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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 17, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 2019, 12:17 PM CDT for Hidalgo County, Texas. It was in force for 15 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 14, 2019, 12:17 PM CDT (17:17 UTC)
- Expired
- May 14, 2019, 12:32 PM CDT
- In force
- 15 min
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Hidalgo County, TX
The radar
The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDLF), launched 12:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 421 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
- 481 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 785 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 114 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 1.9
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 14, 6:32 AM CDT, 5 hours 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 14, 6:32 AM CDT, 5 hours 45 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Brownsville TX 431 AM CDT Tue May 14 2019 TXZ248>257-351-353-151100- Zapata-Jim Hogg-Brooks-Inland Kenedy-Starr-Southern Hidalgo- Inland Willacy-Inland Cameron-Coastal Willacy-Coastal Cameron- Coastal Kenedy-Northern Hidalgo- 431 AM CDT Tue May 14 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of Deep South Texas. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Scattered showers and thunderstorms are forecast. Locally heavy rainfall may be produced by any of the heavier or more persistent showers and thunderstorms. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday An elevated risk of rip currents is possible at the beaches of South Padre Island and at Boca Chica Beach Saturday and Sunday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Skywarn spotter activation will not be needed. GMZ130-132-135-150-155-170-175-151100- 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- 431 AM CDT Tue May 14 2019 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 at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday Small Craft Advisories may be needed along the Lower Texas Coast Friday night through Saturday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Skywarn spotter activation will not be needed.
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 14, 7:49 AM CDT, 4 hours 28 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 4:36 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Hidalgo | 39 min |
| May 14, 4:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Hidalgo | 46 min |
| May 14, 5:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Hidalgo | 35 min |
| May 14, 5:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Hidalgo, Willacy | 44 min |
| May 14, 5:57 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Hidalgo | 63 min |
| May 14, 6:04 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Starr | 41 min |
| May 14, 6:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Starr | 43 min |
| May 14, 6:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Starr | 48 min |
| May 14, 7:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Brooks | 46 min |
| May 14, 9:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Starr | 47 min |
| May 14, 10:58 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Starr | 47 min |
| May 14, 11:48 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Hidalgo | 42 min |
| May 14, 12:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Hidalgo | 40 min |
| May 14, 12:55 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Hidalgo | 95 min |
| May 14, 1:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Hidalgo | 47 min |
| May 14, 1:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Cameron, Hidalgo | 18 min |
| May 14, 1:40 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Cameron, Hidalgo | 80 min |
| May 14, 1:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Cameron | 48 min |
| May 14, 2:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Cameron | 40 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.