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Special Weather Statement, NWS Brownsville, TX

July 20, 2021Cameron County, Texas

NWS Brownsville, TX issued this special weather statement at Jul 20, 2021, 5:01 PM CDT for Cameron County, Texas. It was in force for 29 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
Jul 20, 2021, 5:01 PM CDT (22:01 UTC)
Expired
Jul 20, 2021, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Brownsville, TX

County Cameron County, TX

The radar

The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Brownsville Intl, TX (KBRO), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 39 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, Brownsville Intl, TX at 12:00Z on 2021-07-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1436 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, Brownsville Intl, TX at 12:00Z on 2021-07-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -46 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
1436 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-37 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
770 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

969 
WWUS84 KBRO 202201
SPSBRO

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Brownsville TX
501 PM CDT Tue Jul 20 2021
 
TXZ255-202230-
Inland Cameron TX-
501 PM CDT Tue Jul 20 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN CAMERON COUNTY UNTIL
530 PM CDT...

At 500 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms over 
Marine Military Academy, or near Harlingen, moving west at 15 mph.

Winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with these storms.

Locations impacted include...
Harlingen, San Benito, Rio Hondo, Palm Valley, Rangerville, Laureles,
Brownsville, Primera, Combes and Harlingen Arts And Heritage Museum.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms, and may 
lead to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through 
flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 2629 9746 2605 9748 2609 9781 2631 9779
TIME...MOT...LOC 2200Z 093DEG 13KT 2622 9768 

$$

BA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 20, 4:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROStarr24 min
Jul 20, 4:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROStarr26 min
Jul 20, 4:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROStarr36 min
Jul 20, 5:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROCameron34 min
Jul 20, 5:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROBrooks37 min
Jul 20, 5:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROBrooks31 min
Jul 20, 6:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROCameron35 min
Jul 20, 6:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROHidalgo40 min
Jul 20, 6:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROStarr27 min
Jul 20, 6:40 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBROCameron58 min
Jul 20, 6:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROHidalgo, Starr46 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.