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Special Weather Statement, NWS Brownsville, TX

May 24, 2021Kenedy County, Texas

NWS Brownsville, TX issued this special weather statement at May 24, 2021, 2:54 PM CDT for Kenedy County, Texas. It was in force for 96 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 24, 2021, 2:54 PM CDT (19:54 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 2021, 4:30 PM CDT
In force
96 min
Issued by
NWS Brownsville, TX

County Kenedy County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:56 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, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 77 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 2021-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1151 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, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 2021-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -32 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
1151 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
608 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
4 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
15 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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.

NWS Brownsville, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at May 23, 6:40 PM CDT, 20 hours 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 23, 6:40 PM CDT, 20 hours 14 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 23, 4:46 PM CDT, 22 hours 8 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Brownsville TX
446 PM CDT Sun May 23 2021

TXZ248>257-351-353-242200-
Zapata-Jim Hogg-Brooks-Inland Kenedy-Starr-Southern Hidalgo-
Inland Willacy-Inland Cameron-Coastal Willacy-Coastal Cameron-
Coastal Kenedy-Northern Hidalgo-
446 PM CDT Sun May 23 2021

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of Deep South
Texas.

.DAY ONE...Tonight

There is a High Risk of rip currents at the beaches of South Padre
Island and at Boca Chica Beach.

Minor coastal flooding, with waves occasionally washing up to
near the base of the dunes, is possible at the beaches of South
Padre Island and at Boca Chica Beach around high tide which occurs
at 3:24 AM late tonight.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday

An elevated risk of rip currents is possible at the local beaches
through Wednesday.

Heat indices between 105 and 110 degrees is expected across the
Upper Rio Grande Valley and Zapata County Thursday through
Saturday afternoons.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will not be needed.

GMZ130-132-135-150-155-170-175-242200-
Laguna Madre from the Port of Brownsville to the Arroyo Colorado-
Laguna Madre from the Arroyo Colorado To 5 NM north of Port
Mansfield TX-
Laguna Madre from 5 nm north of Port Mansfield to Baffin Bay TX-
Coastal waters from Port Mansfield to the Rio Grande out 20 nm-
Coastal waters from Baffin Bay to Port Mansfield out 20 nm-
Waters from Port Mansfield to the Rio Grande extending from 20 to
60 nm-
Waters from Baffin Bay to Port Mansfield extending from 20 to
60 nm-
446 PM CDT Sun May 23 2021

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of The Gulf of
Mexico and The Laguna Madre.

.DAY ONE...Tonight

A Small Craft Advisory is in effect for the Gulf of Mexico waters
from 20 to 60 nautical miles offshore until 7 AM CDT Monday.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday

Marginal Small Craft Advisories are possible for the outer
Gulf of Mexico Coastal waters 20 to 60 nautical miles east of
Padre Island Monday and Tuesday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will not be needed.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 23, 9:43 PM CDTCoastal Flood StatementBROKenedy11 hr
May 24, 3:38 AM CDTRip Current StatementBROKenedy39 hr
May 24, 1:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROWillacy84 min
May 24, 4:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROBrooks36 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.