A severe thunderstorm moved through Starr county and produced high wind gusts.
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A severe thunderstorm moved through Starr county and produced high wind gusts.
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 Jul 18, 12:00 PM CST, 7 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 100 PM CDT WED JUL 18 2007 .DISCUSSION...THE WINDS WILL CONTINUE FROM THE SOUTHEAST TO EAST THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK AS AN EXTENSION OF THE BERMUDA HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE PERSISTS ACROSS THE GULF OF MEXICO INTO SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. THE WINDS WILL BECOME LIGHT TO LIGHT AND VARIABLE DURING THE OVERNIGHT PERIODS AND LIGHT TO MODERATE DURING THE AFTERNOONS AND EARLY EVENINGS. AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE DRIFTING TOWARD THE WEST AND NORTHWEST ACROSS NORTHERN MEXICO THIS WEEK. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM COMBINED WITH A LOW PRESSURE TROUGH LOCATED ALONG THE TEXAS AND MEXICAN COASTAL AREAS WILL CONTINUE PRODUCING A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY AT TIMES FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES OVER ALL OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS THROUGH 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE GROUND IS SATURATED OVER AREAS OF THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY THAT HAVE RECEIVED RAINS OVER THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS. THEREFORE AREAS RECEIVING ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL MAY EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING. NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL PERSIST OVER DEEP SOUTH TEXAS THROUGHOUT THE FORECAST PERIOD. && .MARINE...BUOY020 REPORTED SOUTHEAST WINDS 12 TO 14 KTS AND SEAS AT 6 FT. MODERATE WINDS AND SEAS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE LOWER TEXAS COASTAL WATERS THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. AN UPPER LEVEL LOW ALONG THE DEEP SOUTH TEXAS COASTLINE WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE AREA ON THE WEEKEND CAUSING A DRIER AND MORE STABLE AIRMASS. && .AVIATION...VFR CIGS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE FCST WITH LIKELY SHRA/TSRA CREATING TEMPO MVFR TO IFR CONDITIONS. WINDS WILL BE LIGHT TO MODERATE FROM THE SOUTHEAST THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... BAYVIEW/PORT ISABEL 75 86 76 88 77 / 30 50 30 50 20 BROWNSVILLE 74 88 75 90 75 / 30 50 30 50 20 HARLINGEN 74 88 75 90 75 / 30 60 30 50 20 MCALLEN 74 89 75 91 75 / 30 60 30 50 20 RIO GRANDE CITY 74 90 75 92 75 / 30 60 30 50 20 SOUTH PADRE ISLAND 75 84 76 85 77 / 30 50 30 50 20 && .BRO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH TXZ248>257 THROUGH 01Z THURSDAY. && THIS PRODUCT IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON OUR INTERNET WEB PAGE AT: HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/BRO SYNOPTIC/GRIDS....63 MARINE/AVIATION...65 MESOSCALE...MARTINEZ
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 401 PM CDT WED JUL 18 2007 TXZ248>257-191100- ZAPATA-JIM HOGG-BROOKS-KENEDY-STARR-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY- INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 401 PM CDT WED JUL 18 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...REST OF TODAY AND TONIGHT THE COMBINATION OF A BROAD UPPER LEVEL LOW...ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE... AND A SURFACE TROUGH OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL LEAD TO THE FORMATION OF SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THIS EVENING. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN AT TIMES AND AS A RESULT...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 8PM. THERE IS ALSO A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE AREA BEACHES TODAY AND TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND CONVEY SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE. LERMAN
The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 155 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:57 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A trained spotter reported wind gusts of 59 mph in a thunderstorm which moved through El Sauz early in the evening.
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