Alert archive / Texas / Zapata County
Weather alerts in Zapata County, Texas, 2024
104 weather alerts in 2024, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Zapata County and its neighbors
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- Alerts
- 104
- Warnings
- 32
- Watches
- 17
- Advisories
- 23
- Busiest month
- May38 alerts
- Busiest day
- May 13, 202410 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, 2024
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 16 | 3 | 81% | 3 | 67% | 14 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 2 | 1 | 50% | 1 | 100% | 50 min |
Each office's whole area, 2024
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Brownsville, TX: tornado warnings | 4 | 0 | 100% | 0 | ||
| NWS Brownsville, TX: severe thunderstorm warnings | 42 | 9 | 79% | 25 | 44% | 12 min |
| NWS Brownsville, TX: flash flood warnings | 5 | 3 | 40% | 12 | 100% | 81 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 7, 2:56 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | BRO | 24 hr |
| Jan 8, 3:01 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | BRO | 27 hr |
| Jan 8, 3:07 PM CST | Wind Advisory | BRO | 15 hr |
| Jan 11, 3:08 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | BRO | 11 hr |
| Jan 11, 2:02 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | BRO | 28 hr |
| Jan 11, 2:05 PM CST | Wind Advisory | BRO | 26 hr |
| Jan 14, 3:45 AM CST | Freeze Watch | BRO | 24 hr |
| Jan 14, 3:49 AM CST | Wind Chill Watch | BRO | 24 hr |
| Jan 15, 3:41 AM CST | Freeze Warning | BRO | 30 hr |
| Jan 15, 3:41 AM CST | Hard Freeze Watch | BRO | 24 hr |
| Jan 15, 3:48 AM CST | Wind Chill Warning | BRO | 35 hr |
| Jan 15, 3:48 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | BRO | 9 hr |
| Jan 15, 9:46 AM CST | Freeze Warning | BRO | 6 hr |
| Jan 15, 12:59 PM CST | Hard Freeze Warning | BRO | 21 hr |
| Jan 16, 3:53 AM CST | Hard Freeze Warning | BRO | 29 hr |
| Jan 18, 4:16 AM CST | Freeze Watch | BRO | 34 hr |
| Feb 2, 2:28 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | BRO | 20 hr |
| Feb 3, 10:13 AM CST | Wind Advisory | BRO | 32 hr |
| Feb 3, 10:25 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | BRO | 34 hr |
| Mar 5, 6:11 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | BRO | 3 hr |
| Mar 7, 10:49 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | BRO | 15 hr |
| Mar 8, 2:00 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | BRO | 14 hr |
| Mar 15, 7:22 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 113 min |
| Mar 15, 7:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Mar 15, 10:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | 48 min |
| Mar 15, 11:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | 43 min |
| Mar 15, 11:41 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Mar 15, 11:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | 60 min |
| Mar 16, 12:46 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | 3 hr |
| Mar 16, 1:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | 58 min |
| Mar 16, 9:39 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Mar 16, 10:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Mar 16, 11:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | 56 min |
| Mar 17, 12:01 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | 59 min |
| Mar 17, 12:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | 63 min |
| Apr 8, 3:04 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | BRO | 24 hr |
| Apr 9, 2:02 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | BRO | 31 hr |
| Apr 9, 2:46 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | BRO | 30 hr |
| Apr 9, 7:57 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 9, 8:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Apr 9, 11:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | 52 min |
| Apr 20, 7:46 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 89 min |
| May 8, 1:46 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | BRO | 29 hr |
| May 13, 4:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | 48 min |
| May 13, 4:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| May 13, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | 46 min |
| May 13, 4:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | CRP | 24 min |
| May 13, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | 48 min |
| May 13, 5:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | 26 min |
| May 13, 5:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | 51 min |
| May 13, 5:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | 46 min |
| May 13, 6:20 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| May 13, 6:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | 35 min |
| May 13, 7:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | 41 min |
| May 17, 4:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | 36 min |
| May 17, 5:14 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 17, 8:36 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | 39 min |
| May 21, 1:20 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | BRO | 17 hr |
| May 22, 2:00 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | BRO | 17 hr |
| May 23, 2:00 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | BRO | 3 days |
| May 23, 2:29 PM CDT | Excessive Heat Warning | BRO | 29 hr |
| May 24, 4:33 PM CDT | Excessive Heat Warning | BRO | 26 hr |
| May 24, 4:33 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | BRO | 18 hr |
| May 25, 6:52 PM CDT | Excessive Heat Warning | BRO | 26 hr |
| May 26, 8:54 PM CDT | Excessive Heat Warning | BRO | 23 hr |
| May 26, 8:54 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | BRO | 23 hr |
| May 27, 7:46 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 119 min |
| May 27, 7:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | 39 min |
| May 27, 8:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| May 27, 8:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | 31 min |
| May 27, 9:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | 45 min |
| May 27, 11:00 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 60 min |
| May 28, 2:25 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | BRO | 18 hr |
| May 28, 7:47 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| May 28, 8:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| May 28, 9:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | 46 min |
| May 28, 9:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | 41 min |
| May 28, 10:14 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 28, 10:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | 45 min |
| May 28, 11:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | 41 min |
| Jun 3, 2:15 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | BRO | 17 hr |
| Jun 3, 8:53 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | BRO | 23 hr |
| Jun 5, 2:00 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | BRO | 18 hr |
| Jun 6, 1:33 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | BRO | 18 hr |
| Jun 17, 3:39 PM CDT | Flood Watch | BRO | 69 hr |
| Jun 19, 6:57 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 63 min |
| Jun 19, 7:25 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 12 hr |
| Jun 19, 11:44 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 20, 5:42 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 93 min |
| Jul 9, 9:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | 44 min |
| Jul 9, 10:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | 47 min |
| Jul 9, 10:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | 50 min |
| Jul 9, 11:19 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | 5 hr |
| Jul 18, 9:29 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | 61 min |
| Jul 21, 7:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | 34 min |
| Jul 23, 8:01 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | 119 min |
| Jul 27, 6:32 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | 80 min |
| Aug 26, 5:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | 25 min |
| Aug 28, 3:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | 36 min |
| Sep 14, 8:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | 39 min |
| Sep 14, 9:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | 49 min |
| Sep 19, 7:44 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | 2 hr |
| Sep 19, 8:39 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | 81 min |
| Nov 17, 1:39 PM CST | Wind Advisory | BRO | 13 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 | 16 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 6 |
| Tornado Watch | 1 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 14 |
| Special Weather Statement | 18 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 2 |
| Flood Watch | 1 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 5 |
| Heat | |
| Excessive Heat Warning | 4 |
| Heat Advisory | 11 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 2 |
| Hard Freeze Warning | 2 |
| Wind Chill Warning | 1 |
| Freeze Watch | 2 |
| Hard Freeze Watch | 1 |
| Wind Chill Watch | 1 |
| Wind Chill Advisory | 1 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 5 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 5 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 5 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 1 |
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.