1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Brownsville, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 13, 8:10 PM CST, 6 hours 5 minutes earlier.
DEEP SOUTH TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 910 PM CDT FRI JUN 13 2003 SHORT TERM...WV IMAGERY SHOWS VORT LOBE APPROACHING FROM WEST TX. THIS IS HELPING TO GENERATE IMPRESSIVE LINE OF CONVECTION TO THE NW OF THE CWA. GFS SEEMS TO HAVE THE BEST HANDLE ON THIS SYS. BELIEVE H5 DYNAMICS ARE A BIT STRONGER THAN GFS INDICATES. WILL BEEF UP POPS OVER THE NWRN CWA. WILL ADD LOCALLY SEVERE WORDING TO FIRST PERIOD. GFS PICKS UP ON SIERRA MADRE RAIN SHADOW...BUT MCS MAY BECOME STRONG ENOUGH TO OVERSPREAD THE ENTIRE LRGV. FOR NOW WILL LEAVE OUT POPS OVER THE LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY DUE TO THE RAIN SHADOW. BELIEVE PATTERN CHANGE OF H5 TROF DIGGING IN TO TX IS BEGINNING TO GET UNDERWAY...IN ACCORDANCE WITH MODEL GUIDANCE CONSENSUS. BEST CHANCES DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS FOR CONVECTION WILL BE OUT WEST WITH HIGHER PM CAPES. TEMP GRIDS LOOK GOOD. HAVE TWEAKED POPS TO MORE CLOSELY ALIGN WITH DIURNAL HEATING AND LOWERED POPS SUN WITH H5 LOW/SFC BNDRY PROGGED BY GFS TO THE N OF THE CWA. MESOETA HAS BEEN TOO AGGRESSIVE OF LATE IN DEVELOPING CONVECTIVE SYSTEMS SO WILL DISREGARD NW FLOW SOLUTION FOR SUN PM. IF MODELS CONVERGE TO THIS SOLUTION IN LATER RUNS WILL HAVE TO UPDATE ZFP ACCORDINGLY. LONG TERM...WILL TAPER POPS OFF BEGINNING WED AS GFS PROGS H5 TROF TO LIFT OUT TO THE NE. MARINE...SURFACE RIDGE OVER THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO COMBINED WITH A THERMAL TROUGH OVER WEST TEXAS WILL MAINTAIN MODERATE TO STRONG ONSHORE FLOW THROUGH THE WEEKEND. AMPLIFYING UPPER LEVEL JET EARLY NEXT WEEK WILL PLACE A TROUGH OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH MIDWEEK. AVIATION...MVR WITH CEILINGS LOWERING WITH MOISTURE POOLING TO THE S OF MCS NEAR NWRN CWA. BEST CHANCES OF SHRA/TSRA WILL BE AT MFE... WILL HOLD OFF IN PLACING IN TAF AS SOUTHWARD PROGRESS OF MCS HAS SLOWED TO THE S OF LRD. PRELIMINARY NUMBERS FOR COORDINATION PURPOSES ONLY... BRO BB 081/093 081/093 081 00/10/10/00/00 HRL BB 081/095 081/095 081 00/10/10/00/00 MFE BB 080/098 080/098 080 20/10/10/00/00 RGC BB 077/103 077/103 077 50/20/20/00/30 SPI BB 082/092 082/092 082 00/10/10/00/00 SYNOPTIC/GRIDS...MCELROY/STRAUB AVIATION/MARINE...VANSPEYBROECK MESO...MARTINEZ .BRO...NONE. THIS PRODUCT IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON OUR INTERNET WEB PAGE AT: HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/BRO
TXZ248>257-141100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 930 PM CDT FRI JUN 13 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IS MOVING EASTWARD ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS...HEAVY RAINFALL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING AS THEY MOVE ACROSS ZAPATA...JIM HOGG AND BROOKS COUNTIES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT FOR JIM HOGG...BROOKS AND KENEDY COUNTIES. STRAUB/MCELROY
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Emergency management official reported minor damage to homes from thunderstorm winds.
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