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Special Weather Statement, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this special weather statement at May 18, 2016, 4:45 AM CDT for Cameron County, Texas. It was in force for 60 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
- May 18, 2016, 4:45 AM CDT (09:45 UTC)
- Expired
- May 18, 2016, 5:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
County Cameron County, TX
The radar
The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:50 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, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 183 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
- 864 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -182 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1374 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -1.7
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 May 18, 4:34 AM CDT, 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 18, 4:34 AM CDT, 11 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 440 AM CDT WED MAY 18 2016 TXZ248>257-190945- ZAPATA-JIM HOGG-BROOKS-KENEDY-STARR-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY- INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 440 AM CDT WED MAY 18 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A FEW STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE LOWER TEXAS COAST TODAY AND TONIGHT...PRODUCING STRONG DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. GMZ130-132-135-150-155-170-175-190945- 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- 440 AM CDT WED MAY 18 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE GULF OF MEXICO AND THE LAGUNA MADRE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE WILL BE A MARGINAL RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND FLASH FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THERE WILL BE A MARGINAL RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY... WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND FLASH FLOODING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT.
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Special weather statement, May 18, 12:51 AM CDT, 3 hours 54 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Brooks, Jim Hogg | 63 min |
| May 17, 7:37 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Jim Hogg | 98 min |
| May 17, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Jim Hogg | 37 min |
| May 17, 8:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Jim Hogg, Zapata | 88 min |
| May 17, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Brooks, Jim Hogg | 90 min |
| May 17, 8:33 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Brooks, Jim Hogg | 87 min |
| May 17, 9:12 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Jim Hogg | 93 min |
| May 17, 9:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Brooks, Jim Hogg, Starr, Zapata | 61 min |
| May 17, 9:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Zapata | 58 min |
| May 17, 10:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Brooks | 42 min |
| May 17, 10:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Zapata | 59 min |
| May 17, 10:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Brooks | 43 min |
| May 17, 10:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Brooks | 51 min |
| May 17, 10:59 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Zapata | 2 hr |
| May 17, 11:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Starr, Zapata | 57 min |
| May 17, 11:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Jim Hogg | 41 min |
| May 17, 11:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Kenedy | 53 min |
| May 17, 11:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Starr | 55 min |
| May 18, 12:00 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Starr | 3 hr |
| May 18, 12:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Hidalgo | 59 min |
| May 18, 12:51 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Starr | 54 min |
| May 18, 1:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Starr | 26 min |
| May 18, 3:35 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Hidalgo | 55 min |
| May 18, 4:04 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Hidalgo | 56 min |
| May 18, 12:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Zapata | 58 min |
| May 18, 12:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Zapata | 61 min |
| May 18, 1:21 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Zapata | 84 min |
| May 18, 1:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Jim Hogg, Starr | 49 min |
| May 18, 2:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Brooks, Jim Hogg, Starr | 38 min |
| May 18, 2:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Brooks, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Starr | 46 min |
| May 18, 3:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Brooks, Hidalgo, Kenedy | 49 min |
| May 18, 3:38 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | BRO | Brooks, Cameron, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Kenedy, Starr and 2 more | 30 hr |
| May 18, 3:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Kenedy, Willacy | 42 min |
| May 18, 3:49 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | BRO | 86 min | |
| May 18, 4:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Kenedy | 59 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.