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Special Weather Statement, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this special weather statement at Mar 9, 2016, 5:28 AM CST for Hidalgo County, Texas. It was in force for 47 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, 5:28 AM CST (11:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 9, 2016, 6:15 AM CST
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
County Hidalgo County, TX
The radar
The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:31 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, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 185 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
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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 9, 4:11 AM CST, 1 hour 17 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 9, 4:11 AM CST, 1 hour 17 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 427 AM CST WED MAR 9 2016 TXZ248>257-101030- ZAPATA-JIM HOGG-BROOKS-KENEDY-STARR-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY- INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 427 AM CST WED MAR 9 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE BEACHES OF SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND AT BOCA CHICA BEACH. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT. A STRONG OR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CANNOT BE RULED OUT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY AN ELEVATED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL BE LIKELY AT THE LOCAL BEACHES WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. GMZ130-132-135-150-155-170-175-101030- 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- 427 AM CST WED MAR 9 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE GULF OF MEXICO AND THE LAGUNA MADRE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT 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...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO WATERS EAST OF PADRE ISLAND FROM 0 TO 60 NAUTICAL MILES OFFSHORE WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
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Special weather statement, Mar 9, 12:44 AM CST, 4 hours 44 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
528 AM CST WED MAR 9 2016
TXZ251-253-254-091215-
INLAND WILLACY TX-KENEDY TX-HIDALGO TX-
528 AM CST WED MAR 9 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR 50 MPH WINDS AND HAILFOR
SOUTHWESTERN KENEDY...SOUTHEASTERN BROOKS...CENTRAL HIDALGO AND
NORTHWESTERN WILLACY COUNTIES UNTIL 615 AM CST...
AT 525 AM CST...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING SEVERAL STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS...ONE MOVING WEST OF EDINBURG AND ANOTHER
CROSSINGTHERIO GRANDE NORTH OF REYNOSA TAMAULIPAS. THE
STORMS WERE RACING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.
HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EDINBURG...MISSION...PHARR...SAN JUAN...HIDALGO...PALMHURST...FAYSVILLE...
LINN...NORTH MCALLEN AND SHARYLAND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
ANY STRONG WINDS MAY CAUSE MINOR DAMAGE TO POORLY BUILT
ROOFS...TREES AND FENCES...AND UNFASTENED LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND WILL
BRIEFLY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN ONE MILE.
&&
LAT...LON 2610 9829 2612 9827 2612 9829 2611 9830
2610 9830 2614 9834 2617 9834 2615 9835
2617 9836 2616 9837 2616 9839 2617 9840
2678 9807 2678 9798 2689 9799 2677 9774
2608 9822 2607 9825
TIME...MOT...LOC 1125Z 209DEG 56KT 2615 9830
52/BSGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 7:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Zapata | 20 min |
| Mar 8, 7:36 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Starr | 39 min |
| Mar 8, 10:12 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Starr | 48 min |
| Mar 8, 10:43 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Jim Hogg | 32 min |
| Mar 9, 12:44 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Starr | 31 min |
| Mar 9, 1:14 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Jim Hogg, Starr | 31 min |
| Mar 9, 5:50 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Zapata | 40 min |
| Mar 9, 6:15 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Zapata | 45 min |
| Mar 9, 6:23 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Hidalgo | 37 min |
| Mar 9, 7:13 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Brooks | 47 min |
| Mar 9, 8:27 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Hidalgo | 63 min |
| Mar 9, 9:20 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Zapata | 55 min |
| Mar 9, 9:50 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Jim Hogg | 40 min |
| Mar 9, 10:08 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Hidalgo | 52 min |
| Mar 9, 10:42 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Willacy | 48 min |
| Mar 9, 12:09 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | BRO | 66 min | |
| Mar 9, 1:11 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | BRO | 49 min | |
| Mar 9, 2:14 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | BRO | 40 hr | |
| Mar 9, 3:37 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Cameron | 53 min |
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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.