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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 30, NWS Brownsville, TX

June 3, 2021Starr County, Texas

NWS Brownsville, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 2021, 8:03 PM CDT for Starr County, Texas. It was in force for 57 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 3, 2021, 8:03 PM CDT (01:03 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 2021, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Brownsville, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Starr County, TX

The radar

The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:05 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 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 150 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 00:00Z on 2021-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1629 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2021-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 10 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1629 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
921 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.7

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

750 
WUUS54 KBRO 040103
SVRBRO
TXC427-040200-
/O.NEW.KBRO.SV.W.0030.210604T0103Z-210604T0200Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Brownsville TX
803 PM CDT Thu Jun 3 2021

The National Weather Service in Brownsville has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Central Starr County in Deep South Texas...

* Until 900 PM CDT.

* At 803 PM CDT, National Weather Service Doppler radar indicated 
  severe thunderstorms located along a line extending from near 
  Viboras to La Rosita, moving southeast at 10 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Rio Grande City, Roma, Escobares, El Sauz, Viboras, Garciasville,
  La Rosita, La Victoria, Los Alvarez and Fort Ringgold County Park.

This includes US Highway 83 between Mile Markers 808 and 832.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 2678 9882 2673 9844 2624 9867 2626 9868
      2627 9872 2628 9870 2629 9871 2630 9875
      2631 9875 2631 9874 2633 9875 2633 9879
      2637 9880 2637 9886 2635 9890 2639 9893
      2637 9895 2640 9896 2639 9901 2641 9902
TIME...MOT...LOC 0103Z 310DEG 8KT 2667 9878 2638 9892 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

60/SPEECE
2 follow-up statements
020 
WWUS54 KBRO 040119
SVSBRO

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Brownsville TX
819 PM CDT Thu Jun 3 2021

TXC427-040200-
/O.CON.KBRO.SV.W.0030.000000T0000Z-210604T0200Z/
Starr TX-
819 PM CDT Thu Jun 3 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL STARR COUNTY...

At 819 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 7 miles east of Viboras to Starr County Memorial
Hospital, moving east at 10 to 15 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Rio Grande City, Roma, Escobares, El Sauz, Viboras, Garciasville, La
Rosita, La Victoria, Los Alvarez and Fort Ringgold County Park.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 2678 9882 2673 9844 2624 9867 2626 9868
      2627 9872 2628 9870 2629 9871 2630 9875
      2631 9875 2631 9874 2633 9875 2633 9879
      2637 9880 2637 9886 2635 9890 2639 9893
      2637 9895 2640 9896 2639 9901 2641 9902
TIME...MOT...LOC 0119Z 282DEG 13KT 2670 9871 2638 9887 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

60/SPEECE
362 
WWUS54 KBRO 040200
SVSBRO

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Brownsville TX
900 PM CDT Thu Jun 3 2021

TXC427-040210-
/O.EXP.KBRO.SV.W.0030.000000T0000Z-210604T0200Z/
Starr TX-
900 PM CDT Thu Jun 3 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL STARR COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED...
            
The storms which prompted the warning have weakened below severe
limits, and no longer pose an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been allowed to expire.  However small
hail, gusty winds and heavy rain are still possible with these
thunderstorms.

LAT...LON 2678 9882 2673 9844 2624 9867 2626 9868
      2627 9872 2628 9870 2629 9871 2630 9875
      2631 9875 2631 9874 2633 9875 2633 9879
      2637 9880 2637 9886 2635 9890 2639 9893
      2637 9895 2640 9896 2639 9901 2641 9902
TIME...MOT...LOC 0200Z 310DEG 8KT 2661 9860 2629 9876 

$$

60/SPEECE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 7:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROStarr25 min
Jun 3, 7:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROBrooks52 min
Jun 3, 7:31 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningBROBrooks, Jim Hogg, Starr, Zapata3 hr
Jun 3, 7:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROStarr51 min
Jun 3, 7:58 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningBRO32 min
Jun 3, 8:50 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningBROStarr3 hr
Jun 3, 9:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROStarr56 min
Jun 3, 9:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROHidalgo52 min
Jun 3, 10:03 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBROHidalgo117 min
Jun 3, 10:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROCameron56 min
Jun 3, 10:55 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningBROHidalgo2 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.