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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 2017, 9:49 PM CDT for Kenedy County, Texas. It was in force for 41 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
- Jun 4, 2017, 9:49 PM CDT (02:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 2017, 10:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Kenedy County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 69 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
- 1657 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -44 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1219 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted.
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WUUS54 KBRO 050249
SVRBRO
TXC261-050330-
/O.NEW.KBRO.SV.W.0049.170605T0249Z-170605T0330Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Brownsville TX
949 PM CDT SUN JUN 4 2017
The National Weather Service in Brownsville has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northwestern Kenedy County in Deep South Texas...
* Until 1030 PM CDT
* At 948 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located NEAR Riviera, or 9
miles northwest of Sarita, moving southeast at 25 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...
Sarita and Kenedy County Sheriffs Office.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 2726 9773 2727 9771 2728 9765 2724 9763
2724 9761 2710 9768 2707 9781 2723 9795
2724 9792 2724 9786 2725 9785 2725 9782
2727 9781 2727 9780 2728 9779 2728 9776
TIME...MOT...LOC 0248Z 295DEG 22KT 2734 9788
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
GB3 follow-up statements
776
WWUS54 KBRO 050306
SVSBRO
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Brownsville TX
1006 PM CDT SUN JUN 4 2017
TXC261-050330-
/O.CON.KBRO.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-170605T0330Z/
Kenedy TX-
1006 PM CDT SUN JUN 4 2017
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN KENEDY COUNTY...
At 1004 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located OVER Riviera, or
NEAR Sarita, moving southeast at 25 mph. This intense storm is
crossing into Kenedy county will be moving over Highway 285 and U.S.
77 by 1015 pm.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES...INCLUDING CRACKED WINDSHIELDS AND
MINOR EXTERIOR DENTS CAN EXPECTED. SOME DAMAGE TO CROPS AND
TREES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT MINOR WIND DAMAGE TO MOBILE
HOMES...SOME ROOFS...SIDING AND SOME FENCES. TREE LIMBS
WILL BLOW DOWN AND SMALL TREES WILL BE UPROOTED. DAMAGE TO
POWER LINES AND SOME POWER POLES IS EXPECTED.
Locations impacted include...
Sarita and Kenedy County Sheriffs Office.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading
killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to
be struck by lightning.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 2726 9773 2727 9771 2728 9765 2724 9763
2724 9761 2710 9768 2707 9781 2723 9795
2724 9792 2724 9786 2725 9785 2725 9782
2727 9781 2727 9780 2728 9779 2728 9776
TIME...MOT...LOC 0304Z 295DEG 22KT 2730 9778
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
GB714
WWUS54 KBRO 050322
SVSBRO
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Brownsville TX
1022 PM CDT SUN JUN 4 2017
TXC261-050330-
/O.CON.KBRO.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-170605T0330Z/
Kenedy TX-
1022 PM CDT SUN JUN 4 2017
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN KENEDY COUNTY...
At 1021 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located OVER Riviera Beach,
or 8 miles east of Sarita, moving southeast at 25 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...
Sarita and Kenedy County Sheriffs Office.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
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.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 2726 9773 2727 9771 2728 9765 2724 9763
2724 9761 2710 9768 2707 9781 2723 9795
2724 9792 2724 9786 2725 9785 2725 9782
2727 9781 2727 9780 2728 9779 2728 9776
TIME...MOT...LOC 0321Z 295DEG 22KT 2725 9767
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
GB068
WWUS54 KBRO 050329
SVSBRO
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Brownsville TX
1029 PM CDT SUN JUN 4 2017
TXC261-050339-
/O.EXP.KBRO.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-170605T0330Z/
Kenedy TX-
1029 PM CDT SUN JUN 4 2017
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN KENEDY COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 1030 PM CDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore the warning will be allowed to expire. However small hail
and gusty winds are still possible with this thunderstorm as it
passes east of Sarita and Highway 77.
LAT...LON 2726 9773 2727 9771 2728 9765 2724 9763
2724 9761 2710 9768 2707 9781 2723 9795
2724 9792 2724 9786 2725 9785 2725 9782
2727 9781 2727 9780 2728 9779 2728 9776
TIME...MOT...LOC 0329Z 295DEG 22KT 2724 9764
$$
GBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 8:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Brooks | 24 min |
| Jun 4, 10:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Brooks | 46 min |
| Jun 4, 10:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Brooks | 39 min |
| Jun 4, 11:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Brooks | 28 min |
| Jun 4, 11:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Brooks | 33 min |
| Jun 4, 11:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Kenedy | 25 min |
| Jun 4, 11:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Kenedy | 31 min |
| Jun 5, 12:10 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | BRO | 65 min | |
| Jun 5, 1:14 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | BRO | 46 min | |
| Jun 5, 6:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Brooks | 37 min |
| Jun 5, 7:01 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Brooks | 44 min |
| Jun 5, 7:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Brooks | 44 min |
| Jun 5, 7:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Brooks, Hidalgo, Kenedy | 33 min |
| Jun 5, 7:55 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Willacy | 50 min |
| Jun 5, 8:38 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Cameron | 52 min |
| Jun 5, 2:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Brooks | 44 min |
| Jun 5, 2:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Hidalgo | 41 min |
| Jun 5, 3:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Brooks | 45 min |
| Jun 5, 3:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Jim Hogg | 38 min |
| Jun 5, 3:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Hidalgo, Willacy | 28 min |
| Jun 5, 3:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Kenedy | 44 min |
| Jun 5, 3:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Brooks | 34 min |
| Jun 5, 3:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Brooks | 28 min |
| Jun 5, 3:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Jim Hogg | 40 min |
| Jun 5, 3:59 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Brooks | 91 min |
| Jun 5, 4:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Brooks | 69 min |
| Jun 5, 4:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Kenedy | 78 min |
| Jun 5, 4:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Brooks | 31 min |
| Jun 5, 4:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Starr | 27 min |
| Jun 5, 4:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Kenedy, Willacy | 44 min |
| Jun 5, 4:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Jim Hogg | 51 min |
| Jun 5, 4:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Cameron | 34 min |
| Jun 5, 4:59 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | BRO | 46 min | |
| Jun 5, 5:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Cameron, Willacy | 36 min |
| Jun 5, 5:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Hidalgo | 34 min |
| Jun 5, 5:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Cameron | 26 min |
| Jun 5, 5:38 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | BRO | 52 min | |
| Jun 5, 5:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Cameron | 23 min |
| Jun 5, 6:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Starr | 60 min |
| Jun 5, 6:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Starr | 24 min |
| Jun 5, 6:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Hidalgo | 27 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.