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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Brownsville, TX

May 3, 2025Jim Hogg County, Starr County, Texas

NWS Brownsville, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 3, 2025, 12:58 AM CDT for Jim Hogg County, Starr County, Texas. It was in force for 47 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 3, 2025, 12:58 AM CDT (05:58 UTC)
Expired
May 3, 2025, 1:45 AM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Brownsville, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.5 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Jim Hogg County, TX, Starr County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 162 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 171 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2025-05-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 670 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2025-05-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 91 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
670 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-324 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1417 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
91 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
136 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 2, 11:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROZapata43 min
May 3, 12:03 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROZapata42 min
May 3, 12:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROJim Hogg, Starr, Zapata50 min
May 3, 1:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROBrooks, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Starr51 min
May 3, 1:55 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROKleberg50 min
May 3, 2:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROHidalgo31 min
May 3, 2:34 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROHidalgo41 min
May 3, 2:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROHidalgo14 min
May 3, 3:04 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROStarr41 min
May 3, 1:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROCameron46 min
May 3, 2:37 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBROCameron3 hr

Nearby

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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.