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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Brownsville, TX

September 9, 2018Hidalgo County, Texas

NWS Brownsville, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 9, 2018, 7:34 PM CDT for Hidalgo County, Texas. It was in force for 26 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
Sep 9, 2018, 7:34 PM CDT (00:34 UTC)
Expired
Sep 9, 2018, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Brownsville, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Hidalgo County, TX

The radar

The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:33 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

Brownsville Intl, TX (KBRO), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 94 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Brownsville Intl, TX at 00:00Z on 2018-09-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1304 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Brownsville Intl, TX at 00:00Z on 2018-09-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 3 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1304 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1155 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
29 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

741 
WUUS54 KBRO 100034
SVRBRO
TXC215-100100-
/O.NEW.KBRO.SV.W.0013.180910T0034Z-180910T0100Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Brownsville TX
734 PM CDT SUN SEP 9 2018

The National Weather Service in Brownsville has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  South central Hidalgo County in Deep South Texas...

* Until 800 PM CDT

* At 733 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over B.l. Gray
  Junior High School, or over Sharyland, and is nearly stationary.

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

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. 

* Locations impacted include...
  Hidalgo, South McAllen, South Pharr Elementary School, Granjero,
  Hidalgo Public Library, Garcia Elementary School, Madero,
  Orangewood East, Mission Regional Medical Center and Los Encinos
  Community Park.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 2610 9829 2611 9827 2612 9827 2612 9830
      2610 9830 2613 9833 2617 9834 2617 9835
      2615 9835 2616 9836 2616 9837 2618 9835
      2621 9831 2616 9819 2608 9822 2607 9825
TIME...MOT...LOC 0033Z 305DEG 3KT 2617 9829 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

SPEECE
2 follow-up statements
233 
WWUS54 KBRO 100047
SVSBRO

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Brownsville TX
747 PM CDT SUN SEP 9 2018

TXC215-100100-
/O.CON.KBRO.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-180910T0100Z/
Hidalgo TX-
747 PM CDT SUN SEP 9 2018

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL HIDALGO COUNTY...

At 746 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Los Encinos
Community Park, or near Hidalgo, moving southeast at 5 mph.

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

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. 

Locations impacted include...
Hidalgo, South McAllen, South Pharr Elementary School, Granjero,
Hidalgo Public Library, Garcia Elementary School, Madero, Orangewood
East, Mission Regional Medical Center and Los Encinos Community Park.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 2610 9829 2611 9827 2612 9827 2612 9830
      2610 9830 2613 9833 2617 9834 2617 9835
      2615 9835 2616 9836 2616 9837 2618 9835
      2621 9831 2616 9819 2608 9822 2607 9825
TIME...MOT...LOC 0046Z 321DEG 5KT 2615 9828 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

SPEECE
542 
WWUS54 KBRO 100104
SVSBRO

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Brownsville TX
804 PM CDT SUN SEP 9 2018

TXC215-100113-
/O.EXP.KBRO.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-180910T0100Z/
Hidalgo TX-
804 PM CDT SUN SEP 9 2018

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL HIDALGO COUNTY
HAS EXPIRED...
                
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 has been allowed to expire.  

However small hail, gusty winds and very heavy rain are still 
possible with this thunderstorm across the South McAllen and Hidalgo 
areas.

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

LAT...LON 2610 9829 2611 9827 2612 9827 2612 9830
      2610 9830 2613 9833 2617 9834 2617 9835
      2615 9835 2616 9836 2616 9837 2618 9835
      2621 9831 2616 9819 2608 9822 2607 9825
TIME...MOT...LOC 0103Z 305DEG 3KT 2614 9827 

$$

SPEECE

The office that day

Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 9, 7:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROHidalgo57 min
Sep 9, 7:25 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningBROHidalgo110 min
Sep 9, 8:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROHidalgo65 min
Sep 9, 9:15 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningBROHidalgo90 min
Sep 9, 9:38 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBROStarr, Zapata112 min
Sep 9, 10:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROJim Hogg, Starr, Zapata63 min
Sep 9, 11:26 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBROJim Hogg, Starr, Zapata94 min
Sep 10, 1:19 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBROBrooks, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg86 min
Sep 10, 2:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROHidalgo43 min
Sep 10, 6:46 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBROHidalgo89 min

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.