1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Jun 8, 1:50 PM CST, 5 hours 13 minutes earlier.
DEEP SOUTH TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 250 PM CDT FRI JUN 8 2001 SHORT TERM...REMNANTS OF ALLISON HAVE SHIFTED WESTWARD TODAY JUST TO THE SOUTHWEST OF KCLL. ALMOST SIMILAR SITUATION AS YESTERDAY WITH THE LOWER AND UPPER LEVEL LOW TRAPPED BETWEEN THE RIDGE OVER THE SW U.S. AND RIDGE OVER THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO. DEFORMATION ZONE HAS SHIFTED EASTWARD TODAY WITH ANOTHER CYCLONIC VORTICITY CENTER EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO DEEP SOUTH TEXAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WITH SEABREEZE DEVELOPING...BELIEVE SEVERE THREAT TO BE CONFINED TO THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF CWA AS UPPER LEVEL ENERGY COMBINES WITH SURFACE CONVERGENCE ALONG SEABREEZE. GREATEST THREAT LIKELY DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL WITH ISOLATED TORNADOES POSSIBLE. WITH SLOW MOVING STORMS...HEAVY RAINFALL LIKELY AS WELL. WILL KEEP SEVERE WORDING MAINLY EAST AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AREA WIDE. MODELS HAVE BEEN DIVERGENT ON MOVEMENT OF THE REMAINS OF ALLISON. BELIEVE TREND HAS THE LOWER LEVEL FEATURE DRIFTING OVER THE COASTAL BEND THIS WEEKEND. THIS SCENARIO KEEPS CLOUDS AND RAIN CHANCES FOR THE VALLEY. WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE MAX TEMPS...DECREASE POPS...AND DECREASE CLD COVER AS UPPER RIDGE OVER THE SW U.S. AMPLIFIES PROVIDING SUBSIDENT AIR ON SUNDAY. EXTENDED...12Z AVN RUN KEEPS 700MB LOW FEATURE OVER THE COASTAL BEND MONDAY AND THEN TAKES THE REMAINING MOISTURE NORTHWARD INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AS SURFACE LOW DEVELOPS EAST OF THE ROCKYS WITH AN UPPER TROUGH OVER THE WESTERN U.S. THE UPPER LEVEL LOW REMAINS OVER THE UPPER TX COAST TUESDAY. WILL TREND DECREASING RAIN CHANCES FOR NOW...AS UPPER LOW BECOMES ELONGATED OR ABSORBED INTO UPPER TROUGH. MARINE...SEAS 2 FEET OFFSHORE WITH LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS. WINDS AND SEAS IN THE SHORT TERM DEPENDENT ON REMAINS OF ALLISON. NO FLAGS EXPECTED FOR TONIGHT. WITH LOW LEVEL FEATURE OVER THE COASTAL BEND...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED CONVECTION LIKELY TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. WINDS AND SEAS TO INCREASE IN THE EXTENDED WITH PRESSURE GRADIENT TIGHTENING OVER THE LOWER TEXAS COAST IN RESPONSE TO SFC LOW OVER THE SRN PLAINS. PRELIMINARY NUMBERS... BRO EB 076/091 075/093 075 34332 HRL EB 074/092 073/094 073 34332 MFE EB 076/093 075/095 075 34332 RGC EB 074/095 073/097 073 34332 SPI EB 077/085 076/085 076 34332 AVIATION-MARINE (LEAD)...57.KN/SYNOPTIC-PUBLIC...61.MC MESO...WATKINS INTERNET ADDRESS...WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/BRO .BRO...NONE.
TXZ255>257-082215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 411 PM CDT FRI JUN 8 2001 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER BROWNSVILLE... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN BROWNSVILLE SHOWS A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN LOCATED OVER BROWNSVILLE NOW. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS DRIFTING SLOWLY SOUTHWEST AND WILL BRING HEAVY RAINFALL TO AREAS OF BROWNSVILLE. EXPECT PONDING ON AREA ROADWAYS DURING YOUR NIGHTTIME COMMUTE...AND DRIVE WITH EXTRA CAUTION. PHILO
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A law enforcement official (trained in storm spotting) from the Willacy County Sheriff's Department reported a tornado touchdown near San Perlita, at the intersection of FM 1420 and Highway 186.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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