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Special Weather Statement, NWS Brownsville, TX

March 9, 2016Cameron County, Texas

NWS Brownsville, TX issued this special weather statement at Mar 9, 2016, 3:37 PM CST for Cameron County, Texas. It was in force for 53 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, 3:37 PM CST (21:37 UTC)
Expired: Mar 9, 2016, 4:30 PM CST
In force: 53 min
Issued by: NWS Brownsville, TX

County Cameron County, TX

The radar

The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 156 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1989 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -73 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 647 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 116 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 172 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.7
Supercell composite: 8.3

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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 9, 3:12 PM CST, 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 9, 3:12 PM CST, 25 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 9, 4:27 AM CST, 11 hours 10 minutes 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, 9:50 AM CST, 5 hours 47 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 9, 10:08 AM CST, 5 hours 29 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 9, 3:37 PM CST, 0 minutes before

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The 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, 5:28 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	BRO	Hidalgo	47 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

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.