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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 30, NWS Brownsville, TX

May 23, 2026Cameron County, Texas

NWS Brownsville, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 23, 2026, 1:16 PM CDT for Cameron County, Texas. It was in force for 29 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 23, 2026, 1:16 PM CDT (18:16 UTC)
Expired
May 23, 2026, 1:45 PM CDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Brownsville, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Cameron County, TX

The radar

The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 489 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, Del Rio, TX at 12:00Z on 2026-05-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1763 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, Del Rio, TX at 12:00Z on 2026-05-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 91 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1763 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-119 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
817 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
91 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
38 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 22, 7:02 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningBRO43 min
May 22, 7:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROKenedy, Willacy49 min
May 22, 7:37 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningBRO53 min
May 22, 7:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROKenedy, Willacy16 min
May 22, 8:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROWillacy24 min
May 22, 10:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROZapata42 min
May 22, 11:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROZapata63 min
May 23, 12:30 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROStarr60 min
May 23, 7:43 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROZapata47 min
May 23, 8:22 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROZapata53 min
May 23, 8:31 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROJim Hogg44 min
May 23, 9:04 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROBrooks, Jim Hogg41 min
May 23, 9:32 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROJim Hogg43 min
May 23, 9:34 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROBrooks41 min
May 23, 9:36 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROJim Hogg39 min
May 23, 10:11 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROBrooks49 min
May 23, 10:14 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROStarr46 min
May 23, 10:23 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBROStarr, Zapata106 min
May 23, 10:49 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBROBrooks, Kenedy116 min
May 23, 10:55 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROKenedy50 min
May 23, 11:10 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningBRO50 min
May 23, 11:54 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROHidalgo51 min
May 23, 12:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROCameron, Willacy54 min
May 23, 12:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROCameron, Hidalgo, Willacy44 min
May 23, 1:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROCameron43 min
May 23, 1:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROWillacy50 min
May 23, 1:21 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningBRO24 min
May 23, 1:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROCameron23 min
May 23, 1:49 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningBRO56 min
May 23, 1:54 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningBRO51 min
May 23, 2:39 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningBRO66 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.