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Special Weather Statement, NWS Brownsville, TX

May 25, 2020Cameron County, Texas

NWS Brownsville, TX issued this special weather statement at May 25, 2020, 2:08 AM CDT for Cameron County, Texas. It was in force for 52 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: May 25, 2020, 2:08 AM CDT (07:08 UTC)
Expired: May 25, 2020, 3:00 AM CDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Brownsville, TX

County Cameron County, TX

The radar

The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Brownsville Intl, TX (KBRO), launched 00:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 23 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: 2737 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -41 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 841 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 14 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 0.7

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The text

As transmitted.

770 
WWUS84 KBRO 250708
SPSBRO

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Brownsville TX
208 AM CDT Mon May 25 2020
 
TXZ253-255-257-250800-
Southern Hidalgo TX-Coastal Cameron TX-Inland Cameron TX-
208 AM CDT Mon May 25 2020

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN HIDALGO AND CAMERON
COUNTIES UNTIL 300 AM CDT...

At 206 AM CDT, Doppler radar was estimating winds exceeding 40 mph 
developing across Cameron County in the wake of the thunderstorms 
that have moved through the area.

Winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Harlingen, San Benito, Mercedes, La Feria, Los Fresnos, Progreso,
Santa Rosa, South Padre Island, Rancho Viejo and Rio Hondo.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
office in Brownsville.

&&

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 600 AM CDT for
Deep South Texas.

LAT...LON 2589 9752 2603 9766 2607 9786 2605 9797
      2636 9796 2623 9727 2622 9734 2620 9730
      2624 9719 2623 9721 2622 9722 2622 9718
      2624 9718 2595 9715 2593 9735 2584 9740
TIME...MOT...LOC 0706Z 274DEG 27KT 2610 9751 

$$

Hallman

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 24, 8:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BRO	Zapata	70 min
May 24, 10:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BRO	Hidalgo	59 min
May 24, 10:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BRO	Brooks	83 min
May 24, 11:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BRO	Hidalgo, Starr, Willacy	46 min
May 24, 11:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BRO	Brooks	40 min
May 24, 11:54 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	BRO		111 min
May 25, 12:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BRO	Brooks, Hidalgo, Kenedy, Willacy	44 min
May 25, 12:08 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BRO	Cameron, Hidalgo, Willacy	67 min
May 25, 12:09 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BRO	Brooks	21 min
May 25, 12:31 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BRO	Hidalgo, Kenedy, Willacy	119 min
May 25, 12:39 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BRO	Brooks, Kenedy	51 min
May 25, 12:41 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	BRO		2 hr
May 25, 1:07 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BRO	Hidalgo	53 min
May 25, 1:13 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BRO	Cameron, Willacy	47 min
May 25, 2:11 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	BRO		64 min
May 25, 2:35 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	BRO		115 min
May 25, 3:21 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	BRO		39 min
May 25, 8:07 AM CDT	Coastal Flood Statement	BRO	Kenedy	16 hr
May 25, 8:07 AM CDT	Rip Current Statement	BRO	Kenedy	23 hr

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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.