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Special Weather Statement, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this special weather statement at Aug 5, 2021, 5:02 PM CDT for Brooks County, Texas. It was in force for 28 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 5, 2021, 5:02 PM CDT (22:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 5, 2021, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
- Hail
- 0.25 in
- Wind
- 30
County Brooks County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:02 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, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 140 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
- 1826 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 819 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
392
WWUS84 KBRO 052202
SPSBRO
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Brownsville TX
502 PM CDT Thu Aug 5 2021
TXZ249-250-052230-
Brooks TX-Jim Hogg TX-
502 PM CDT Thu Aug 5 2021
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southeastern Jim
Hogg, northeastern Starr and southwestern Brooks Counties through 530
PM CDT...
At 502 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
San Rafael Ranch Airport, or 10 miles east of Agua Nueva, moving
north at 10 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 30 mph and pea size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Agua Nueva, San Rafael Ranch Airport and Puesta Del Sol Airport.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
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 2708 9827 2680 9832 2678 9838 2678 9857
2698 9869
TIME...MOT...LOC 2202Z 170DEG 7KT 2686 9844
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH
$$
MejiaThe office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 3:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Kenedy | 36 min |
| Aug 5, 3:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Willacy | 32 min |
| Aug 5, 5:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Willacy | 30 min |
| Aug 5, 5:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Jim Hogg | 24 min |
| Aug 5, 5:22 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Jim Hogg, Zapata | 68 min |
| Aug 5, 5:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Hidalgo | 34 min |
| Aug 5, 5:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Starr | 29 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.