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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Brownsville, TX

June 5, 2019Cameron County, Texas

NWS Brownsville, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 2019, 3:07 PM CDT for Cameron County, Texas. It was in force for 38 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
Jun 5, 2019, 3:07 PM CDT (20:07 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 2019, 3:45 PM CDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Brownsville, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Cameron County, TX

The radar

The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:10 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 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 27 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 12:00Z on 2019-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1611 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 12:00Z on 2019-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -16 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
1611 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-34 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
699 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
5 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
69 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

735 
WUUS54 KBRO 052007
SVRBRO
TXC061-052045-
/O.NEW.KBRO.SV.W.0021.190605T2007Z-190605T2045Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Brownsville TX
307 PM CDT Wed Jun 5 2019

The National Weather Service in Brownsville has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Eastern Cameron County in Deep South Texas...

* Until 345 PM CDT.

* At 306 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near 8 miles 
  northwest of South Padre Island, moving south at 20 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  South Padre Island, Port Isabel City Hall, U.s. Coast Guard
  Station, Port Isabel Lighthouse, Beach Access Four, Port Isabel
  High School, Port Isabel Fire And Police Department, South Padre
  Island Convention Center, Beach Access Six and Laguna Vista Police
  Department.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Damaging winds and continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring 
with this storm. Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of 
nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are 
close enough to be struck by lightning.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 2605 9716 2603 9715 2595 9715 2596 9721
      2595 9725 2596 9728 2594 9728 2593 9732
      2592 9733 2593 9735 2592 9736 2629 9745
      2641 9724 2636 9731 2638 9728 2639 9723
      2641 9722 2626 9718 2607 9716 2607 9714
TIME...MOT...LOC 2006Z 342DEG 18KT 2620 9727 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

HALLMAN
2 follow-up statements
065 
WWUS54 KBRO 052024
SVSBRO

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Brownsville TX
324 PM CDT Wed Jun 5 2019

TXC061-052045-
/O.CON.KBRO.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-190605T2045Z/
Cameron TX-
324 PM CDT Wed Jun 5 2019

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM CDT
FOR EASTERN CAMERON COUNTY...

At 323 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near South Padre 
Island, moving south at 20 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
South Padre Island, Port Isabel City Hall, U.s. Coast Guard Station,
Port Isabel Lighthouse, Beach Access Four, Port Isabel High School,
Port Isabel Fire And Police Department, South Padre Island Convention
Center, Beach Access Six and Laguna Vista Police Department.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading
killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to
be struck by lightning.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 2605 9716 2603 9715 2595 9715 2596 9721
      2595 9725 2596 9728 2594 9728 2593 9732
      2592 9733 2593 9735 2592 9736 2625 9743
      2634 9723 2634 9720 2626 9718 2607 9716
      2607 9714
TIME...MOT...LOC 2023Z 342DEG 18KT 2612 9724 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

HALLMAN
876 
WWUS54 KBRO 052049
SVSBRO

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Brownsville TX
349 PM CDT Wed Jun 5 2019

TXC061-052058-
/O.EXP.KBRO.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-190605T2045Z/
Cameron TX-
349 PM CDT Wed Jun 5 2019

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN CAMERON 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 gusty winds from 30 to 40 mph are still possible with the 
thunderstorm in Cameron County. 

LAT...LON 2605 9716 2603 9715 2595 9715 2596 9721
      2595 9725 2596 9728 2594 9728 2593 9732
      2592 9733 2593 9735 2592 9736 2625 9743
      2634 9723 2634 9720 2626 9718 2607 9716
      2607 9714
TIME...MOT...LOC 2048Z 342DEG 18KT 2602 9720 

$$

60/SPEECE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 2:24 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningBRO66 min
Jun 5, 2:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROCameron58 min
Jun 5, 3:34 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningBRO28 min
Jun 5, 3:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROCameron61 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.