHERN TIER OF COUNTIES.
RESIDUAL OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES MAY WORK WITH EFFECTIVE HELICITY
VALUES AROUND 100 M2/S2 TO PRODUCE A BRIEF ISOLATED TORNADO THREAT
THROUGH THE NEXT 3 HOURS OR SO MAINLY IN BROOKS/JIM HOGG/KENEDY
AND ZAPATA COUNTIES. LOCAL INCREASES IN HELICITY IN ZAPATA COUNTY
AT THE BEND OF A CONVECTIVE STRUCTURE TAKING AN INCREASINGLY LINE
ECHO WAVE PATTERN SHAPE MAY ALSO BRIEFLY LOCALLY INCREASE SEVERE
THREAT. EFFECTIVE DEEP LAYER SHEAR VALUES OF 50 TO 60 KNOTS AND
MIXED LAYER CAPES AT 2000 TO 2500 J/KG CONTINUES TO PRODUCE SEVERE
WEATHER THREAT ACROSS THE ENTIRE CWA MOVING FROM WEST TO EAST AS THE
EVENING PROGRESSESE. RADAR Z/V DATA AND RECENT TRENDS WILL REQUIRE
THE ISSUANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS STARTING VERY SHORTLY
OVER OUR NORTHWESTERN ZONES PRIMARILY FOR DAMAGING WIND WITH THE
ATTENDANT THREAT OF LARGE HAIL IN THE STRONGEST CORES.

WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES AT 1.8 TO 2.0 INCHES...AMONGST
HISTORICAL HIGH VALUES FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR WILL ALSO BE CLOSELY
MONTIORING THE HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE AND FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS MAY
BE REQUIRED AS THE EVENING PROGRESSES GIVEN THE LARGE AREAL
COVERAGE AND SLOW MOVEMENT OF STORMS.

/68-JGG/

AVIATION...

PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 502 PM CDT FRI MAY 9 2014/

DISCUSSION...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 136 HAS BEEN ISSUED
FOR ALL OF THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. EXPANDED
SEVERE WORDING IN GRIDS AND HWO. /68-JGG/

PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 434 PM CDT FRI MAY 9 2014/

DISCUSSION...CONTINUING TO MONITOR CONVECTIVE TRENDS MAINLY TO
THE NORTH AND WEST THIS AFTERNOON.

MAIN LARGE SCALE FEATURES ARE A MID AND UPPER LEVEL TROUGH
CURRENTLY CENTERED OVER CHIHUAHUA AND COAHUILA STATE MEXICO.
MOVING TO THE EAST AND EXPECTED TO PASS OVERHEAD BY MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT. A JET MAX EAST OF THIS TROUGH IS ROUGHLY OVERHEAD/JUST TO
THE EAST OF THE REGION. THIS IS PROVIDING WEAK CONVERGENCE ALOFT
WHICH HAS AIDED IN SUPPRESSING CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT TODAY.
SURFACE/MIXED LAYER PARCELS ARE QUITE UNSTABLE THIS AFTERNOON WITH
RICH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND EXTENSIVE DAYTIME HEATING. BEST
ENSEMBLE OF LAPS/RUC/SPC MESOANALYSIS PROVIDES AROUND 2500/3000
J/KG OF MLCAPE WITH LARGE CAPE VALUES IN THE HAIL GROWTH REGION
AND MID LEVELS. MESOANALYSIS HAS TRENDED TO ERODE THE 25 TO 75
J/KG OF MLCINH THAT HAS BEEN PRESENT THROUGH THE AFTERNOON OVER
THE LAST HOUR OR TWO.

THE MAIN UPPER TROUGH IS PROVIDING A DIVERGENT/DIFFLUENT
ENVIRONMENT OVER THE SIERRA MADRE MOUNTAINS AND LOW LEVEL
CONVERGENCE HAS INCREASED MARKEDLY IN THE LAST FEW HOURS IN THAT
REGION IN CONCERT WITH THERMAL TROUGHING AND NUMEROUS LARGE
THUNDERSTORMS ARE APPARENT IN NUEVO LEON AND NORTHERN TAMAULIPAS.
OUR SURFACE WINDS HAVE SHIFTED EAST NORTHEAST AS LOW PRESSURE
DEEPENS TO OUR WEST.

EXPECTING THAT AS OUR UPPER LEVEL ENVIRONMENT IMPROVES OVER THE
NEXT FEW HOURS IT WILL MAINTAIN A FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR STRONG
TO MARGINALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND THE ACTIVITY OVER SOUTH
CENTRAL TEXAS AND NUEVO LEON MAY WORK INTO OUR WESTERN COUNTIES
WITH ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT POSSIBLE FROM OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES
PRODUCED BY ONGOING CONVECTION. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH QUARTER SIZED HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS TO 60 MPH MAINLY
WEST OF A LINE ROM RIO GRANDE CITY TO HEBBRONVILLE. CURRENT
THINKING IS BY THE TIME THE UPPER WAVE AND ITS ASSOCIATED LOW
LEVEL CONVERGENCE AND FAVORABLE THERMODYNAMIC ENVIRONS ARRIVE
NOCTURNAL COOLING WILL LIKELY HAVE LIMITED LOW LEVEL INSTABILITY
ENOUGH TO KEEP STORMS BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. WILL CONTINUE TO
MONITOR TRENDS HOWEVER. GRIDS HAVE BEEN TWEAKED TO INCREASE TIMING
RESOLUTION NOW THAT THUNDERSTORMS HAVE INITIATED AND THAT PICTURE
IS SOMEWHAT CLEARER. /68-JGG/

PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 200 PM CDT FRI MAY 9 2014/

SHORT TERM /NOW THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/...EMPHASIS WILL BE PUT ON
THE POTENTIAL FOR LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING CONVECTION.
THUNDERSTORMS ARE BEGINNING TO FIRE ACROSS THE SIERRA MADRE WEST OF
ZAPATA AND WEBB COUNTY WHILE ONGOING CONVECTION /SOME SEVERE/ IS
NOTED OVER SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS WHERE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS
IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM. UPPER TROUGH OVER WEST TEXAS IS ASSOCIATED
WITH 100+ KNOT JET STREAK EXTENDING ACROSS SW AND CENTRAL TEXAS AND
A FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXTENDS FROM AROUND DEL RIO TO NORTH OF
DALLAS-FT. WORTH METRO PLEX. WHILE 12Z GFS AND NAM KEEP THE DEEPEST
CONVECTION WELL NORTH OF OUR CWA GUT FEELING IS THAT SOME CONVECTION
WILL MOVE INTO THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN AREAS THIS EVENING. 00Z
ECMWF WAS THE MOST BULLISH WITH HIGH POPS MOST LOCATIONS THIS EVENING
BUT BELIEVE THE HIGHER POP PLACEMENT WAS TO FAR SOUTH WITH CURRENT
ACTIVITY WELL NORTH OF THE REGION. INCREASING INSTABILITY DUE TO
DECENT AFTERNOON HEATING PLENTY OF MOISTURE AND AN AREA OF PVA
APPROACHING THE RIO GRANDE RIVER SHOULD COMBINE WITH LIFT OF THE
UPPER JET TO PROVIDE SCATTERED CONVECTION ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND
WESTERN ZONES. ANY STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP WILL HAVE THE CAPABILITY
TO PRODUCE MODERATE TO LARGE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. CONFIDENCE IS LOW
ENOUGH TO KEEP MENTION OF THE HAIL AND WIND OUT OF THE ZONE FORECAST
AT THIS TIME. KEPT LOWER CHANCES IN ACROSS THE LOWER VALLEY IF SOME
STORMS DRIFT FAR ENOUGH EAST BEFORE THE INSTABILITY WEAKENS AS THE
EVENING SURFACE INVERSION DEVELOPS.

SHORTWAVE TO OUR WEST DAMPENS OUT AS IT PASSES TO THE EAST LATE
TONIGHT WITH SHORTWAVE RIDGING SETTLING OVERHEAD SATURDAY. NEGATIVE
PVA SPREADS ACROSS THE REGION WITH WEAK SUBSIDENCE. THIS SHOULD END
THE CHANCE OF RAIN BUT HUMIDITY STILL HANGS AROUND WITH SOUTHEAST
FLOW CONTINUING. CLOUDY SKIES BECOME PARTLY CLOUDY AS MODEST MID
LEVEL DRY AIR MIXES THROUGH THE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE.

TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT AND SATURDAY TO REMAIN RATHER MILD WITH
PLENTY OF HUMIDITY. DAYTIME HIGHS ON SATURDAY WILL BE HOT SIMILAR
TODAY NEAR 90 IN THE EAST AND NEAR 100 IN THE WEST.

LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/...THE INHERITED FORECAST
WAS BASED ON A BLEND OF THE GFS AND ECMWF...BUT THE ECMWF SEEMS TO
BE MORE FAVORED THIS CYCLE...AND THE SOLUTION FOR THE TUESDAY COLD
FRONT WILL THEREFORE BECOME MORE DEFINED TO MOVE THROUGH THE CWA
TUESDAY AFTERNOON...REACHING THE COAST SOMETIME AROUND MIDNIGHT. AS
MENTIONED BY THE PREVIOUS SHIFT...THE GFS IS PROVIDING A FASTER
SOLUTION BY ABOUT 12 HOURS...AND A COMPROMISE RESULTED IN A SLIGHTLY
BROADER WINDOW FOR RAIN CHANCES.

MID LEVEL FLOW WILL STRAIGHTEN OUT OVER THE CWA SATURDAY...LEADING
TO SETTLED CONDITIONS...BUT THE FLOW WILL BEGIN TO BACK TO SOUTHWEST
ON SUNDAY AS A PROGRESSIVE POSITIVE TILT SHORT WAVE TROUGH DIGS OVER
THE FOUR CORNERS...FURTHER STIMULATING A LOW PRESSURE STORM SYSTEM
OVER THE SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS...PROGGED TO DEEPEN TO 997 MB OVER
NORTH TEXAS SUNDAY AFTERNOON...OR DEEPER IF ONE ACCEPTS THE GFS
SOLUTION. EITHER WAY...SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL BECOME BREEZY TO WINDY
WITH HIGH TEMPS FROM THE UPPER 80S EAST TO THE UPPER 90S WEST.
PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES WILL PREVAIL AS MOISTURE BEGINS TO
POOL OVER THE CWA. MID 70S WILL PREVAIL OVER THE CWA SUNDAY NIGHT
FOLLOWED BY SLIGHTLY COOLER WEATHER MONDAY WITH MORE CLOUDINESS. THE
FRONT WILL PUSH SOUTH FROM THE CENTRAL PLAINS INTO NORTH TEXAS...
WHERE COOLER AIR WILL BE FROM...BUT DRIER AIR WILL ALSO MOVE IN FROM
THE SOUTHWEST...UNDER THE MID LEVEL RIDGING BUILDING OVER THE WEST
COAST.

A MID LEVEL LOW WILL SPIN OUT OF THE GULF OF ALASKA AND INTO THE
PACIFIC NORTHWEST FRIDAY NIGHT...OPENING INTO A STRONG...POSITIVE
TILT TROUGH RIDING ON THE POLAR JET JUST TO ITS SOUTH. THE SYSTEM
WILL SPAWN PRESSURE FALLS AND A DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM OVER THE
SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...PUSHING A COLD
FRONT INTO NORTH TEXAS SUNDAY NIGHT. THE SYSTEM WILL TAP INTO AND
ENTRAIN SOME COOLER AIR STILL LOCKED UP OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS.
THE UPPER TROUGH WILL PROGRESS SLOWLY EAST OVER THE PLAINS MONDAY
AND TUESDAY...AND TIMING WITH THE SURFACE FRONT WILL BE SLIGHTLY OUT
OF SYNCH. THE FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH LATE TUESDAY...WITH THE MID
LEVEL TROUGH AXIS SHALLOW ENOUGH TO TRIGGER CONVECTION MAINLY NORTH
OVER THE UPPER TEXAS COAST OR POSSIBLY THE MIDDLE TEXAS COAST. IN
ANY CASE...QPF AMOUNTS WILL BE SUBSTANTIAL...WITH AN INCH OF RAIN
ACROSS THE CWA NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION...WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER
AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.

ONCE THE FRONT CLEARS THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY...IT COULD STALL OR WASH
OUT OVER THE GULF...WITH NORTHEAST WINDS FOR THE CWA UNTIL HIGH
PRESSURE TO THE NORTH MOVES EAST. DEPENDING ON HOW FAR OFFSHORE THE
FRONT MOVES WILL DETERMINE THE EXTENT OF CLEARING FOR THE CWA LATE
IN THE WEEK...THOUGH THINGS SHOULD IMPROVE OVER THE NORTH AND
WESTERN SECTIONS.

MARINE...
NOW THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...WEAK PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER THE
WESTERN GULF TO PERSIST TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. A LIGHT TO MODERATE
ONSHORE FLOW CONTINUES ACROSS ALL COASTAL WATERS. GRADIENT BEGINS
TO STRENGTHEN SATURDAY NIGHT AS LOW PRESSURE TROUGH MOVES INTO THE
SOUTHERN ROCKIES WITH SURFACE LOW PRESSURE TROUGH DEEPENING ACROSS
THE WESTERN TEXAS AND NORTHERN MEXICO. SOUTHEAST WINDS TO INCREASE
MOSTLY ACROSS THE OFFSHORE WATERS WITH EXERCISE CAUTION CONDITIONS
LIKELY BY MIDNIGHT. BEST CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FROM
THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING THEN CLEAR SAILING INTO
SUNDAY.

SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...BROAD HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE GULF AND
LOWER PRESSURE UPSTREAM OVER THE SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS WILL PROVIDE
THE SYNOPTIC BACKDROP FOR MODERATE SOUTHEAST WINDS AND MODERATE SEAS
ACROSS THE LOWER TEXAS COASTAL MARINE AREAS ON SUNDAY. SMALL CRAFT
EXERCISE CAUTION CONDITION WAVE HEIGHTS OF 4 TO 6 FEET WILL CONTINUE
FROM SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING...AND THOUGH SOUTHEAST WINDS
WILL BE MDT INITIALLY...THEY WILL INCREASE TO BREEZY SUNDAY AFTN. AS
THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CONTINUES OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS SUNDAY
NIGHT...LOW END SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON
THE GULF WATERS...WITH WINDS AROUND 20 KTS AND SEAS AROUND 7 FEET.
RELIEF WILL NOT OCCUR MONDAY OR EVEN MONDAY NIGHT AS THE GRADIENT
WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT ELEVATED SEAS AND SOUTHEAST WINDS...AND
BORDERLINE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT...
WHICH WILL HOWEVER GET CLOSE ENOUGH BY TUESDAY TO CHOKE OFF THE
GRADIENT BEFORE MOVING ACROSS THE COAST AND OFFSHORE LATE TUESDAY.
STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT WILL BE ENOUGH TO DEVELOP
ADVISORY CONDITIONS AGAIN TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL CREATE UNSETTLED AND POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS MARINE
WEATHER FOR MARINERS TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

&&

.BRO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...NONE.
GM...NONE.
&&

THIS PRODUCT IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT:
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RGV

68/61

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
707 PM CDT FRI MAY 9 2014

TXZ248>257-110015-
ZAPATA-JIM HOGG-BROOKS-KENEDY-STARR-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY-
INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON-
707 PM CDT FRI MAY 9 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR DEEP SOUTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 136 HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL OF
THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND DEEP SOUTH TEXAS UNTIL 11 PM. SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EVENING WITH THE BEST
CHANCE MAINLY WEST OF A LINE FROM RIO GRANDE CITY TO HEBBRONVILLE.
THE MAIN THREAT WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF
QUARTERS AND DAMAGING WIND TO 60 MPH. AN ISOLATED INCIDENCE OF
HAIL UP TO TWO INCHES IN DIAMETER IS POSSIBLE.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL RATES.
WHILE THEY APPEAR TO BE MOVING QUICKLY ENOUGH TO PREVENT
WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...LOCALIZED FLOODING AND POSSIBLY
FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. ESPECIALLY IN URBANIZED AND POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS THROUGH THIS EVENING.

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES TODAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

AN ELEVATED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IS POSSIBLE ON THE AREA BEACHES
THROUGH NEXT THURSDAY.

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE
FROM MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. ORGANIZED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE MONDAY NIGHT
THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED
BUT A SEVERE STORM OR TWO...CONTAINING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS CANNOT BE COMPLETELY RULED OUT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED. SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

GMZ130-132-135-150-155-170-175-110015-
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-
707 PM CDT FRI MAY 9 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM FOR THE
IMMEDIATE LOWER TEXAS COAST. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL
AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE MAINLY THROUGH THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

PERIODIC SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE LOWER TEXAS
COAST FROM SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ACCORDING TO
STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

JGG

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
626 PM CDT FRI MAY 9 2014

TXZ248-100015-
ZAPATA-
626 PM CDT FRI MAY 9 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...

  CENTRAL ZAPATA COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS.

  UNTIL 715 PM CDT...

  AT 626 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  STRONG THUNDERSTORM...11 MILES NORTHWEST OF ZAPATA...MOVING EAST AT
  40 MPH.

  THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...
  GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH.
  PENNY TO NICKEL SIZED HAIL.

  LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SAN YGNACIO.
  LAS PALMAS.
  MEDINA.
  BUSTAMANTE.

  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.

&&

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
647 PM CDT FRI MAY 9 2014

TXZ248-252-100030-
ZAPATA-STARR-
647 PM CDT FRI MAY 9 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...

  WESTERN STARR COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS.
  SOUTHERN ZAPATA COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS.

  UNTIL 730 PM CDT...

  AT 647 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...11 MILES SOUTHEAST
  OF ZAPATA...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

  THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...
  PEA TO DIME SIZED HAIL.
  GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH.

  LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MORALES-SANCHEZ.
  LOPENO.
  SALINENO.
  ROMA CREEK.
  NORTH ESCOBARES.
  ESCOBARES.

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

&&

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
712 PM CDT FRI MAY 09 2014

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

0701 PM     TSTM WND DMG     HEBBRONVILLE            27.32N  98.69W
05/09/2014                   JIM HOGG           TX   EMERGENCY MNGR

            POWERLINES DOWN OVER THE ROADWAY IN HEBBRONVILLE.

&&

EVENT NUMBER BRO1400008

JGG

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
715 PM CDT FRI MAY 09 2014

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

0635 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 N ZAPATA              26.91N  99.26W
05/09/2014                   ZAPATA             TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            ROOF OF A BAKERY PARTIALLY REMOVED AND BLOWN ONTO
            HIGHWAY 83.

&&

EVENT NUMBER BRO1400009

JGG

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
722 PM CDT FRI MAY 9 2014

TXZ252-100100-
STARR-
722 PM CDT FRI MAY 9 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...

  SOUTHERN STARR COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS.

  UNTIL 800 PM CDT...

  AT 722 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  STRONG THUNDERSTORM...OVER LA ROSITA...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

  THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...
  GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH.

  LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LA ROSITA.
  LOS ALVAREZ.
  RIO GRANDE CITY.
  LAS LOMAS.
  LA PUERTA.
  GARCIASVILLE.

  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.

&&

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
749 PM CDT FRI MAY 09 2014

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

0708 PM     TSTM WND DMG     SOUTH FORK ESTATES      27.27N  98.72W
05/09/2014                   JIM HOGG           TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            WIND DAMAGE TO TRAILERS AND TREES IN THE SOUTH FORK
            ESTATES AT THE INTERSECTION OF FARM TO MARKET 3073 AND
            HIGHWAY 16.

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EVENT NUMBER BRO1400010

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