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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this tornado warning at May 3, 1992, 1:45 PM CDT for Willacy County, Texas. It was in force for 30 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 3, 1992, 1:45 PM CDT (18:45 UTC)
- Expired
- May 3, 1992, 2:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Willacy County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Brownsville Intl, TX (KBRO), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 67 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1175 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 569 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBRO 031848 TORBRO TXC489-031915- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 145 PM CDT SUN MAY 3 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 215 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH TEXAS ...SOUTHERN WILLACY COUNTY AT 120 PM THE WILLACY COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE REPORTED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 12 MILES EAST OF SEBASTIAN IN SOUTHERN WILLACY COUNTY. THE TORNADO WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTH. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION. ACT QUICKLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. AVOID WINDOWS. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 3, 10:53 AM CDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before
TXZ041>044-031700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 1052 AM CDT SUN MAY 3 1992 ... THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS OVER THE VALLEY... AT 1033 AM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME CONTAINING VERY HEAVY RAIN...DEVELOPING AND INCREASING IN INTENSITY... OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTH TEXAS INCLUDING THE VALLEY. MOST OF THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED BETWEEN ZAPATA AND MCALLEN AND SHOULD PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINS AS THEY CONTINUE OVER THE VALLEY THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER SOUTH TEXAS...NORTHEAST MEXICO AND THE GULF WATER EXTENDING 20 TO 140 MILES WEST THROUGH NORTHWEST AND THROUGH NORTHEAST OF BROWNSVILLE. ALL THE ACTIVITY WAS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, May 3, 11:53 AM CDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
TXZ041>044-031800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 1150 AM CDT SUN MAY 3 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING OVER THE VALLEY... AT 1130 AM SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS...CONTINUE OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTH TEXAS INCLUDING THE VALLEY. MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING THE VERY HEAVY RAINS WERE LOCATED BETWEEN MERCEDES AND RIO GRANDE CITY. THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING THE VERY HEAVY RAINS WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AS THEY CONTINUE OVER THE VALLEY THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER SOUTH TEXAS...NORTHEAST MEXICO AND THE GULF WATER EXTENDING 30 TO 140 MILES WEST THROUGH NORTHWEST AND THROUGH NORTHEAST OF BROWNSVILLE. MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, May 3, 12:55 PM CDT, 50 minutes before
TXZ041>044-031900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 1254 PM CDT SUN MAY 3 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE VALLEY AND THE LOWER TEXAS COAST... AT 1230 PM SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS...CONTINUED OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTH TEXAS INCLUDING THE VALLEY AND ALONG THE LOWER TEXAS COAST. SOME OF THE STORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING THE VERY HEAVY RAINS WILL LIKELY CAUSE SOME FLOODING OVER PORTIONS OF THE VALLEY AS THEY CONTINUE OVER THE VALLEY DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER SOUTH TEXAS...NORTHEAST MEXICO AND THE GULF WATER EXTENDING 30 TO 125 MILES WEST THROUGH NORTH AND THROUGH NORTHEAST OF BROWNSVILLE. MARINE INTEREST ALONG THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY AND OFFSHORE SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WITH THESE STORMS UNTIL THEY MOVE OUT OF THE AREA. MOVEMENT OF ALL ACTIVITY WAS TOWARD THE EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 2:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Cameron, Willacy | 46 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.