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Special Weather Statement, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this special weather statement at Aug 5, 2021, 5:06 PM CDT for Jim Hogg County, Texas. It was in force for 24 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, 5:06 PM CDT (22:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 5, 2021, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
- Hail
- 0.50 in
- Wind
- 30
County Jim Hogg County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 158 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.
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WWUS84 KBRO 052206
SPSBRO
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Brownsville TX
506 PM CDT Thu Aug 5 2021
TXZ248-249-052230-
Jim Hogg TX-Zapata TX-
506 PM CDT Thu Aug 5 2021
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northwestern Jim
Hogg and northeastern Zapata Counties through 530 PM CDT...
At 505 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Thompsonville, or 13 miles southwest of Hebbronville, moving north at
5 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 30 mph and half inch 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...
Hebbronville, Jim Hogg County Airport, South Fork Estates, Randado
and Thompsonville.
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 2705 9871 2690 9901 2727 9900 2727 9880
2735 9880 2736 9868
TIME...MOT...LOC 2205Z 164DEG 6KT 2719 9885
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 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, 5:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Brooks | 28 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.