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Small Craft Advisory 47, NWS Brownsville, TX

May 12, 2014

NWS Brownsville, TX issued this small craft advisory at May 12, 2014, 7:37 PM CDT. It took effect at May 12, 2014, 9:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 12, 2014, 7:37 PM CDT (00:37 UTC)
In effect from: May 12, 2014, 9:00 PM CDT
Expired: May 13, 2014, 2:27 AM CDT
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: NWS Brownsville, TX

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this small craft advisory 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 small craft advisory went out at May 12, 6:31 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 12, 6:31 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 12, 4:45 PM CDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
445 PM CDT MON MAY 12 2014

TXZ248>257-132145-
ZAPATA-JIM HOGG-BROOKS-KENEDY-STARR-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY-
INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON-
445 PM CDT MON MAY 12 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR DEEP SOUTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO DEVELOP OVER NORTHEASTERN
MEXICO AND SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE MOVING
INTO DEEP SOUTH TEXAS...MAINLY WEST OF A LINE FROM HEBBRONVILLE TO
RIO GRANDE CITY. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH HAIL
TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND DAMAGING WINDS TO 60 MPH. THE CLUSTER
OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO MOVE EASTWARD INTO THE MIDDLE AND
LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND APPROACH THE COAST AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE REGION ON TUESDAY. NUMEROUS
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT
AS IT MOVES ACROSS THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND DEEP SOUTH TEXAS.
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM THESE STORMS MAY LEAD TO FLASH
FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AREAS. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY
ALSO BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS TO 60 MPH.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY MORNING.

GMZ130-132-135-150-155-170-175-132145-
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-
445 PM CDT MON MAY 12 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IS EFFECT FOR THE LAGUNA MADRE THROUGH
THIS EVENING. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS ARE IN EFFECT FOR
THE OFFSHORE WATERS FROM 9 PM TONIGHT TO 10 AM TUESDAY.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE OFF THE COAST AFTER MIDNIGHT. SOME OF
THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS OVER 35
KNOTS...LARGE SEAS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED FOR
TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. ANY OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS
WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE STRONG WINDS GUSTS EXCEEDING 35
KNOTS, VERY ROUGH SEAS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 12, 1:46 PM CDT, 5 hours 51 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 12, 7:32 PM CDT, 5 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
732 PM CDT MON MAY 12 2014

TXZ248-252-130115-
ZAPATA-STARR-
732 PM CDT MON MAY 12 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...

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

  UNTIL 815 PM CDT...

  AT 732 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  STRONG THUNDERSTORM...15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FALCON DAM...MOVING
  NORTH AT 20 MPH.

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

  LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SALINENO.
  FALCON DAM.
  NEW FALCON.

  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.

&&

JGG

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 12, 8:28 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BRO	Starr, Zapata	62 min
May 12, 10:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BRO	Starr	45 min
May 12, 10:29 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BRO	Starr	2 hr
May 12, 11:22 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BRO	Jim Hogg, Zapata	113 min
May 12, 11:49 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BRO	Jim Hogg, Zapata	101 min
May 13, 12:48 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BRO	Jim Hogg, Zapata	117 min
May 13, 4:21 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	BRO	Brooks, Cameron, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Kenedy, Starr and 2 more	7 hr
May 13, 5:39 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BRO	Brooks, Kenedy	2 hr
May 13, 6:26 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BRO	Brooks, Jim Hogg, Kenedy, Starr	2 hr
May 13, 7:40 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BRO	Brooks, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Kenedy, Starr, Willacy	95 min
May 13, 8:54 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	BRO		96 min
May 13, 9:40 AM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	BRO		34 hr
May 13, 9:40 AM CDT	Small Craft Advisory for Winds	BRO		30 hr
May 13, 10:29 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	BRO		61 min
May 13, 11:01 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BRO	Cameron	59 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.