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Special Weather Statement, NWS Brownsville, TX

October 10, 2018Willacy County, Texas

NWS Brownsville, TX issued this special weather statement at Oct 10, 2018, 4:14 PM CDT for Willacy County, Texas. It was in force for 61 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: Oct 10, 2018, 4:14 PM CDT (21:14 UTC)
Expired: Oct 10, 2018, 5:15 PM CDT
In force: 61 min
Issued by: NWS Brownsville, TX

County Willacy County, TX

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

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 Oct 10, 2:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 10, 2:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 10, 4:59 AM CDT, 11 hours 15 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 10, 4:14 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 9, 10:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BRO	Brooks	25 min
Oct 9, 11:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BRO	Kenedy	27 min
Oct 10, 12:07 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	BRO		53 min
Oct 10, 1:35 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BRO	Zapata	85 min
Oct 10, 4:23 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BRO	Brooks	37 min
Oct 10, 4:49 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BRO	Brooks	41 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.