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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Brownsville, TX

October 22, 2021Brooks County, Kenedy County, Texas

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 archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 2021-10-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 963 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, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 2021-10-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 39 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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The text

As transmitted.

257 
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

$$

Mejia
2 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

$$

Mejia
238 
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 

$$

Mejia

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 22, 3:04 AM CDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryBROKenedy25 hr
Oct 22, 3:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROCameron35 min
Oct 22, 3:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROHidalgo31 min
Oct 22, 3:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROCameron37 min
Oct 22, 3:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROHidalgo32 min
Oct 22, 4:06 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBROCameron, Hidalgo114 min
Oct 22, 4:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROCameron30 min
Oct 22, 4:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROBrooks24 min
Oct 22, 4:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROCameron13 min
Oct 22, 4:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROBrooks16 min
Oct 22, 5:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROHidalgo14 min
Oct 22, 5:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROBrooks15 min
Oct 22, 5:27 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBROBrooks61 min
Oct 22, 5:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROBrooks32 min
Oct 22, 5:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROBrooks36 min
Oct 22, 6:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROJim Hogg51 min
Oct 22, 6:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROJim Hogg46 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.