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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Brownsville, TX

May 23, 2022Zapata County, Texas

NWS Brownsville, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 23, 2022, 6:42 PM CDT for Zapata County, Texas. It was in force for 48 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: May 23, 2022, 6:42 PM CDT (23:42 UTC)
Expired: May 23, 2022, 7:30 PM CDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Brownsville, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Zapata County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 195 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:45 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 23, 6:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 209 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 592 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -213 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 968 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 52 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

191 
WUUS54 KBRO 232342
SVRBRO
TXC505-240030-
/O.NEW.KBRO.SV.W.0021.220523T2342Z-220524T0030Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Brownsville TX
642 PM CDT Mon May 23 2022

The National Weather Service in Brownsville has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northern Zapata County in Deep South Texas...

* Until 730 PM CDT.

* At 642 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 11 miles south of
  El Cenizo, or 22 miles northwest of Zapata, moving northeast at 30
  mph.

  HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
           damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect 
           wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  northern Zapata County.

This includes US Highway 83 between mile markers 738 and 748.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Prepare immediately for large hail and damaging winds. People outside
should move immediately to shelter inside a strong building. Stay
away from windows.

Large hail and damaging winds and continuous cloud to ground
lightning is occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately.
Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can
hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.

&&

LAT...LON 2709 9943 2711 9944 2713 9943 2715 9944
      2717 9943 2721 9943 2722 9944 2725 9944
      2727 9945 2732 9937 2727 9933 2727 9901
      2720 9898 2706 9945
TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 247DEG 25KT 2718 9944 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.50 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

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1 follow-up statement

031 
WWUS54 KBRO 240018
SVSBRO

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Brownsville TX
718 PM CDT Mon May 23 2022

TXC505-240030-
/O.CON.KBRO.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-220524T0030Z/
Zapata TX-
718 PM CDT Mon May 23 2022

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT
FOR NORTHERN ZAPATA COUNTY...

At 718 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 13 miles southwest
of Aguilares, or 19 miles north of Bustamante, moving northeast at 30
mph.

HAZARD...Two inch hail and 60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
         damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind 
         damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northern Zapata County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Prepare immediately for large hail and damaging winds. People outside
should move to a shelter, inside a strong building and away from
windows.

Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading
killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to
be struck by lightning.

&&

LAT...LON 2709 9943 2711 9944 2713 9943 2715 9944
      2717 9943 2721 9943 2722 9944 2725 9944
      2727 9945 2732 9937 2727 9933 2727 9901
      2720 9898 2706 9945
TIME...MOT...LOC 0018Z 247DEG 25KT 2728 9918 

THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...2.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 23, 5:00 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BRO	Jim Hogg, Starr, Zapata	7 hr
May 23, 5:17 PM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	BRO		46 hr
May 23, 6:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BRO	Zapata	51 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.