Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Brownsville, TX

Issued

Mar 9, 2016, 1:14 AM CST (07:14 UTC)

Expired

Mar 9, 2016, 1:45 AM CST

In force

31 min

Issued by

NWS Brownsville, TX

Area

Storm-based polygon

Hail

1.0 in

Wind

60.0 mph

Counties Jim Hogg County, TX, Starr County, TX

The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 160 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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998 
WUUS54 KBRO 090714
SVRBRO
TXC247-427-090745-
/O.NEW.KBRO.SV.W.0002.160309T0714Z-160309T0745Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
114 AM CST WED MAR 9 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE  HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN STARR COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN JIM HOGG COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS...

* UNTIL 145 AM CST

* AT 113 AM CST...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM EL SAUZ TO 10 MILES NORTH OF STARR COUNTY SHERIFFS
  OFFICE TO RIO GRANDE CITY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  55 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES...INCLUDING CRACKED WINDSHIELDS 
           AND MINOR EXTERIOR DENTS CAN EXPECTED. SOME DAMAGE TO 
           CROPS AND TREES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT MINOR WIND DAMAGE TO 
           MOBILE HOMES...SOME ROOFS...SIDING AND SOME FENCES. TREE 
           LIMBS WILL BLOW DOWN AND SMALL TREES WILL BE UPROOTED. 
           DAMAGE TO POWER LINES AND SOME POWER POLES IS EXPECTED. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  EL SAUZ...AGUA NUEVA AND VIBORAS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE OUTSIDE
SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. 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.

&&

LAT...LON 2712 9868 2698 9853 2692 9851 2676 9865
      2647 9880 2644 9882 2645 9886 2648 9899
TIME...MOT...LOC 0713Z 209DEG 46KT 2657 9886 2653 9882 2648 9880 2642
9885

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

52/BSG

371 
WWUS54 KBRO 090732
SVSBRO

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
132 AM CST WED MAR 9 2016

TXC247-427-090745-
/O.CON.KBRO.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160309T0745Z/
STARR TX-JIM HOGG TX-
132 AM CST WED MAR 9 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 AM CST
FOR NORTH CENTRAL STARR AND SOUTH CENTRAL JIM HOGG COUNTIES...

AT 130 AM CST...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR VIBORAS TO 13 MILES WEST OF LA GLORIA TO 9 MILES
WEST OF SANTA CATARINA TO NEAR EL SAUZ...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.  PENNY SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED NEAR LA
ROSITA ALONG THE RIO GRANDE AT 114 AM. 

SOURCE...PUBLIC. 

IMPACT...EXPECT MINOR DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES...SOME ROOFS...SIDING 
         AND SOME FENCES. TREE LIMBS WILL BLOW DOWN AND SMALL TREES 
         WILL BE UPROOTED. DAMAGE TO POWER LINES AND SOME POWER 
         POLES IS EXPECTED. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
VIBORAS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE OUTSIDE
SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING
KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO
BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

&&

LAT...LON 2693 9872 2689 9860 2684 9858 2676 9865
      2647 9880 2654 9879 2654 9882 2669 9884
TIME...MOT...LOC 0730Z 208DEG 47KT 2668 9879 2664 9875 2662 9873 2653
9878

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

52/BSG

220 
WWUS54 KBRO 090740
SVSBRO

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
140 AM CST WED MAR 9 2016

TXC247-427-090749-
/O.EXP.KBRO.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160309T0745Z/
STARR TX-JIM HOGG TX-
140 AM CST WED MAR 9 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL STARR AND SOUTH
CENTRAL JIM HOGG COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 145 AM CST...
    
THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS. THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER
GUSTY WINDS BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THESE
THUNDERSTORMS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CST FOR
CENTRAL TEXAS.

LAT...LON 2693 9872 2689 9860 2684 9858 2676 9865
      2647 9880 2654 9879 2654 9882 2669 9884
TIME...MOT...LOC 0732Z 209DEG 46KT 2668 9879 2664 9875 2662 9873 2653
9878

$$

52/BSG

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