Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Brownsville, TX

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Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Brownsville TX
1200 AM CDT MON MAY 29 2017

TXC247-505-290530-
/O.CON.KBRO.SV.W.0040.000000T0000Z-170529T0530Z/
Jim Hogg TX-Zapata TX-
1200 AM CDT MON MAY 29 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN JIM HOGG AND ZAPATA COUNTIES...

At 1155 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from NEAR Thompsonville to NEAR Guerra to New Falcon,
moving southeast at 30 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES...INCLUDING CRACKED WINDSHIELDS AND 
         MINOR EXTERIOR DENTS CAN EXPECTED. SOME DAMAGE TO CROPS AND 
         TREES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT MINOR WIND DAMAGE TO MOBILE 
         HOMES...SOME ROOFS...SIDING AND SOME FENCES. TREE LIMBS 
         WILL BLOW DOWN AND SMALL TREES WILL BE UPROOTED. DAMAGE TO 
         POWER LINES AND SOME POWER POLES IS EXPECTED. 

Locations impacted include...
Zapata, Lopeno, Bustamante, Medina, Zapata High School, Zapata County
Fire Department, Escobas, Zapata Middle School, Siesta Shores and
Zapata County Public Library.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Prepare immediately for large hail and deadly cloud to ground
lightning. Seek shelter inside a well-built structure. Stay away from
windows.

Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms.
Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading
killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to
be struck by lightning.

&&

LAT...LON 2726 9931 2726 9882 2723 9882 2724 9880
      2667 9908 2669 9921 2672 9921 2675 9924
      2679 9924 2685 9927 2686 9929 2687 9932
      2692 9932 2693 9934 2694 9934 2696 9932
      2717 9932
TIME...MOT...LOC 0455Z 294DEG 27KT 2724 9887 2693 9894 2666 9910 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

53-Schroeder

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Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Brownsville TX
1230 AM CDT MON MAY 29 2017

TXC247-505-290539-
/O.EXP.KBRO.SV.W.0040.000000T0000Z-170529T0530Z/
Jim Hogg TX-Zapata TX-
1230 AM CDT MON MAY 29 2017

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN JIM HOGG AND
ZAPATA COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1230 AM CDT...
    
The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the area.
Therefore the warning will be allowed to expire.

A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 300 AM CDT for
Deep South Texas.

To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
Brownsville.

LAT...LON 2726 9931 2726 9882 2723 9882 2724 9880
      2667 9908 2669 9921 2672 9921 2675 9924
      2679 9924 2685 9927 2686 9929 2687 9932
      2692 9932 2693 9934 2694 9934 2696 9932
      2717 9932
TIME...MOT...LOC 0529Z 247DEG 28KT 2734 9861 2703 9868 2676 9885 

$$

53-Schroeder

Area Forecast Discussion...UPDATED
National Weather Service Brownsville TX
644 PM CDT Sun May 28 2017

.DISCUSSION...Updated for latest aviation discussion below.
&&

.AVIATION...No major adjustments needed to the previous suite of
TAFs. Relevant portion of previous discussion follows:

MVFR cigs return this evening before midnight as surface inversion
strengthens temporarily. Continued to mention thunderstorms
towards sunrise Monday with models suggesting convection from the
Sierra Madre holding together and approaching the air terminals.
Additional convection is expected Monday morning and afternoon
with tempo to prevailing showers or thunderstorms anticipated.
&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /issued 303 PM CDT Sun May 28 2017/

SHORT TERM (Now through Monday Night): To say the least it is
hot once again across the CWA with the Heat Advisory working out
well with temperatures and dew points peaking out ahead of a weak
cold front approaching South Central Texas. The front is expected
to pull up stationary tonight remaining north of Deep South Texas.
Ingredients remain in place or will be in place for a potential
widespread rain event commencing later tonight and persisting
through Monday evening. Convection is expected to fire over the
Sierra Madre this evening and track east-southeast while tapping
into high instability and combining with increasing upper
divergence as an upper jet max 100kt dips southward. In addition
Hi-Res models indicate moisture convergence along the front
initiating another potential cluster of thunderstorms over South
Central Texas and along the Coastal Bend tracking south into Deep
South Texas. In a nut shell, most if not all models including the
Hi-res solutions all indicate substantial pockets of convection,
some heavy, impacting the region the next 12-36 hours. QPF values
continue to range 2-3+ inches but pockets of heavier rainfall is
possible. We remain in a marginal risk for flash flooding but the
ground will be able to take in a lot of water due to the recent
dry spell. However the more persistent heavier thunderstorms will
be capable of producing torrential downpours with our pwats
expected to increase near 2.25+ inches which is above the 90
percentile. As for severe thunderstorms SPC keep our region in a
Marginal outlook with high instability due to the excessive heat
and dew points but weak shear may inhibit substantial severe
thunderstorms. As has been mentioned can not rule out an isolated
storm that would produce one inch hail and winds in excess of 50
mph. Temperatures will be our least worrisome weather element as
they will trend slightly below normal with the increased cloud
cover and rainfall.

LONG TERM (Tuesday through Sunday): A 500mb trough across
northwest Tuesday and Wednesday moving eastward across west Texas
and northern Mexico Thursday will continued to provide unsettled
weather across portions of south Texas through the rest of the
week as low to mid level moisture remains high across the area and
across the western Gulf of Mexico. Some drier air is expected to
move into the Rio Grande valley and the northern ranchlands
towards the end of the week into the weekend. Will keep a chance
of showers and thunderstorms Tuesday through Thursday before rain
chances diminish Friday into Saturday.

MARINE (Now through Monday night): Conditions at Buoy 42020 at 2 pm
show southeast winds at around 12 knots and seas around 4 feet.
Pressure gradient to remain relaxed as a weak cold front over South
Central Texas becomes stationary tonight just north of the Lower
Texas Coastal waters. A light to occasionally moderate southeast to
east wind and slight seas to persist through Monday night.  Showers
and thunderstorms develop sometime tonight possible becoming
widespread Monday morning and into the afternoon.  Some of the
storms will produce heavy rain, gusty winds and occasional
lightning.

Tuesday through Friday...Light east to southeast  winds will
prevail across the coastal waters Tuesday with surface high
pressure across the southeast United States and low pressure
across west Texas. The pressure gradient will increase slightly
across the lower TX coast Wednesday. Moderate east to southeast
winds will prevail across the western Gulf of Mexico Wednesday and
Thursday before the pressure gradient weakens Friday. Light to
moderate south to southeast winds are expected to prevail across
the lower TX coast Friday.
&&

.BRO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...None.
&&

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Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED
National Weather Service Brownsville TX
749 PM CDT Sun May 28 2017

TXZ248>257-292100-
Zapata-Jim Hogg-Brooks-Kenedy-Starr-Hidalgo-Inland Willacy-
Inland Cameron-Coastal Willacy-Coastal Cameron-
749 PM CDT Sun May 28 2017

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of Deep South
Texas.

.DAY ONE...REST OF Tonight

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ZAPATA...STARR...
JIM HOGG...AND BROOKS COUNTIES UNTIL 3 AM CDT MONDAY DUE TO THE
POTENTIAL FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL...
DAMAGING WINDS...AND HEAVY RAINFALL WITH FLASH FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday

AN ELEVATED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IS POSSIBLE AT THE BEACHES OF
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND AT BOCA CHICA BEACH THROUGH THE ENTIRE
FORECAST PERIOD.

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS...SOME POSSIBLY STRONG TO
SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND HEAVY RAINFALL WITH
FLASH FLOODING...ARE EXPECTED FOR MONDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ANY OBSERVATIONS OF LARGE HAIL...STRONG WINDS WITH DAMAGE...AND
FLASH FLOODING TONIGHT AND MONDAY SHOULD BE REPORTED TO LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AND THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BROWNSVILLE.

GMZ130-132-135-150-155-170-175-292100-
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-
749 PM CDT Sun May 28 2017

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of The Gulf of
Mexico and The Laguna Madre.

.DAY ONE...REST OF Tonight

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES MAY BE NEEDED FOR PORTIONS OR ALL OF THE
LOWER TEXAS COASTAL WATERS WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

TOMASELLI

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Brownsville TX
1043 PM CDT SUN MAY 28 2017

TXZ248-290445-
Zapata TX-
1043 PM CDT SUN MAY 28 2017

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN ZAPATA COUNTY UNTIL
1145 PM CDT...

At 1042 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from NEAR Laredo Community College to 22 miles west
of Falcon Dam. Movement was east at 10 mph.

Nickel size hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
these storms.

Locations impacted include...
Medina, Zapata County Airport, Las Palmas, Zapata High School and
Zapata--Medina.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

&&

A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 300 AM CDT for
Deep South Texas.

LAT...LON 2709 9943 2711 9944 2713 9943 2715 9944
      2716 9943 2718 9943 2727 9945 2732 9937
      2727 9933 2727 9919 2693 9918 2692 9933
      2693 9937 2696 9939 2698 9938 2702 9942
      2701 9943 2702 9945 2706 9945
TIME...MOT...LOC 0342Z 269DEG 8KT 2743 9952 2653 9951

53-Schroeder