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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 22, 2021, 5:22 PM CDT for Brooks County, Kenedy County, Texas. It was in force for 38 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 22, 2021, 5:22 PM CDT (22:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 22, 2021, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Brooks County, TX, Kenedy County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 109 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 963 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -76 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 644 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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WUUS54 KBRO 222222
SVRBRO
TXC047-261-222300-
/O.NEW.KBRO.SV.W.0041.211022T2222Z-211022T2300Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Brownsville TX
522 PM CDT Fri Oct 22 2021
The National Weather Service in Brownsville has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
West central Kenedy County in Deep South Texas...
Eastern Brooks County in Deep South Texas...
* Until 600 PM CDT.
* At 522 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Encino,
moving north at 15 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage
to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Rachal, Encino and Hidalgo City Park.
This includes US Highway 281 between mile markers 714 and 736.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 2686 9794 2685 9820 2718 9830 2719 9792
TIME...MOT...LOC 2222Z 178DEG 11KT 2695 9811
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
Mejia2 follow-up statements
809
WWUS54 KBRO 222238
SVSBRO
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Brownsville TX
538 PM CDT Fri Oct 22 2021
TXC047-261-222300-
/O.CON.KBRO.SV.W.0041.000000T0000Z-211022T2300Z/
Kenedy TX-Brooks TX-
538 PM CDT Fri Oct 22 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT
FOR WEST CENTRAL KENEDY AND NORTHEASTERN BROOKS COUNTIES...
At 538 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Encino, moving
north at 15 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Encino and Hidalgo City Park.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 2691 9796 2691 9820 2718 9830 2719 9792
TIME...MOT...LOC 2238Z 178DEG 11KT 2700 9811
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
Mejia238
WWUS54 KBRO 222251
SVSBRO
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Brownsville TX
551 PM CDT Fri Oct 22 2021
TXC047-261-222301-
/O.EXP.KBRO.SV.W.0041.000000T0000Z-211022T2300Z/
Kenedy TX-Brooks TX-
551 PM CDT Fri Oct 22 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL KENEDY AND
NORTHEASTERN BROOKS COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 600 PM CDT...
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 will be allowed to expire. However small
hail, gusty winds, and heavy rain are still possible with this
thunderstorm.
LAT...LON 2691 9796 2691 9820 2718 9830 2719 9792
TIME...MOT...LOC 2251Z 178DEG 11KT 2702 9811
$$
MejiaThe office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 22, 3:04 AM CDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | BRO | Kenedy | 25 hr |
| Oct 22, 3:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Cameron | 35 min |
| Oct 22, 3:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Hidalgo | 31 min |
| Oct 22, 3:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Cameron | 37 min |
| Oct 22, 3:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Hidalgo | 32 min |
| Oct 22, 4:06 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Cameron, Hidalgo | 114 min |
| Oct 22, 4:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Cameron | 30 min |
| Oct 22, 4:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Brooks | 24 min |
| Oct 22, 4:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Cameron | 13 min |
| Oct 22, 4:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Brooks | 16 min |
| Oct 22, 5:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Hidalgo | 14 min |
| Oct 22, 5:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Brooks | 15 min |
| Oct 22, 5:27 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Brooks | 61 min |
| Oct 22, 5:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Brooks | 32 min |
| Oct 22, 5:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Brooks | 36 min |
| Oct 22, 6:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Jim Hogg | 51 min |
| Oct 22, 6:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Jim Hogg | 46 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.