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Special Weather Statement, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this special weather statement at Mar 10, 2016, 6:12 PM CST for Starr County, Texas. It was in force for 48 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 10, 2016, 6:12 PM CST (00:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 10, 2016, 7:00 PM CST
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
County Starr County, TX
The radar
The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Brownsville Intl, TX (KBRO), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 140 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
- 149 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 842 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 76 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -122 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted.
704
WWUS84 KBRO 110012
SPSBRO
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
612 PM CST THU MAR 10 2016
TXZ252-110100-
STARR TX-
612 PM CST THU MAR 10 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL STARR AND WESTERN HIDALGO
COUNTIES UNTIL 700 PM CST...
AT 612 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
LA VICTORIA...OR 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF GARCIASVILLE...MOVING NORTHWEST
AT 20 MPH.
PEA SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RIO GRANDE CITY...SULLIVAN CITY...GARCIASVILLE...EL SAUZ...LA GRULLA...
GRULLA MIDDLE SCHOOL...LA PUERTA...SANTA CRUZ...LAS LOMAS AND ALTO
BONITO.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
&&
LAT...LON 2624 9868 2626 9868 2627 9872 2628 9870
2629 9871 2629 9872 2630 9873 2630 9875
2631 9875 2631 9874 2633 9875 2633 9878
2637 9880 2637 9883 2656 9890 2667 9858
2642 9850 2632 9855 2623 9867
TIME...MOT...LOC 0012Z 156DEG 16KT 2641 9862
$$
TOMASELLIThe office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 6:03 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Brooks | 42 min |
| Mar 10, 6:43 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Starr | 62 min |
| Mar 10, 6:46 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Starr | 44 min |
| Mar 10, 7:07 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Starr | 2 hr |
| Mar 10, 7:55 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Hidalgo, Starr | 95 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.