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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Brownsville, TX

July 20, 2021Hidalgo County, Starr County, Texas

NWS Brownsville, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 20, 2021, 6:44 PM CDT for Hidalgo County, Starr County, Texas. It was in force for 46 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
Jul 20, 2021, 6:44 PM CDT (23:44 UTC)
Expired
Jul 20, 2021, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Brownsville, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Hidalgo County, TX, Starr County, TX

The radar

The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 111 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 2021-07-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1436 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 2021-07-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -46 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
1436 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-37 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
770 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

785 
WUUS54 KBRO 202344
SVRBRO
TXC215-427-210030-
/O.NEW.KBRO.SV.W.0032.210720T2344Z-210721T0030Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Brownsville TX
644 PM CDT Tue Jul 20 2021

The National Weather Service in Brownsville has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Western Hidalgo County in Deep South Texas...
  Southeastern Starr County in Deep South Texas...

* Until 730 PM CDT.

* At 644 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Mccook,
  moving southeast at 15 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Mission, Palmview, Penitas, Sullivan City, La Joya, Palmhurst, Los
  Ebanos, Sharyland, Mccook and Linn.

This includes the following highways...
 US Highway 83 between mile markers 832 and 850.
 US Highway 281 between mile markers 758 and 764.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 2617 9834 2615 9835 2617 9836 2616 9839
      2620 9844 2622 9844 2622 9848 2620 9848
      2622 9852 2624 9852 2623 9854 2624 9855
      2622 9856 2626 9859 2625 9861 2629 9868
      2665 9836 2654 9807 2612 9832
TIME...MOT...LOC 2344Z 294DEG 15KT 2646 9836 

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

BA
2 follow-up statements
572 
WWUS54 KBRO 210005
SVSBRO

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Brownsville TX
705 PM CDT Tue Jul 20 2021

TXC427-210015-
/O.CAN.KBRO.SV.W.0032.000000T0000Z-210721T0030Z/
Starr TX-
705 PM CDT Tue Jul 20 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN STARR COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of 
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 2612 9832 2617 9834 2615 9835 2617 9836
      2616 9839 2620 9844 2622 9844 2622 9848
      2620 9848 2622 9850 2622 9852 2624 9852
      2623 9854 2624 9855 2622 9856 2626 9859
      2638 9853 2657 9838 2646 9812
TIME...MOT...LOC 0005Z 294DEG 15KT 2642 9827 

$$

TXC215-210030-
/O.CON.KBRO.SV.W.0032.000000T0000Z-210721T0030Z/
Hidalgo TX-
705 PM CDT Tue Jul 20 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN HIDALGO COUNTY...

At 705 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles southeast of
Mccook, moving southeast at 15 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Mission, Palmview, Penitas, Sullivan City, La Joya, Palmhurst, Los
Ebanos, Sharyland, Mccook and Alton.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 2612 9832 2617 9834 2615 9835 2617 9836
      2616 9839 2620 9844 2622 9844 2622 9848
      2620 9848 2622 9850 2622 9852 2624 9852
      2623 9854 2624 9855 2622 9856 2626 9859
      2638 9853 2657 9838 2646 9812
TIME...MOT...LOC 0005Z 294DEG 15KT 2642 9827 

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

BA
829 
WWUS54 KBRO 210026
SVSBRO

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Brownsville TX
726 PM CDT Tue Jul 20 2021

TXC215-210036-
/O.EXP.KBRO.SV.W.0032.000000T0000Z-210721T0030Z/
Hidalgo TX-
726 PM CDT Tue Jul 20 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN HIDALGO COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 730 PM CDT...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.

LAT...LON 2612 9832 2617 9834 2615 9835 2617 9836
      2616 9839 2620 9844 2622 9844 2622 9848
      2620 9848 2622 9850 2622 9852 2624 9852
      2623 9854 2624 9855 2622 9856 2626 9859
      2638 9853 2657 9838 2646 9812
TIME...MOT...LOC 0026Z 294DEG 15KT 2639 9820 

$$

BA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 20, 4:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROStarr24 min
Jul 20, 4:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROStarr26 min
Jul 20, 4:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROStarr36 min
Jul 20, 5:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROCameron29 min
Jul 20, 5:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROCameron34 min
Jul 20, 5:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROBrooks37 min
Jul 20, 5:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROBrooks31 min
Jul 20, 6:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROCameron35 min
Jul 20, 6:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROHidalgo40 min
Jul 20, 6:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROStarr27 min
Jul 20, 6:40 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBROCameron58 min

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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.