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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 2024, 6:39 PM CDT for Brooks County, Hidalgo County, Texas. It was in force for 37 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 13, 2024, 6:39 PM CDT (23:39 UTC)
- Expired
- May 13, 2024, 7:16 PM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Damage threat
- Considerable
- Hail
- 2.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Brooks County, TX, Hidalgo County, TX
The radar
The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 13, 4:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Brownsville Intl, TX (KBRO), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 127 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
- 3138 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -222 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 540 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted.
176
WUUS54 KBRO 132339
SVRBRO
TXC047-215-140030-
/O.NEW.KBRO.SV.W.0021.240513T2339Z-240514T0030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Brownsville TX
639 PM CDT Mon May 13 2024
The National Weather Service in Brownsville has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
North central Hidalgo County in Deep South Texas...
Southeastern Brooks County in Deep South Texas...
* Until 730 PM CDT.
* At 638 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles east of
Rachal, moving east at 70 mph.
HAZARD...Tennis 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.
* Locations impacted include...
Rachal and El Coyote Ranch Airport.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Prepare immediately for large hail and deadly cloud to ground
lightning. Seek shelter inside a well-built structure. Stay away from
windows.
&&
LAT...LON 2687 9799 2666 9800 2672 9835 2678 9832
2678 9837 2686 9831 2695 9799
TIME...MOT...LOC 2338Z 267DEG 61KT 2685 9801
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...2.50 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
Katz2 follow-up statements
791
WWUS54 KBRO 132357
SVSBRO
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Brownsville TX
657 PM CDT Mon May 13 2024
TXC047-215-140030-
/O.CON.KBRO.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-240514T0030Z/
Hidalgo TX-Brooks TX-
657 PM CDT Mon May 13 2024
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL HIDALGO AND SOUTHEASTERN BROOKS COUNTIES...
At 656 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles northeast of
Norias, or 9 miles southeast of Armstrong, moving east at 70 mph.
HAZARD...Tennis ball size hail and 70 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect
considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to
mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
Locations impacted include...
Rachal.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Prepare immediately for large hail and deadly cloud to ground
lightning. Seek shelter inside a well-built structure. Stay away from
windows.
&&
LAT...LON 2687 9799 2666 9800 2672 9816 2677 9820
2680 9821 2687 9821 2695 9799
TIME...MOT...LOC 2356Z 267DEG 61KT 2687 9765
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...2.50 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH
$$
Katz124
WWUS54 KBRO 140016
SVSBRO
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Brownsville TX
716 PM CDT Mon May 13 2024
TXC047-215-140026-
/O.CAN.KBRO.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-240514T0030Z/
Hidalgo TX-Brooks TX-
716 PM CDT Mon May 13 2024
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL HIDALGO AND
SOUTHEASTERN BROOKS COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for
Deep South Texas.
&&
LAT...LON 2687 9799 2666 9800 2672 9816 2677 9820
2680 9821 2687 9821 2695 9799
TIME...MOT...LOC 0015Z 267DEG 61KT 2689 9726
$$
KatzThe office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 12:26 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Willacy | 49 min |
| May 13, 6:03 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Starr | 42 min |
| May 13, 7:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Starr | 28 min |
| May 13, 7:50 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Jim Hogg | 25 min |
| May 13, 8:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Willacy | 30 min |
| May 13, 8:08 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Jim Hogg | 22 min |
| May 13, 8:12 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Hidalgo | 33 min |
| May 13, 8:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Brooks, Jim Hogg | 28 min |
| May 13, 8:37 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Willacy | 23 min |
| May 13, 8:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Hidalgo | 30 min |
| May 13, 8:50 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Willacy | 25 min |
| May 13, 8:56 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Brooks | 34 min |
| May 13, 9:06 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Brooks | 24 min |
| May 13, 9:34 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Brooks | 26 min |
| May 13, 10:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Brooks | 30 min |
| May 13, 4:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Jim Hogg, Zapata | 48 min |
| May 13, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Jim Hogg, Zapata | 46 min |
| May 13, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Jim Hogg, Starr, Zapata | 48 min |
| May 13, 5:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Zapata | 26 min |
| May 13, 5:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Jim Hogg, Starr, Zapata | 51 min |
| May 13, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Brooks, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Starr | 47 min |
| May 13, 5:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Zapata | 46 min |
| May 13, 6:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Starr | 38 min |
| May 13, 6:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Kenedy | 23 min |
| May 13, 6:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Hidalgo, Starr | 42 min |
| May 13, 6:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Brooks | 38 min |
| May 13, 6:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Hidalgo, Starr | 39 min |
| May 13, 6:54 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | BRO | 51 min | |
| May 13, 6:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Zapata | 35 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.