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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Brownsville, TX

March 26, 2025Starr County, Texas

NWS Brownsville, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 26, 2025, 7:49 PM CDT for Starr County, Texas. It was in force for 41 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: Mar 26, 2025, 7:49 PM CDT (00:49 UTC)
Expired: Mar 26, 2025, 8:30 PM CDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Brownsville, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Starr County, TX

The radar

The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Brownsville, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Mar 26, 6:16 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 26, 6:16 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 26, 3:57 PM CDT, 3 hours 52 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Brownsville TX
357 PM CDT Wed Mar 26 2025

TXZ249-252-262130-
Jim Hogg TX-Starr TX-
357 PM CDT Wed Mar 26 2025

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN JIM HOGG AND NORTH
CENTRAL STARR COUNTIES THROUGH 430 PM CDT...

At 356 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Viboras, moving northeast at 10 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and half inch hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Viboras and San Rafael Ranch Airport.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 2692 9881 2681 9842 2680 9842 2657 9893
      2669 9899
TIME...MOT...LOC 2056Z 225DEG 8KT 2666 9892

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

68

Special weather statement, Mar 26, 4:29 PM CDT, 3 hours 20 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Brownsville TX
429 PM CDT Wed Mar 26 2025

TXZ249-252-262200-
Jim Hogg TX-Starr TX-
429 PM CDT Wed Mar 26 2025

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHERN JIM HOGG AND NORTH
CENTRAL STARR COUNTIES THROUGH 500 PM CDT...

At 428 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong
thunderstorms near Agua Nueva, moving northeast at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and half inch hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Viboras, Puesta Del Sol Airport, and Agua Nueva.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 2662 9877 2670 9896 2706 9876 2689 9842
TIME...MOT...LOC 2128Z 212DEG 16KT 2683 9868

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

60-BE

Special weather statement, Mar 26, 4:56 PM CDT, 2 hours 53 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Brownsville TX
456 PM CDT Wed Mar 26 2025

TXZ249-262245-
Jim Hogg TX-
456 PM CDT Wed Mar 26 2025

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN JIM HOGG COUNTY
THROUGH 545 PM CDT...

At 455 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8
miles southwest of Agua Nueva, moving northeast at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and half inch hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Puesta Del Sol Airport and Agua Nueva.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 2694 9842 2678 9858 2678 9879 2680 9882
      2708 9868
TIME...MOT...LOC 2155Z 214DEG 16KT 2682 9870

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

60-BE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 26, 7:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BRO	Starr, Zapata	51 min
Mar 26, 8:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BRO	Brooks	41 min
Mar 26, 9:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BRO	Kenedy	40 min
Mar 26, 11:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BRO	Hidalgo	42 min
Mar 26, 11:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BRO	Zapata	25 min
Mar 27, 12:23 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BRO	Willacy	32 min
Mar 27, 1:44 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BRO	Cameron, Willacy	2 hr
Mar 27, 2:06 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BRO	Starr, Zapata	114 min
Mar 27, 2:26 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BRO	Cameron	34 min
Mar 27, 2:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BRO	Cameron	32 min
Mar 27, 2:49 AM CDT	Rip Current Statement	BRO	Cameron, Kenedy, Willacy	40 hr
Mar 27, 2:56 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	BRO		19 min
Mar 27, 3:09 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BRO	Cameron	2 hr
Mar 27, 3:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BRO	Cameron	32 min
Mar 27, 3:44 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BRO	Cameron	2 hr
Mar 27, 5:09 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BRO	Cameron, Hidalgo, Willacy	2 hr
Mar 27, 5:37 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BRO	Cameron	113 min
Mar 27, 6:13 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BRO	Cameron	47 min
Mar 27, 6:33 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BRO	Cameron	117 min
Mar 27, 7:05 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BRO	Cameron	40 min
Mar 27, 7:10 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BRO	Cameron, Hidalgo, Willacy	50 min
Mar 27, 7:31 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BRO	Zapata	59 min
Mar 27, 7:56 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	BRO		34 min
Mar 27, 8:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BRO	Zapata	46 min
Mar 27, 8:31 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BRO	Starr	44 min
Mar 27, 8:40 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BRO	Cameron	3 hr
Mar 27, 8:45 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BRO	Jim Hogg, Starr	3 hr
Mar 27, 8:59 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BRO	Jim Hogg	46 min
Mar 27, 9:17 AM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	BRO		28 hr
Mar 27, 10:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BRO	Brooks	45 min
Mar 27, 10:37 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BRO	Brooks, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Starr, Zapata	3 hr
Mar 27, 11:01 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BRO	Brooks	44 min
Mar 27, 11:15 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BRO	Zapata	45 min
Mar 27, 11:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BRO	Starr	31 min
Mar 27, 11:35 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	BRO	Cameron	3 hr
Mar 27, 11:39 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BRO	Brooks	36 min
Mar 27, 12:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BRO	Brooks, Hidalgo, Starr	44 min
Mar 27, 12:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BRO	Brooks, Hidalgo, Kenedy	41 min
Mar 27, 12:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BRO	Starr	35 min
Mar 27, 1:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BRO	Hidalgo, Kenedy, Willacy	36 min
Mar 27, 1:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BRO	Hidalgo, Starr	44 min
Mar 27, 1:32 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BRO	Hidalgo, Starr	15 min
Mar 27, 1:34 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BRO	Hidalgo, Starr	13 hr
Mar 27, 1:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BRO	Hidalgo, Kenedy, Willacy	19 min
Mar 27, 1:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BRO	Hidalgo, Starr	52 min
Mar 27, 2:22 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BRO	Hidalgo	23 min
Mar 27, 2:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BRO	Hidalgo	42 min
Mar 27, 3:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BRO	Hidalgo	40 min
Mar 27, 3:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BRO	Hidalgo	8 min
Mar 27, 3:21 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BRO	Hidalgo	6 hr
Mar 27, 3:22 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BRO	Hidalgo	3 hr
Mar 27, 3:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BRO	Cameron, Hidalgo, Willacy	63 min
Mar 27, 3:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BRO	Hidalgo	30 min
Mar 27, 4:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BRO	Cameron, Willacy	54 min
Mar 27, 4:25 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BRO	Hidalgo	5 hr
Mar 27, 5:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BRO	Cameron, Willacy	68 min
Mar 27, 5:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BRO	Hidalgo	12 min
Mar 27, 5:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BRO	Cameron, Hidalgo	37 min
Mar 27, 5:30 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	BRO		45 min
Mar 27, 5:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BRO	Cameron, Hidalgo	40 min
Mar 27, 6:01 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BRO	Cameron, Willacy	7 hr
Mar 27, 6:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BRO	Cameron, Willacy	40 min
Mar 27, 6:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BRO	Willacy	47 min
Mar 27, 6:14 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	BRO		46 min
Mar 27, 6:23 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning EmergencyCatastrophic damage threat	BRO	Hidalgo	3 hr
Mar 27, 6:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BRO	Cameron, Willacy	38 min
Mar 27, 6:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BRO	Hidalgo, Starr	30 min
Mar 27, 6:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BRO	Cameron, Willacy	41 min
Mar 27, 6:58 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	BRO		47 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.