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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Brownsville, TX

October 1, 2021Cameron County, Texas

NWS Brownsville, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 1, 2021, 4:27 PM CDT for Cameron County, Texas. It was in force for 20 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
Oct 1, 2021, 4:27 PM CDT (21:27 UTC)
Expired
Oct 1, 2021, 4:47 PM CDT
In force
20 min
Issued by
NWS Brownsville, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Cameron County, TX

The radar

The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Brownsville Intl, TX (KBRO), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 39 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 2021-10-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2086 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Brownsville Intl, TX at 12:00Z on 2021-10-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -24 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
2086 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
809 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
3 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-12 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

387 
WUUS54 KBRO 012127
SVRBRO
TXC061-012215-
/O.NEW.KBRO.SV.W.0039.211001T2127Z-211001T2215Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Brownsville TX
427 PM CDT Fri Oct 1 2021

The National Weather Service in Brownsville has issued a

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

* Until 515 PM CDT.

* At 426 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Arroyo City,
  moving southeast at 15 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  northeastern Cameron County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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

&&

LAT...LON 2613 9736 2629 9744 2635 9733 2631 9731
      2632 9735 2627 9734 2627 9728 2625 9733
      2625 9728 2623 9727 2624 9733 2620 9730
      2622 9728 2621 9727 2621 9728
TIME...MOT...LOC 2126Z 327DEG 13KT 2629 9735 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

Mejia
1 follow-up statement
569 
WWUS54 KBRO 012147
SVSBRO

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Brownsville TX
447 PM CDT Fri Oct 1 2021

TXC061-012156-
/O.CAN.KBRO.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-211001T2215Z/
Cameron TX-
447 PM CDT Fri Oct 1 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CAMERON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.  However heavy rain is
still possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 2613 9736 2629 9744 2635 9733 2631 9731
      2632 9735 2627 9734 2627 9728 2625 9733
      2625 9728 2623 9727 2624 9733 2620 9730
      2622 9728 2621 9727 2621 9728
TIME...MOT...LOC 2142Z 327DEG 13KT 2623 9730 

$$

Mejia

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 30, 7:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROBrooks16 min
Sep 30, 7:16 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBROBrooks3 hr
Sep 30, 7:23 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBROBrooks, Kenedy3 hr
Sep 30, 7:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROBrooks, Jim Hogg47 min
Sep 30, 7:59 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBROBrooks2 hr
Sep 30, 8:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROBrooks, Jim Hogg31 min
Sep 30, 8:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROJim Hogg31 min
Sep 30, 9:10 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBROBrooks95 min
Sep 30, 9:38 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBROBrooks, Jim Hogg52 min
Oct 1, 3:28 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchBROBrooks, Cameron, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Kenedy, Willacy19 hr
Oct 1, 4:11 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningBRO38 min
Oct 1, 5:10 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningBRO35 min
Oct 1, 5:46 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningBRO59 min
Oct 1, 9:14 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningBRO31 min
Oct 1, 10:04 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningBRO26 min
Oct 1, 10:06 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningBRO39 min
Oct 1, 10:48 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROCameron42 min
Oct 1, 11:20 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBROCameron3 hr
Oct 1, 11:29 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROCameron46 min
Oct 1, 11:48 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningBRO42 min
Oct 1, 12:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROCameron23 min
Oct 1, 12:19 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBROKenedy5 hr
Oct 1, 12:23 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningBRO37 min
Oct 1, 12:38 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningBRO37 min
Oct 1, 12:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROKenedy26 min
Oct 1, 1:14 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningBRO31 min
Oct 1, 1:29 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBROHidalgo, Willacy4 hr
Oct 1, 2:00 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBROWillacy4 hr
Oct 1, 2:18 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBROCameron, Hidalgo, Willacy5 hr
Oct 1, 2:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROWillacy26 min
Oct 1, 3:05 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningBROKenedy, Willacy3 hr
Oct 1, 3:18 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBROHidalgo2 hr
Oct 1, 3:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROWillacy36 min
Oct 1, 3:40 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningBRO65 min
Oct 1, 3:59 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBROWillacy2 hr
Oct 1, 3:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROCameron31 min
Oct 1, 4:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROCameron51 min
Oct 1, 4:21 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningBRO39 min
Oct 1, 4:24 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningBROCameron111 min
Oct 1, 4:37 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningBRO23 min
Oct 1, 4:52 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningBROCameron2 hr
Oct 1, 4:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROCameron38 min
Oct 1, 5:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROCameron40 min
Oct 1, 5:09 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningBROCameron119 min
Oct 1, 5:12 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningBROCameron3 hr
Oct 1, 5:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningBROCameron3 hr
Oct 1, 5:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROCameron51 min
Oct 1, 5:42 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningBROCameron87 min
Oct 1, 5:48 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningBROHidalgo87 min
Oct 1, 6:08 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningBROCameron2 hr
Oct 1, 6:54 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningBRO17 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.