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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS Brownsville, TX

May 14, 2019Cameron County, Hidalgo County, Texas

NWS Brownsville, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 2019, 1:29 PM CDT for Cameron County, Hidalgo County, Texas. It was in force for 18 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, 1:29 PM CDT (18:29 UTC)
Expired: May 14, 2019, 1:47 PM CDT
In force: 18 min
Issued by: NWS Brownsville, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Cameron County, TX, Hidalgo County, TX

The radar

The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:28 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, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 455 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

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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, 1:16 PM CDT, 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 14, 1:16 PM CDT, 13 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 14, 4:31 AM CDT, 8 hours 58 minutes before

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, 7:59 AM CDT, 5 hours 30 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 14, 9:43 AM CDT, 3 hours 46 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 14, 10:58 AM CDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 14, 11:48 AM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 14, 12:35 PM CDT, 54 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 14, 1:13 PM CDT, 16 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
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, 12:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BRO	Hidalgo	15 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, 1:40 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

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.