Severe Thunderstorm Warning 14, NWS Brownsville, TX

751 
WWUS54 KBRO 132121
SVSBRO

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
421 PM CDT MON APR 13 2015

TXC505-132145-
/O.CON.KBRO.SV.W.0014.000000T0000Z-150413T2145Z/
ZAPATA TX-
421 PM CDT MON APR 13 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN ZAPATA COUNTY...

AT 420 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL UP TO PING PONG BALL SIZE AND DESTRUCTIVE 
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ESCOBAS...OR 
8 MILES NORTH OF BUSTAMANTE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ESCOBAS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...
DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY
RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER
COVERS THE ROAD.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.  MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER...
IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY
LIGHTNING.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 2719 9933 2727 9926 2727 9896 2701 9895
      2705 9932
TIME...MOT...LOC 2120Z 266DEG 17KT 2712 9907 

$$

TORRES

646 
WWUS54 KBRO 132149
SVSBRO

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
449 PM CDT MON APR 13 2015

TXC505-132157-
/O.EXP.KBRO.SV.W.0014.000000T0000Z-150413T2145Z/
ZAPATA TX-
449 PM CDT MON APR 13 2015

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN ZAPATA COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS
AND EXITED THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED 
TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER HEAVY RAIN IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS 
THUNDERSTORM AND IT MAY INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES OVER JIM HOGG COUNTY.

LAT...LON 2719 9933 2727 9926 2727 9896 2701 9895
      2705 9932
TIME...MOT...LOC 2146Z 266DEG 17KT 2712 9907 

$$

BIRCHFIELD

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
338 PM CDT MON APR 13 2015

.SHORT TERM /NOW THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/...ATMOSPHERE STABILIZED
CONSIDERABLY THIS MORNING BEHIND LAST NIGHTS SQUALL LINE. CIN
REMAINS ELEVATED...BUT IS ERODING SOMEWHAT ACROSS THE WESTERN VALLEY
AND NE MEXICO. THIS IS CONFIRMED BY CELLS BEGINNING TO POP UP WEST
OF ZAPATA...BUT HAVING TROUBLE STAYING TOGETHER WITHOUT A
SIGNIFICANT SFC BOUNDARY. THE MAIN FOCUS IS AFTER MIDNIGHT INTO
TOMORROW MORNING. MODELS ARE SLIGHTLY SPEEDING UP THE ARRIVAL OF THE
MAIN FEATURES FOR THE NEXT ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS. THE COLD FRONT IS
EXPECTED TO REACH DEEP SOUTH TEXAS LATE TONIGHT OR TOMORROW
MORNING...WHILE A MIDLEVEL JET STREAK WRAPS THROUGH FROM THE
SOUTHWEST. INCREASING DAYTIME HEATING WILL AID IN STRENGTHENING
THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY PROGRESS ACROSS THE REGION. SHEAR BETWEEN THE
SW FLOW ALOFT AND THE SE FLOW AT THE SFC SHOULD BRING ENOUGH SHEAR
TO HELP MAKE SOME THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS WITH HAIL AND
HIGH WINDS THE MAIN THREAT. SPC CONTINUES TO HAVE THE ENTIRE REGION
IN A MARGINAL RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY
WILL WANE LATE TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT...BUT WILL NOT END
COMPLETELY UNTIL THE FRONT FULLY DISSIPATES AND ANY REMAINING
BOUNDARIES WASH OUT.
&&

.MARINE...
NOW THROUGH TUESDAY...MODERATE SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS AND MODERATE
SEAS ARE FORECAST TO BE PREVAILING THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT.
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN TUESDAY AFTERNOON AS THE NEXT
COLD FRONT ARRIVES. CLOUD TO SURFACE LIGHTNING STRIKES...VARIABLY
GUSTY WINDS...AND LOCALLY HIGHER SEAS CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH
LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS.
&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
BAYVIEW/PORT ISABEL  73  84  71  83 /  20  60  30  40
BROWNSVILLE          73  85  71  85 /  20  60  30  40
HARLINGEN            73  86  70  83 /  20  70  30  40
MCALLEN              73  87  70  87 /  40  70  30  30
RIO GRANDE CITY      70  85  69  87 /  40  60  30  30
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND   72  80  71  80 /  10  60  30  40
&&

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

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

64/61/BIRCHFIELD

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
436 AM CDT MON APR 13 2015

TXZ248>257-140945-
ZAPATA-JIM HOGG-BROOKS-KENEDY-STARR-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY-
INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON-
436 AM CDT MON APR 13 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF DEEP SOUTH
TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATER TODAY
AND TONIGHT. IF THUNDERSTORMS BECOME SEVERE LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS...ALONG WITH HEAVY
RAINFALL AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THE APPROACH OF A COLD FRONT TUESDAY MAY PRODUCE ADDITIONAL
THUNDERSTORMS AND A FLOOD RISK ON TUESDAY. ADDITIONAL STORMS ARE
POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY.

AN ELEVATED RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS IS EXPECTED FRIDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

GMZ130-132-135-150-155-170-175-140945-
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-
436 AM CDT MON APR 13 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE OFFSHORE THIS MORNING PRODUCING GUSTY
WINDS AND LOCALLY HIGH SEAS. CLOUD TO SURFACE LIGHTNING CAN ALSO
BE EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

ADDITIONAL ORGANIZED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY THROUGH
THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
227 PM CDT MON APR 13 2015

TXZ248-132015-
ZAPATA TX-
227 PM CDT MON APR 13 2015

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...

AT 226 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 17
MILES WEST OF LAS PALMAS...OR 19 MILES WEST OF ZAPATA COUNTY
AIRPORT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

THIS STORM WILL APPROACH SAN YGNACIO DURING THE NEXT HALF HOUR.

LAT...LON 2709 9943 2710 9944 2713 9943 2715 9944
      2716 9943 2718 9943 2724 9932 2700 9918
      2694 9938 2698 9938 2701 9943 2702 9945
      2706 9945
TIME...MOT...LOC 1926Z 243DEG 17KT 2698 9956

JS

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
313 PM CDT MON APR 13 2015

TXZ248-132100-
ZAPATA TX-
313 PM CDT MON APR 13 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN ZAPATA COUNTY UNTIL
400 PM CDT...

AT 312 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 13
MILES NORTHWEST OF LAS PALMAS...OR 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF ZAPATA
COUNTY AIRPORT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHWESTERN ZAPATA
COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
OFFICE IN BROWNSVILLE .

&&

LAT...LON 2709 9943 2710 9944 2713 9943 2721 9943
      2722 9944 2725 9944 2727 9945 2729 9942
      2716 9918 2700 9940 2701 9943 2702 9944
      2706 9945
TIME...MOT...LOC 2012Z 211DEG 10KT 2708 9944

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