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Special Weather Statement, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this special weather statement at Oct 11, 2018, 6:51 AM CDT for Willacy County, Texas. It was in force for 39 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 11, 2018, 6:51 AM CDT (11:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 11, 2018, 7:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
County Willacy County, TX
The radar
The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:51 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, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 65 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
- 1789 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 902 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>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 11, 6:49 AM CDT, 2 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 11, 6:49 AM CDT, 2 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Brownsville TX 546 AM CDT Thu Oct 11 2018 TXZ248>257-351-353-112100- Zapata-Jim Hogg-Brooks-Inland Kenedy-Starr-Southern Hidalgo- Inland Willacy-Inland Cameron-Coastal Willacy-Coastal Cameron- Coastal Kenedy-Northern Hidalgo- 546 AM CDT Thu Oct 11 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of Deep South Texas. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight A Coastal Flood Advisory is in effect until 7 AM this morning and High Surf Advisory is in effect until 1 PM today for all coastal areas of Deep South Texas. There is a High Risk of rip currents at the beaches of South Padre Island and Boca Chica State Park. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday An elevated risk of rip currents is expected to continue at the local beaches on Friday and may return for Monday and Tuesday. Monday night through Tuesday: Heavy rainfall will increase the potential for urban and poor drainage flooding, especially across the Rio Grande Valley. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed. GMZ130-132-135-150-155-170-175-112100- 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- 546 AM CDT Thu Oct 11 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of The Gulf of Mexico and The Laguna Madre. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight No hazardous weather is expected. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday Small Craft Advisories may be needed on Saturday and Saturday night and again on Monday night and Tuesday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed. 53
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Oct 11, 6:13 AM CDT, 38 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Brownsville TX
613 AM CDT THU OCT 11 2018
TXZ254>256-111200-
Coastal Willacy TX-Inland Willacy TX-Inland Cameron TX-
613 AM CDT THU OCT 11 2018
...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...
At 612 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Rio Hondo Elementary School, or near Rio Hondo, moving north at 10
mph.
Half inch hail and winds in excess of 30 mph will be possible with
this storm.
Locations impacted include...
Rio Hondo, Arroyo City, San Perlita, Porfirio, Rio Hondo Elementary
School, Rio Hondo High School, Willamar, Santa Monica, San Perlita
High School and Rio Hondo City Hall.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
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LAT...LON 2621 9744 2622 9764 2652 9768 2651 9744
2648 9745 2649 9744 2646 9744 2647 9745
2645 9746 2644 9745 2646 9745 2645 9744
2641 9744 2641 9745 2633 9744 2632 9745
2629 9744
TIME...MOT...LOC 1112Z 180DEG 10KT 2629 9754
53-SchroederSpecial weather statement, Oct 11, 6:51 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 11, 5:53 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Cameron, Willacy | 82 min |
| Oct 11, 6:13 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Willacy | 47 min |
| Oct 11, 6:21 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | BRO | 39 min | |
| Oct 11, 11:39 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Cameron | 3 hr |
| Oct 11, 1:35 PM CDT | Coastal Flood Statement | BRO | Kenedy | 8 hr |
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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.