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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Brownsville, TX

June 6, 2019Kenedy County, Texas

NWS Brownsville, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 2019, 8:04 PM CDT for Kenedy County, Texas. It was in force for 43 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
Jun 6, 2019, 8:04 PM CDT (01:04 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 2019, 8:47 PM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Brownsville, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
3.0 in
Wind
80.0 mph

County Kenedy County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 6, 2:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 94 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, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2019-06-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2624 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2019-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 44 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2624 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-98 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1229 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
44 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
99 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
8.2

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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 Jun 6, 7:39 PM CDT, 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 6, 7:39 PM CDT, 25 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 6, 7:16 PM CDT, 48 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 6, 7:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROZapata59 min
Jun 6, 7:45 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningBRO89 min
Jun 6, 8:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROBrooks55 min
Jun 6, 8:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROZapata61 min
Jun 6, 8:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROBrooks54 min
Jun 6, 11:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROKenedy62 min
Jun 7, 3:33 AM CDTExcessive Heat WarningBROCameron, Hidalgo, Kenedy, Willacy15 hr
Jun 7, 3:33 AM CDTHeat AdvisoryBROBrooks, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Kenedy, Starr, Zapata15 hr
Jun 7, 3:32 PM CDTExcessive Heat WatchBROCameron, Kenedy, Willacy13 hr
Jun 7, 3:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROHidalgo40 min
Jun 7, 4:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROHidalgo49 min
Jun 7, 4:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROHidalgo46 min
Jun 7, 4:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROHidalgo43 min
Jun 7, 4:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROHidalgo49 min
Jun 7, 4:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROHidalgo24 min
Jun 7, 5:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROHidalgo, Kenedy, Willacy52 min
Jun 7, 5:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROKenedy43 min
Jun 7, 6:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROCameron35 min
Jun 7, 6:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROKenedy45 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.