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Special Weather Statement, NWS Brownsville, TX

March 9, 2016Starr County, Texas

NWS Brownsville, TX issued this special weather statement at Mar 9, 2016, 12:44 AM CST for Starr County, Texas. It was in force for 31 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
Mar 9, 2016, 12:44 AM CST (06:44 UTC)
Expired
Mar 9, 2016, 1:15 AM CST
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Brownsville, TX

County Starr County, TX

The radar

The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 160 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 210 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2016-03-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2133 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2016-03-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -50 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
2133 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-139 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
929 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-50 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-30 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
2.1

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The text

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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 Mar 8, 11:20 PM CST, 1 hour 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 8, 11:20 PM CST, 1 hour 24 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 8, 7:16 PM CST, 5 hours 28 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
716 PM CST TUE MAR 8 2016

TXZ248>257-092100-
ZAPATA-JIM HOGG-BROOKS-KENEDY-STARR-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY-
INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON-
716 PM CST TUE MAR 8 2016

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

.DAY ONE...REST OF TONIGHT

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF DEEP SOUTH
TEXAS AND THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY UNTIL 2 AM CST WEDNESDAY. SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS...FEATURING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...ISOLATED
TORNADOES...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WITH FLOODING...ARE
EXPECTED.

THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE BEACHES OF SOUTH PADRE
ISLAND AND AT BOCA CHICA BEACH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

AN ELEVATED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IS LIKELY AT THE LOCAL BEACHES
WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY
NIGHT. A STRONG OR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CANNOT BE RULED OUT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS SHOULD REPORT ANY OBSERVATIONS OF LARGE HAIL...STRONG
WINDS AND WIND DAMAGE...ISOLATED TORNADOES...AND FLOODING FROM
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BROWNSVILLE.

GMZ130-132-135-150-155-170-175-092100-
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-
716 PM CST TUE MAR 8 2016

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

.DAY ONE...REST OF TONIGHT

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE LAGUNA MADRE
UNTIL 2 AM CST WEDNESDAY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...FEATURING LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND ISOLATED WATERSPOUTS...ARE EXPECTED.

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO WATERS
EAST OF PADRE ISLAND FROM 0 TO 60 NAUTICAL MILES OFFSHORE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO WATERS EAST OF
PADRE ISLAND FROM 0 TO 60 NAUTICAL MILES OFFSHORE WILL REMAIN IN
EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY.

ADDITIONAL SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES ARE LIKELY ALONG THE LOWER TEXAS
COAST WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...AND AGAIN ON SUNDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

MARINERS SHOULD REPORT ANY OBSERVATIONS OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING
WINDS...AND WATERSPOUTS TO THE UNITED STATES COAST GUARD AND THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BROWNSVILLE.

In the hours before

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 8, 7:31 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROZapata20 min
Mar 8, 7:36 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementBROStarr39 min
Mar 8, 10:12 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementBROStarr48 min
Mar 8, 10:43 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementBROJim Hogg32 min
Mar 9, 1:14 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROJim Hogg, Starr31 min
Mar 9, 5:28 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementBROHidalgo47 min
Mar 9, 5:50 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementBROZapata40 min
Mar 9, 6:15 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementBROZapata45 min
Mar 9, 6:23 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementBROHidalgo37 min
Mar 9, 7:13 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementBROBrooks47 min
Mar 9, 8:27 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementBROHidalgo63 min
Mar 9, 9:20 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementBROZapata55 min
Mar 9, 9:50 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementBROJim Hogg40 min
Mar 9, 10:08 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementBROHidalgo52 min
Mar 9, 10:42 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementBROWillacy48 min
Mar 9, 12:09 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningBRO66 min
Mar 9, 1:11 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningBRO49 min
Mar 9, 2:14 PM CSTSmall Craft Advisory for Hazardous SeasBRO40 hr
Mar 9, 3:37 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementBROCameron53 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.