Isolated severe thunderstorms over Jim Hogg county produced large hail and gusty, but not damaging, winds.
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Isolated severe thunderstorms over Jim Hogg county produced large hail and gusty, but not damaging, winds.
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 Mar 13, 7:30 PM CST, 2 hours 53 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 830 PM CDT TUE MAR 13 2007 .DISCUSSION...SEVERE WEATHER RAGING ACROSS THE CRP CWFA AT THIS TIME ...WHILE THE BRO CWFA REMAINS CLEAR AND CALM. THIS TREND EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT...BUT WILL MAINTAIN ISOLATED RAIN CHANCES IN CASE ANY ACTIVITY DOES FORM OVER DEEP SOUTH TEXAS IN ADVANCE OF THE MID-LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING EAST THROUGH CENTRAL TEXAS RIGHT NOW. && .MARINE...TOR WATCH #61 ISSUED OVR CRP CWA THRU 2 AM WED...AS DYNAMICS INDUCED BY EAST MVG UPPER LOW REMAIN CONFINED TO AREA NORTH AND NORTHEAST OF THE RGV AND LWR TX GULF WATERS. MDLS INFER THAT OUTFLOWS FM STRONG CONVECTION COULD GENERATE STRONG TSTMS FURTHER SOUTH...NEAR NRN KENEDY COUNTY BY DAWN...AND CONTINUE ACCELERATING EAST INTO OUR NRN GULF WATERS. GENERALLY...THE FLOW IS NOT CONDUCIVE FOR BACK-BUILDING AND DIGGING OF CONVECTION OVRNGT...AND GENERAL THINKING IS THAT OUR MARINE AREAS WILL SHOW LITTLE EFFECT OF THIS AGGRESSIVE SQUALL LINE CURRENTLY EXPERIENCED NORTH OF CRP. WINDS WILL REMAIN FROM THE SOUTHEAST AROUND 15 KNOTS OVERNIGHT...EXCEPT FOR BRIEF GUSTY WINDS AND CHOPPY SEAS AROUND OUTFLOWS OR STRAY TSTMS MVG QUICKLY EAST ALONG NRN KENEDY COUNTY MARINE AREAS BY DAWN. OTHERWISE SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN AROUND 3 FEET OFFSHORE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. WINDS WILL BRIEFLY TURN TO THE NORTHEAST ON FRIDAY WITH A WEAK FRONT...BUT WILL QUICKLY RETURN TO THE SOUTHEAST BY SATURDAY. && .AVIATION...CLOUD COVER HAS THINNED OVER REGIONAL AERODROMES WITH MVFR OVRNGT WITH SHORT DURATION IFR FM CIGS AROUND 12Z. VFR 15Z WED AND BEYOND IN STRONG SOUTHERLY FLOW OF 17G27KTS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... BAYVIEW/PORT ISABEL 69 83 69 85 / 10 0 0 0 BROWNSVILLE 68 84 68 88 / 10 0 0 0 HARLINGEN 67 86 66 90 / 10 0 0 0 MCALLEN 67 87 67 90 / 10 0 0 0 RIO GRANDE CITY 67 88 66 91 / 10 0 0 0 SOUTH PADRE ISLAND 70 81 69 81 / 10 0 0 0 && .BRO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && SYNOPTIC/GRIDS...TOMASELLI/66 MARINE/AVIATION/MESO...PHILO/58
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 1007 PM CDT TUE MAR 13 2007 TXZ248>257-150315- ZAPATA-JIM HOGG-BROOKS-KENEDY-STARR-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY- INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 1007 PM CDT TUE MAR 13 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING EAST ALONG THE NORTHERN BOUNDARY OF THE COUNTY WARNING AREA. SOME OF THIS ACTIVITY MAY MOVE INTO DEEP SOUTH TEXAS OVERNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 1052 PM CDT TUE MAR 13 2007 TXZ249-140500- JIM HOGG- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...HEBBRONVILLE 1052 PM CDT TUE MAR 13 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE NEAR OR OVER HEBBRONVILLE WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH A HISTORY OF STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST FROM WEBB COUNTY TOWARD HEBBRONVILLE AT 1045 PM. THIS STORM SHOULD MOVE THROUGH WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR. RESIDENTS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER SHOULD THIS STORM BECOME SEVERE. 54
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 127 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:24 UTC.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Spotters with the Hebbronville Fire Department reported hail the size of pennies.
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