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Special Weather Statement, NWS Brownsville, TX

October 13, 2015Hidalgo County, Texas

NWS Brownsville, TX issued this special weather statement at Oct 13, 2015, 2:01 PM CDT for Hidalgo County, Texas. It was in force for 44 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: Oct 13, 2015, 2:01 PM CDT (19:01 UTC)
Expired: Oct 13, 2015, 2:45 PM CDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Brownsville, TX

County Hidalgo County, TX

The radar

The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

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

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Oct 13, 12:01 PM CDT, 2 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 13, 12:01 PM CDT, 2 hours before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 13, 4:53 AM CDT, 9 hours 8 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
453 AM CDT TUE OCT 13 2015

TXZ248>257-141000-
ZAPATA-JIM HOGG-BROOKS-KENEDY-STARR-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY-
INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON-
453 AM CDT TUE OCT 13 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

LONG FETCH EASTERLY SWELLS MAY COMBINE WITH HIGHER ASTRONOMICAL
TIDES TO BRING MINOR COASTAL FLOODING ALONG THE BEACHES OF DEEP
SOUTH TEXAS OVER THE UPCOMING WEEKEND.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

GMZ130-132-135-150-155-170-175-141000-
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-
453 AM CDT TUE OCT 13 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

BORDERLINE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES ARE POSSIBLE FOR THE FARTHER
OFFSHORE WATERS OVER THE WEEKEND AS SEAS INCREASE TO NEAR 7 FEET.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 13, 2:01 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
201 PM CDT TUE OCT 13 2015

TXZ253-254-131945-
INLAND WILLACY TX-HIDALGO TX-
201 PM CDT TUE OCT 13 2015

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...

AT 159 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
SAN MANUEL...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RAYMONDVILLE...LASARA...LINN...SAN MANUEL...HARGILL...MONTE ALTO...
LASARA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL...RED GATE...HARGILL ELEMENTARY AND
RANCHETTE ESTATES.

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.

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LAT...LON 2666 9825 2677 9808 2667 9798 2662 9799
      2661 9792 2647 9778 2629 9802
TIME...MOT...LOC 1859Z 324DEG 27KT 2665 9812

TORRES

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 13, 2:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BRO	Starr	70 min
Oct 13, 2:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BRO	Hidalgo	79 min
Oct 13, 3:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BRO	Hidalgo	57 min
Oct 13, 3:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BRO	Hidalgo	51 min
Oct 13, 3:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BRO	Starr	49 min
Oct 13, 3:44 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BRO	Hidalgo, Starr	91 min
Oct 13, 4:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BRO	Jim Hogg	56 min
Oct 13, 4:05 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BRO	Jim Hogg	85 min
Oct 13, 4:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BRO	Starr	42 min
Oct 13, 5:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BRO	Zapata	40 min
Oct 13, 5:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BRO	Brooks	52 min
Oct 13, 5:12 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BRO	Brooks	93 min
Oct 13, 5:20 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BRO	Jim Hogg	85 min
Oct 13, 5:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BRO	Starr	38 min
Oct 13, 5:33 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BRO	Zapata	87 min
Oct 13, 5:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BRO	Brooks	38 min
Oct 13, 5:45 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BRO	Brooks	90 min

Nearby

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.