A line of strong to severe thunderstorms associated with a cold front moving across the region, developed over southern Kenedy County and raced south across Willacy and Cameron counties around midnight on December 5th. This front was preceded by just enough instability to produce a small band of damaging winds and hail.
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The episode as NWS BRO wrote it up.
A line of strong to severe thunderstorms associated with a cold front moving across the region, developed over southern Kenedy County and raced south across Willacy and Cameron counties around midnight on December 5th. This front was preceded by just enough instability to produce a small band of damaging winds and hail. Several reports of strong wind gusts and wind damage were reported around the Raymondville area in Willacy County. Further south in Cameron County, quarter to half dollar sized hail was reported in La Feria.
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 Dec 4, 11:14 PM CST, 31 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 1114 PM CST TUE DEC 4 2012 .DISCUSSION...UPPER AIR AND SPC MESOANALYSIS COUPLED WITH LOCAL LAPS DATA SHOWS ABOUT 40 TO 50 KNOTS OF 0-6KM SHEAR BEHIND A DEVELOPING LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN KENEDY COUNTY STRETCHING TO OUR EASTERN COASTAL WATERS. STRONG LARGE SCALE ASCENT PROVIDED BY THE LEFT EXIT REGION OF A DIVING IS CONTINUING TO PROVIDE GOOD SFC CONVERGENCE FOR THUNDERSTORM INITIATION AMID ABOUT 1200 TO 1500 J/KG OF SURFACE BASED CAPE OVER LAND AND ABOUT 2200 J/KG OVER THE WARMER AND MORE MOIST GULF WATERS WHERE THE CONVECTION APPEARS THE STRONGEST OVERALL WITH NUMEROUS 50DBZ RETURNS OVER 35KFT ON KBRO AND CRP RADARS...WITH THE STRONGEST STORM OVER LAND NEAR RUDOLPH. EXPECT THE NEAR SFC BOUNDARY LAYER TO COOL OVERLAND SLOWLY AND POSSIBLY LIMIT UPDRAFT POTENTIAL...BUT WITH AVAILABLE SHEAR STILL BELIEVE IT POSSIBLE TO SEE SOME STRONG TO BORDERLINE SEVERE STORMS WITH LARGE HAIL THE MAIN THREAT...AS STORMS POSSIBLY BECOME SLIGHTLY ELEVATED...STILL CAN NOT RULE OUT AN ISOLATED GUSTY/DAMAGING WIND THREAT WITH STRONGER STORMS. STORMS ARE MOVING QUICKLY ENOUGH TO PREVENT SIGNIFICANT FLOODING CONCERN. EXPECT FRONTAL BOUNDARY TO CONTINUE TO PUSH SOUTHWARD AND APPROACH THE LOWER VALLEY BETWEEN 3 AND 6 AM THIS MORNING...WITH MOST CONVECTION STUCK RIGHT TO THE BOUNDARY DUE TO A NEUTRALLY TO NEGATIVELY BUOYANT LOWEST FEW THOUSAND FEET OF THE COLUMN. BUMPED UP RAIN CHANCES FROM MIDNIGHT TO 6 AM FROM ABOUT WESLACO EAST TO RAYMONDVILLE AND PORT MANSFIELD AND ESPECIALLY OVER THE COASTAL WATERS WHERE PRECIP APPEARS TO BE A NO BRAINER THROUGH 6 AM. STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...BUT ARE NOT A SURE THING...OVER LAND ALONG THE FRONT...AND ARE A NEAR CERTAINTY OVER THE GULF WATERS WHERE SPECIAL MARINE WARNINGS HAVE ALREADY BEEN ISSUED. /68-JGG/ && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 647 PM CST TUE DEC 4 2012/ DISCUSSION...UPDATED FOR LATEST AVIATION DISCUSSION BELOW. AVIATION...THE AFTERNOON SEA BREEZE HAS PUSHED INLAND AND IS NOW MEETING UP WITH THE COLD FRONT PUSHING SOUTHEAST TOWARDS DEEP SOUTH TX. SO FAR THIS BOUNDARY COLLISION HAS FAILED TO PRODUCE ANY SIGNIFICANT CONV OVER THE BRO CWA WITH ALL OF THE STRONGER CONV CONFINED TO THE MIDDLE AND UPPER TX COASTLINES. RIGHT NOW WITH THE LOSS OF THE AFTERNOON HEATING AND THE LOWERING OF THE LOW LEVEL TEMPS THE ATMS IS STARTING TO STABILIZE SOMEWHAT AS THE EVENING PROGRESSES. DESPITE THE MORE STABLE ATMS THE LAST SWOMCD FROM SPC INDICATED THAT A MID LEVEL SPEED MAX IS APPROACHING THE REGION FROM THE WEST. THIS FEATURE IN ADDITION TO THE APPROACHING SURFACE BOUNDARY WILL MAINTAIN ENOUGH UVV FOR GENERAL CONV. HOWEVER BELIEVE THAT THE POTENTIAL FOR SVR CONV MAY BE FADING A BIT. SOME HIGHER CAPE VALUES LINGER JUST ALONG THE COASTLINE AND FURTHER OFFSHORE SO THE BEST POTENTIAL FOR STG/SVR CONV WILL PERSIST HERE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. WILL HOLD OFF ON INCLUDING A MENTION OF CONV FOR THE LOWER RGV AIRPORTS AS WOULD LIKE TO SEE BETTER DEVELOPMENT ON THE SOUTH END OF THE FRONT. BIG DIFFERENCES SHOW UP BETWEEN THE GFS AND NAM CEILINGS AND VSBYS. THE GFS IS GOING WITH A DRY FROPA WITH NO SERIOUS CEILINGS OR REDUCTIONS TO VSBYS WHILE THE NAM TAKES THE CEILINGS AND VSBYS DOWN TO LIFR LEVELS. FOR NOW WILL GO CLOSER TO THE GFS/GFS LAMP TRENDS WHICH SEEM TO BE MATCHING UP BETTER WITH THE REAL TIME CONDITIONS. BELIEVE THAT SOME FOG MAY FORM AS THE SURFACE WINDS SLACKEN AHEAD OF THE FRONT...BUT NOT TO THE DEGREE INDICATED BY THE NAM GUIDANCE. THIS MAY RESULT IN SOME MVFR/BRIEF IFR CONDITIONS AHEAD OF FRONT. OTHERWISE EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS IN THE WAKE OF THE FROPA LATER TONIGHT THROUGH TOMORROW EVENING. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 235 PM CST TUE DEC 4 2012/ SHORT TERM /NOW THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT/...CURRENT SURFACE OBSERVATIONS AND SATELLITE IMAGES DEPICTS THE WEAK SURFACE COLD FRONT FROM EAGLE PASS TO BASTROP TEXAS. THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHEASTWARD THROUGH TONIGHT. CURRENT WSR-88D SHOWS CONVECTION DEVELOPING OVER THE LOWER TEXAS COASTAL WATERS EARLY IS AFTERNOON. VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGES SHOWS AN INCREASING CU FIELD ACROSS DEEP SOUTH TEXAS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. SURFACE TEMPERATURES ARE IN THE LOW TO MID 80S WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE MIDDLE 60S ACROSS THE AREA ALONG WITH AN UNSTABLE AIRMASS OVER THE NORTHEASTERN PORTION OF THE CWA. AN UPPER JET IS MOVING ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON. THERE IS AN ISOLATED RISK OF A SEVERE STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AS THIS UPPER FEATURE MOVES ACROSS THE DESTABILIZING AIRMASS. THE GREATEST RISK AREA FOR SEEING ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS WILL BE IN AREAS NORTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM FALFURRIAS...TO RAYMONDVILLE...TO PORT MANSFIELD. THE PRIMARY IMPACTS WOULD BE WIND GUSTS OF 60 TO 70 MPH...AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. OTHERWISE...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AHEAD AND ALONG THE FRONT. THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS EXPECTED TO REACH THE UPPER VALLEY AROUND 10 PM TONIGHT AND THE LOWER VALLY AROUND MIDNIGHT. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO NORTH TO NORTHWEST BEHIND THE FRONT. A SECONDARY SURGE OF THE BOUNDARY THROUGH THE AREA IS EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY AS SURFACE RIDGING TAKES BUILDS BEHIND THE FRONT. HIGH TEMPERATURES ON WEDNESDAY WILL BE ABOUT 8 TO 10 DEGREES COOLER THAN TODAY WITH HIGHS IN THE LOW TO MID 70S AREA WIDE. LOWS TONIGHT WILL BE IN THE UPPER 50S OVER THE NORTH AND LOWER 60S IN THE VALLEY. OVERNIGHT LOWS WEDNESDAY NIGHT WILL BE IN THE MID TO UPPER 50S WITH LOWER 60S NEAR THE COAST. LONG TERM/THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...A RATHER ZONAL FLOW ALOFT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK WITH A SHORTWAVE EMBEDDED WITHIN THE FLOW MOVING EASTWARD. THIS DISTURBANCE WILL REMAIN FURTHER NORTH OF THE CWA AND WILL NOT BE AN IMPACT TO THE RGV. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL GRADUALLY WARM INTO THE UPPER 70S FOR THURSDAY WITH SE WINDS RETURNING QUICKLY. CONDITIONS WILL BE DRY THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. SE FLOW BEGINS TO INCREASE INTO FRIDAY AS ANOTHER STRONG DEEPER TROUGH DEVELOPS OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND AN ASSOCIATED LEE SIDE TROUGH STRENGTHENS. BREEZE TO WINDY CONDITIONS WILL BE EXPECTED FOR FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY AS THE GRADIENT IN THE LOWER VALLEY STRENGTHENS ESPECIALLY ALONG THE COASTAL COUNTIES. HIGH TEMPERATURES INTO THE WEEKEND WILL BE A FEW DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE STRONGER SYSTEM ACCORDING TO THE GFS AS WELL AS THE ECMWF ARE HINTING THE UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL DIG SOUTHWARD INTO THE DESERT SW AND NORTHERN MEXICO. EITHER SOLUTION PLANS OUT...A STRONG COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL MAKE ITS WAY SOUTH INTO THE VALLEY. BOTH MODELS HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF DISAGREEMENT ON THE TIMING OF THIS FRONT BUT IT WILL LIKELY BE ARRIVING INTO THE LOWER VALLEY BY 06Z TO 12Z TUESDAY. EXPECT SHOWER ACTIVITY TO ENHANCE AHEAD OF THE FRONT ACROSS THE CWA WITH BREEZE TO WINDY CONDITIONS RIGHT BEHIND THIS SYSTEM. GFS IS A LITTLE MORE AGGRESSIVE WITH POPS WHILE THE ECMWF IS KEEPING MOST OF THE ACTIVITY OVER THE GULF WATERS. AT THIS TIME LEFT 20 PERCENT POPS AS IT IS STILL AT THE END OF THE LONG TERM PERIOD. TEMPERATURES EARLY IN THE WEEK WILL BE UNIFORMLY ABOVE NORMAL ACROSS THE CWA REACHING THE MID TO LOWER 80S WITH LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 60S. AFTER THIS FRONT MOVES THROUGH TUESDAY...HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL STILL REACH THE MID TO LOW 70S FURTHER SOUTH INTO THE LOWER VALLEY. MARINE...NOW THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...BUOY 020 REPORTED EAST SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 8 KNOTS WITH SEAS OF 4 FEET EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. LIGHT EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON WITH WINDS BECOMING EAST THIS EVENING AS THE WEAK COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE LOWER TEXAS COAST. THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL PUSH THROUGH LATER TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING...WITH ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS. MODERATE NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL DEVELOP WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. EXERCISE CAUTION CONDITIONS POSSIBLE ON ALL WATERS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...BUT CURRENTLY ADVISORY LEVEL WINDS DO NOT APPEAR LIKELY...WITH SEAS REMAINING MODERATE. SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE INTO FRIDAY AS GRADIENT STRENGTHENS OVER THE LOWER VALLEY. THIS IS DUE TO A STRONGER UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM ENTERING THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. THIS SYSTEM WILL DIG SOUTHWARD INTO THE DESERT SOUTHWEST AND BRING A FRONT ACROSS VALLEY BY TUESDAY. STRONGER NORTH TO NORTHWEST FLOW WILL INCREASE BEHIND THIS FRONT ACROSS THE VALLEY AND WILL BUILD SEAS. EXPECT CLOSE TO SCA INTO THE WEEKEND WITH THE SE FLOW ACROSS THE GULF WATERS LATE FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY AND POSSIBLY CONTINUING INTO SUNDAY. ON TUESDAY AS THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE GULF...EXPECT A NORTHERLY PUSH WITH THE FRONT WITH SEAS BETWEEN 3 TO 5 FEET AND POSSIBLY INCREASE TO 6 FEET. && .BRO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. GM...NONE. && THIS PRODUCT IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT: HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RGV 68/66
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 154 PM CST TUE DEC 4 2012 TXZ248>257-051215- ZAPATA-JIM HOGG-BROOKS-KENEDY-STARR-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY- INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 154 PM CST TUE DEC 4 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... THERE IS AN ELEVATED RISK FOR ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON ALONG AND EAST OF A FALFURRIAS TO WESLACO LINE. THE GREATER RISK FOR SEEING ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS WILL BE IN AREAS NORTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM FALFURRIAS...TO RAYMONDVILLE...TO PORT MANSFIELD. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER IMPACTS WILL BE... WIND GUSTS OF 60 TO 70 MPH...WHICH MAY RESULT IN DAMAGE TO TREES AND POORLY ATTACHED ROOFS...AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE...WHICH MAY RESULT IN LOCALIZED PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING OR POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. REMEMBER...WEATHER CAN CHANGE VERY RAPIDLY. ALWAYS USE THE LATEST FORECASTS...WATCHES...AND WARNINGS FOR PLANNING PURPOSES. COASTAL IMPACT... THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE BEACHES OF SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND BOCA CHICA BEACH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. COASTAL IMPACT... AN ELEVATED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IS POSSIBLE FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTER GROUPS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. YOU ARE...HOWEVER...URGED TO MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS AND REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE. GMZ130-132-135-150-155-170-175-051215- LAGUNA MADRE FROM THE PORT OF BROWNSVILLE TO THE ARROYO COLORADO- LAGUNA MADRE FROM THE ARROYO COLORADO TO 5 NM NORTH OF PORT MANSFIELD TX- LAGUNA MADRE FROM 5 NM NORTH OF PORT MANSFIELD TO BAFFIN BAY TX- COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT MANSFIELD TO THE RIO GRANDE OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT MANSFIELD OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM PORT MANSFIELD TO THE RIO GRANDE EXTENDING FROM 20 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT MANSFIELD EXTENDING FROM 20 TO 60 NM- 154 PM CST TUE DEC 4 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO AND THE LAGUNA MADRE. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... THERE IS AN ELEVATED RISK FOR ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE LAGUNA MADRE AND GULF OF MEXICO WATERS...OUT TO 20 NAUTICAL MILES...FROM BAFFIN BAY SOUTH TO THE RIO GRANDE. THE GREATER RISK FOR SEEING ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS WILL BE OVER THE LAGUNA MADRE AND NEARSHORE WATERS NORTH OF PORT MANSFIELD. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER IMPACTS WILL BE... WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 KNOTS...AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO WATER LIGHTNING FLASHES ARE ALSO. REMEMBER...WEATHER CAN CHANGE VERY RAPIDLY. ALWAYS USE THE LATEST FORECASTS...WATCHES...AND WARNINGS FOR PLANNING PURPOSES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTER GROUPS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. YOU ARE...HOWEVER...URGED TO MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS AND REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE. BUTTS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 1046 PM CST TUE DEC 4 2012 TXZ251-254-256-050545- INLAND WILLACY-COASTAL WILLACY-KENEDY- 1046 PM CST TUE DEC 4 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR KENEDY AND WILLACY COUNTY... A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH...WILL AFFECT RURAL CENTRAL KENEDY COUNTY AND RURAL SOUTHERN KENEDY COUNTY...UNTIL 1145 PM CST. GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50 MPH MAY CAUSE LOOSE OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND. SOME DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND WIRES IS POSSIBLE. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE...CROUCH DOWN IN A LOW SPOT...AWAY FROM TALL OBJECTS. NICKEL SIZE HAIL IS EXPECTED. TORRENTIAL RAINS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS...AND MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. WHEN DRIVING THROUGH HEAVY RAIN...SLOW DOWN. ALWAYS LEAVE A SAFE DISTANCE BETWEEN YOU AND OTHER VEHICLES. WHEN USING WIPERS...TURN ON HEADLIGHTS. AVOID DRIVING THROUGH PUDDLES THAT COULD HIDE POTHOLES OR CAUSE HYDROPLANING. MAKE SURE YOUR HEADLAMPS...TIRES...AND WIPERS ARE IN GOOD CONDITION. KEEP AN EMERGENCY KIT WHICH INCLUDES A FLASHLIGHT...FLARES...AND SIMPLE HAND TOOLS. SEVEN THOUSAND PEOPLE DIE IN WEATHER RELATED AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS EACH YEAR...MANY DUE TO POOR VISIBILITY AND WET ROADS. REMEMBER: VISIBILITY AND TRACTION LEAVE TIME FOR REACTION! TOMASELLI
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 1131 PM CST TUE DEC 4 2012 TXZ251-253>255-050630- HIDALGO-INLAND CAMERON-INLAND WILLACY-KENEDY- 1131 PM CST TUE DEC 4 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HIDALGO...WILLACY...AND CAMERON COUNTY... A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH...WILL AFFECT LASARA AND RAYMONDVILLE...UNTIL 1230 AM CST. GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50 MPH MAY CAUSE LOOSE OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND. SOME DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND WIRES IS POSSIBLE. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE...CROUCH DOWN IN A LOW SPOT...AWAY FROM TALL OBJECTS. NICKEL SIZE HAIL IS EXPECTED. TORRENTIAL RAINS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS...AND MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. WHEN DRIVING THROUGH HEAVY RAIN...SLOW DOWN. ALWAYS LEAVE A SAFE DISTANCE BETWEEN YOU AND OTHER VEHICLES. WHEN USING WIPERS...TURN ON HEADLIGHTS. AVOID DRIVING THROUGH PUDDLES THAT COULD HIDE POTHOLES OR CAUSE HYDROPLANING. MAKE SURE YOUR HEADLAMPS...TIRES...AND WIPERS ARE IN GOOD CONDITION. KEEP AN EMERGENCY KIT WHICH INCLUDES A FLASHLIGHT...FLARES...AND SIMPLE HAND TOOLS. SEVEN THOUSAND PEOPLE DIE IN WEATHER RELATED AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS EACH YEAR... MANY DUE TO POOR VISIBILITY AND WET ROADS. REMEMBER: VISIBILITY AND TRACTION LEAVE TIME FOR REACTION! TOMASELLI
The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 73 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:44 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Raymondville Police Department reported estimated 60 mph winds when the storm came through.
The public reported that a barn was destroyed 5 miles west of Raymondville. The barn also crushed a car. Winds were estimated at 70 to 80 mph.
Raymondville Police Department reported that the Precinct 1 garage west of Raymondville on Highway 186 sustained heavy damage from straight line thunderstorm winds. The garage doors were blown down and a section of hurricane fencing near the garage was also blown down.
The public reported quarter to half dollar size hail fell in La Feria, near FM 506. The hail lasted for a few minutes.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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