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Special Weather Statement, NWS Brownsville, TX

March 9, 2016Hidalgo County, Texas

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.

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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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 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, Mar 9, 4:27 AM CST, 1 hour 1 minute before
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.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 9, 12:44 AM CST, 4 hours 44 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Mar 9, 5:28 AM CST, 0 minutes before
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

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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, 12:44 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementBROStarr31 min
Mar 9, 1:14 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROJim Hogg, Starr31 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.