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Special Weather Statement, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this special weather statement at Aug 3, 2021, 4:37 PM CDT for Brooks 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
- Aug 3, 2021, 4:37 PM CDT (21:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 2021, 5:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
County Brooks County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:41 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, 9.6 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1835 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 693 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 4 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -84 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
589
WWUS84 KBRO 032137
SPSBRO
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Brownsville TX
437 PM CDT Tue Aug 3 2021
TXZ250-032215-
Brooks TX-
437 PM CDT Tue Aug 3 2021
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN KENEDY...EASTERN JIM
HOGG AND NORTHERN BROOKS COUNTIES UNTIL 515 PM CDT...
At 437 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 12
miles southwest of Falfurrias Junior High School, or 12 miles
southwest of Falfurrias, moving east at 15 mph.
Nickel size hail and winds in excess of 30 mph will be possible with
this storm.
Locations impacted include...
Falfurrias, Falfurrias Junior High School, Airport Road Addition,
Falfurrias Fire Station, Flowella, Brooks County Airport, Cantu
Addition and Hidalgo City Park.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.
&&
LAT...LON 2723 9798 2700 9799 2699 9835 2703 9842
2706 9842 2706 9844 2714 9846 2726 9802
2726 9799
TIME...MOT...LOC 2137Z 261DEG 15KT 2710 9829
$$
FarrisThe office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 11:03 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Starr | 86 min |
| Aug 2, 11:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Starr | 41 min |
| Aug 3, 1:02 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Hidalgo, Starr | 103 min |
| Aug 3, 1:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Zapata | 45 min |
| Aug 3, 1:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Hidalgo | 45 min |
| Aug 3, 2:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Zapata | 46 min |
| Aug 3, 2:16 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Zapata | 4 hr |
| Aug 3, 2:22 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Hidalgo | 73 min |
| Aug 3, 2:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Hidalgo | 31 min |
| Aug 3, 2:59 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Zapata | 46 min |
| Aug 3, 3:17 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Zapata | 105 min |
| Aug 3, 3:20 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Zapata | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 3:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Zapata | 31 min |
| Aug 3, 4:20 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Zapata | 44 min |
| Aug 3, 4:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Zapata | 30 min |
| Aug 3, 5:47 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Starr | 43 min |
| Aug 3, 6:12 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Starr | 2 hr |
| Aug 3, 6:13 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Hidalgo | 2 hr |
| Aug 3, 2:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Starr | 55 min |
| Aug 3, 4:33 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Brooks, Kenedy | 57 min |
| Aug 3, 4:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Kenedy | 47 min |
| Aug 3, 5:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Jim Hogg | 45 min |
| Aug 3, 6:14 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Cameron, Hidalgo | 61 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.