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Special Weather Statement, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this special weather statement at Aug 4, 2021, 4:29 PM CDT for Zapata County, Texas. It was in force for 31 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 4, 2021, 4:29 PM CDT (21:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 4, 2021, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
County Zapata County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 190 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:29 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, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 201 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
- 2565 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 766 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -7 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
179 WWUS84 KBRO 042129 SPSBRO Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Brownsville TX 429 PM CDT Wed Aug 4 2021 TXZ248-042200- Zapata TX- 429 PM CDT Wed Aug 4 2021 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM SOUTHEAST OF THE CITY OF ZAPATA... At 428 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Morales-Sanchez, or 7 miles southeast of Zapata. This storm was nearly stationary. Pea size hail and winds up to 30 mph will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Morales-Sanchez. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. Frequent cloud to ground lightning is also occurring with this storm. Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe shelter inside a building or vehicle. && LAT...LON 2683 9903 2676 9914 2684 9926 2696 9914 TIME...MOT...LOC 2128Z 072DEG 2KT 2684 9916 $$ Mejia
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 7:24 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Zapata | 51 min |
| Aug 4, 4:21 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Zapata | 54 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.