Alert archive / Texas / Zapata County
Weather alerts in Zapata County, Texas, 2023
103 weather alerts in 2023, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Zapata County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2023. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 103
- Warnings
- 14
- Watches
- 9
- Advisories
- 36
- Busiest month
- May26 alerts
- Busiest day
- April 29, 20238 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
Zapata County, 2023
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 10 | 3 | 70% | 1 | 100% | 20 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 0 | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2023
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Brownsville, TX: tornado warnings | 4 | 0 | 100% | 2 | 0% | |
| NWS Brownsville, TX: severe thunderstorm warnings | 88 | 33 | 63% | 110 | 93% | 28 min |
An office's figures cover every county it serves, including across state lines.
Verified by the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow, which matches each storm-based warning with the local storm reports inside its polygon while it was in force, within 15 km of its edge: a tornado warning counts as verified on a tornado report, a severe thunderstorm warning on hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more, or wind damage, a flash flood warning on a flash flood report. The false alarm ratio is the share of warnings with no such report; "inside a warning" is the probability of detection, the share of reports that fell inside one; lead time runs from the warning's issue to each report inside it, counting zero for a report that came first. A warning with no report is not proof nothing happened: reports come from spotters, the public and damage surveys, and are thin where few people live.
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Central Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 6, 5:02 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | BRO | 4 hr |
| Jan 10, 1:28 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | BRO | 9 hr |
| Jan 12, 1:02 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | BRO | 5 hr |
| Jan 22, 2:27 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | BRO | 37 hr |
| Jan 23, 2:32 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | BRO | 29 hr |
| Feb 15, 3:36 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | BRO | 25 hr |
| Feb 16, 4:32 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | BRO | 12 hr |
| Feb 28, 3:37 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | BRO | 48 hr |
| Mar 1, 1:55 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | BRO | 43 hr |
| Mar 16, 8:07 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | BRO | 20 hr |
| Mar 23, 8:53 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | BRO | 18 hr |
| Apr 5, 8:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | 40 min |
| Apr 5, 9:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | 39 min |
| Apr 5, 9:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | 46 min |
| Apr 6, 4:40 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | 50 min |
| Apr 10, 1:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | 39 min |
| Apr 10, 1:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | 30 min |
| Apr 16, 4:50 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | 55 min |
| Apr 21, 2:12 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 21, 2:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 3 hr |
| Apr 23, 4:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Apr 23, 9:59 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 91 min |
| Apr 23, 10:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | 50 min |
| Apr 23, 11:21 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | 114 min |
| Apr 23, 11:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | 48 min |
| Apr 23, 12:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | 43 min |
| Apr 28, 5:34 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 116 min |
| Apr 28, 5:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Apr 28, 9:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | 45 min |
| Apr 28, 9:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | 23 min |
| Apr 28, 9:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | 26 min |
| Apr 28, 9:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | 45 min |
| Apr 28, 10:19 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | 116 min |
| Apr 28, 10:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | 50 min |
| Apr 28, 10:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | 22 min |
| Apr 28, 10:50 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | 115 min |
| May 7, 4:52 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 8, 8:21 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 114 min |
| May 9, 3:37 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 83 min |
| May 9, 6:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | 52 min |
| May 9, 7:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | 26 min |
| May 9, 7:38 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | 84 min |
| May 9, 10:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | 43 min |
| May 11, 1:52 PM CDT | Flood Watch | BRO | 61 hr |
| May 12, 9:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | 52 min |
| May 12, 10:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | 49 min |
| May 12, 10:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | 35 min |
| May 12, 11:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | 22 min |
| May 12, 11:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | 38 min |
| May 16, 6:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | 32 min |
| May 16, 7:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | 31 min |
| May 16, 8:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | 30 min |
| May 16, 9:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | 40 min |
| May 16, 9:22 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | 53 min |
| May 16, 9:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | 26 min |
| May 16, 10:18 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | 87 min |
| May 17, 1:26 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | 2 hr |
| May 20, 2:18 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | 79 min |
| May 28, 3:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | 29 min |
| May 28, 3:47 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | 43 min |
| May 28, 5:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | 43 min |
| May 29, 5:14 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 91 min |
| Jun 3, 6:18 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 117 min |
| Jun 3, 6:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jun 3, 7:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | 52 min |
| Jun 3, 7:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | 43 min |
| Jun 3, 8:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | 41 min |
| Jun 3, 8:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | 36 min |
| Jun 4, 7:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | 52 min |
| Jun 4, 9:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | 50 min |
| Jun 4, 10:09 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | 66 min |
| Jun 8, 3:38 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | 82 min |
| Jun 8, 4:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | 52 min |
| Jun 12, 1:25 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | BRO | 6 hr |
| Jun 13, 11:26 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | BRO | 10 hr |
| Jun 13, 2:44 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | BRO | 29 hr |
| Jun 14, 2:41 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | BRO | 29 hr |
| Jun 15, 1:26 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | BRO | 30 hr |
| Jun 16, 11:27 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | BRO | 32 hr |
| Jun 17, 2:27 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | BRO | 29 hr |
| Jun 18, 7:04 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | BRO | 24 hr |
| Jun 19, 6:55 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | BRO | 25 hr |
| Jun 20, 2:38 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | BRO | 29 hr |
| Jun 21, 2:42 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | BRO | 28 hr |
| Jun 22, 2:18 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | BRO | 30 hr |
| Jun 23, 8:02 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | BRO | 23 hr |
| Jun 24, 2:42 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | BRO | 28 hr |
| Jul 11, 3:07 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | BRO | 16 hr |
| Jul 11, 6:54 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | BRO | 24 hr |
| Aug 5, 2:04 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | BRO | 29 hr |
| Aug 8, 3:09 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | BRO | 16 hr |
| Aug 9, 3:48 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | BRO | 16 hr |
| Aug 9, 2:37 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | BRO | 29 hr |
| Aug 10, 7:50 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | BRO | 23 hr |
| Aug 11, 2:27 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | BRO | 29 hr |
| Aug 23, 6:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | 48 min |
| Sep 15, 9:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | 61 min |
| Sep 15, 10:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | 61 min |
| Oct 2, 4:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | 52 min |
| Oct 2, 4:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | 47 min |
| Oct 5, 12:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | 47 min |
| Oct 5, 2:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | 57 min |
| Nov 17, 4:25 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | BRO | 4 hr |
By product
Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.
| Product | Alerts |
|---|---|
| Severe storms | |
| Severe Thunderstorm Warning | 10 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 4 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 8 |
| Special Weather Statement | 36 |
| Flooding | |
| Flood Watch | 1 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 10 |
| Heat | |
| Heat Advisory | 22 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 1 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 4 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 4 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 3 |
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.