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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Brownsville, TX

July 28, 2021Starr County, Texas

NWS Brownsville, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 28, 2021, 3:57 PM CDT for Starr County, Texas. It was in force for 33 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 28, 2021, 3:57 PM CDT (20:57 UTC)
Expired
Jul 28, 2021, 4:30 PM CDT
In force
33 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), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:56 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 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 136 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 2021-07-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2758 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 2021-07-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 12 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
2758 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
796 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-4 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

854 
WUUS54 KBRO 282057
SVRBRO
TXC427-282130-
/O.NEW.KBRO.SV.W.0036.210728T2057Z-210728T2130Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Brownsville TX
357 PM CDT Wed Jul 28 2021

The National Weather Service in Brownsville has issued a

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

* Until 430 PM CDT.

* At 355 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from Puerto Rico to near Mccook, moving west at 20 mph.

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

  SOURCE...Cooperative NWS Observer. Report of 61 mph wind and pea 
           sized hail at 349 PM.

  IMPACT...Expect wind damage to poorly constructured or anchored 
           roofs and siding as well as mobile homes.  Some trees 
           will also fall.

* Severe thunderstorms will be near...
  La Reforma around 405 PM CDT.
  San Isidro around 420 PM CDT.
  La Gloria and Santa Catarina around 430 PM CDT.

Other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include 
Diamond O Ranch Airport and Delmita as addition cells move toward La 
Gloria.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Large hail and damaging winds and continuous cloud to ground
lightning is occurring with these storms. Move indoors immediately.
Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can
hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 2646 9870 2674 9859 2672 9835 2671 9835
      2640 9852
TIME...MOT...LOC 2055Z 109DEG 17KT 2665 9835 2642 9842 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

52/BSG
2 follow-up statements
115 
WWUS54 KBRO 282114
SVSBRO

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Brownsville TX
414 PM CDT Wed Jul 28 2021

TXC427-282130-
/O.CON.KBRO.SV.W.0036.000000T0000Z-210728T2130Z/
Starr TX-
414 PM CDT Wed Jul 28 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN STARR COUNTY...

At 410 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near La Reforma to the Starr Hidalgo County line 
west of McCook, moving west at 20 mph.

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

SOURCE...NWS Cooperative Observer in McCook reported 61 mph gusts 
         and pea sized hail at 349 PM.

IMPACT...Expect damage to poorly constructed roofs, siding, and 
         sheds as well as unanchored mobile homes or trailers.

These severe storms will be near...
  San Isidro around 420 PM CDT.
  La Gloria through 430 PM CDT.
  Santa Catarina between 430 and 440 PM CDT.

Other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include
Diamond O Ranch Airport and Delmita. The wind core is beginning to 
weaken, but the threat continues.  McAllen/Miller Airport had a 54 
mph gust on the backside of similar storms at 334 PM.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms.
Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading
killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to
be struck by lightning.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 2646 9870 2674 9859 2672 9835 2671 9835
      2640 9852
TIME...MOT...LOC 2110Z 109DEG 17KT 2667 9842 2644 9849 

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

52/BSG
673 
WWUS54 KBRO 282131
SVSBRO

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Brownsville TX
431 PM CDT Wed Jul 28 2021

TXC427-282139-
/O.EXP.KBRO.SV.W.0036.000000T0000Z-210728T2130Z/
Starr TX-
431 PM CDT Wed Jul 28 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN STARR COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 430 PM CDT...

The storms which prompted the warning have weakened below severe 
limits. Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.

However, wind gusts to 30 or 40 mph are still a threat along 
FM 755 and nearby roads and torrential rains will reduce visibility 
to 1 mile or less in these areas of the ranch country in eastern 
Starr County through 5 PM.



LAT...LON 2646 9870 2674 9859 2672 9835 2671 9835
      2640 9852
TIME...MOT...LOC 2129Z 109DEG 17KT 2670 9851 2647 9858 

$$

52/BSG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 28, 2:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROHidalgo40 min
Jul 28, 3:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROHidalgo22 min
Jul 28, 3:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROHidalgo30 min
Jul 28, 4:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROJim Hogg21 min
Jul 28, 5:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROZapata41 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.