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Special Weather Statement, NWS Brownsville, TX

May 11, 2021Zapata County, Texas

NWS Brownsville, TX issued this special weather statement at May 11, 2021, 8:51 PM CDT for Zapata County, Texas. It was in force for 39 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: May 11, 2021, 8:51 PM CDT (01:51 UTC)
Expired: May 11, 2021, 9:30 PM CDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Brownsville, TX

County Zapata County, TX

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 11, 8:51 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 11, 9:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BRO	Jim Hogg, Zapata	49 min
May 11, 9:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BRO	Zapata	51 min
May 11, 9:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BRO	Zapata	42 min
May 11, 9:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BRO	Brooks, Jim Hogg	51 min
May 11, 10:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BRO	Starr, Zapata	49 min
May 11, 10:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BRO	Brooks, Kenedy	60 min
May 11, 11:04 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BRO	Zapata	4 hr
May 11, 11:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BRO	Starr, Zapata	46 min
May 11, 11:21 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BRO	Jim Hogg, Starr, Zapata	4 hr
May 11, 11:22 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BRO	Jim Hogg, Zapata	94 min
May 11, 11:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BRO	Hidalgo, Kenedy, Starr	54 min
May 11, 11:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BRO	Starr	36 min
May 12, 12:06 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BRO	Starr	3 hr
May 12, 12:21 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BRO	Brooks, Hidalgo, Starr	3 hr
May 12, 12:25 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BRO	Starr	3 hr
May 12, 12:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BRO	Hidalgo	62 min
May 12, 12:38 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BRO	Starr	52 min
May 12, 12:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BRO	Hidalgo, Willacy	30 min
May 12, 12:50 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BRO	Kenedy	55 min
May 12, 1:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BRO	Kenedy	60 min
May 12, 1:04 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BRO	Cameron, Hidalgo	41 min
May 12, 1:12 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BRO	Hidalgo, Starr	3 hr
May 12, 1:12 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	BRO		48 min
May 12, 1:19 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BRO	Hidalgo, Willacy	3 hr
May 12, 1:34 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	BRO		26 min
May 12, 1:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BRO	Cameron	49 min
May 12, 1:46 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BRO	Cameron, Hidalgo	3 hr
May 12, 1:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BRO	Hidalgo	40 min
May 12, 1:53 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	BRO		22 min
May 12, 2:24 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BRO	Cameron	3 hr
May 12, 2:27 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BRO	Cameron	63 min
May 12, 2:39 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	BRO		41 min
May 12, 2:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BRO	Cameron	34 min
May 12, 2:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BRO	Cameron	39 min
May 12, 3:31 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BRO	Cameron	59 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.