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Special Weather Statement, NWS Brownsville, TX
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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>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 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| May 23, 9:43 PM CDT | Coastal Flood Statement | BRO | Kenedy | 11 hr |
| May 24, 3:38 AM CDT | Rip Current Statement | BRO | Kenedy | 39 hr |
| May 24, 1:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Willacy | 84 min |
| May 24, 4:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Brooks | 36 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.