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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Brownsville, TX

April 24, 2019Starr County, Texas

NWS Brownsville, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 24, 2019, 8:03 PM CDT for Starr County, Texas. It was in force for 42 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: Apr 24, 2019, 8:03 PM CDT (01:03 UTC)
Expired: Apr 24, 2019, 8:45 PM CDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Brownsville, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Starr County, TX

The radar

The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Apr 24, 2:49 PM CDT, 5 hours 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 24, 2:49 PM CDT, 5 hours 14 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 24, 4:00 PM CDT, 4 hours 3 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 24, 7:48 PM CDT, 15 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
Apr 24, 7:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BRO	Starr	42 min
Apr 24, 8:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BRO	Hidalgo	40 min
Apr 25, 1:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BRO	Hidalgo	47 min
Apr 25, 1:59 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BRO	Cameron	61 min
Apr 25, 2:40 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BRO	Cameron	35 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, 2019 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2019

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.