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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Brownsville, TX

August 14, 1994Cameron County, Texas

NWS Brownsville, TX issued this tornado warning at Aug 14, 1994, 7:44 AM CDT for Cameron County, Texas. It was in force for 31 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 14, 1994, 7:44 AM CDT (12:44 UTC)
Expired
Aug 14, 1994, 8:15 AM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Brownsville, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Cameron County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Brownsville Intl, TX (KBRO), launched 12:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 29 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Brownsville Intl, TX at 12:00Z on 1994-08-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1857 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Brownsville Intl, TX at 12:00Z on 1994-08-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 22 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1857 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-26 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
752 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KBRO 141248
TORBRO
TXC061-141315-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
744 AM CDT SUN AUG 14 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  815 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN SOUTH TEXAS
 
   ...EASTERN CAMERON COUNTY
 
   AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS OF THE LOWER TEXAS COAST
THE BAY WATERS OF THE LAGUNA MADRE
 
AT 740 AM CDT...THE SOUTH PADRE ISLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTED A
TORNADO OVER THE NORTH END OF SOUTH PADRE ISLAND OR 4 MILES NORTH OF THE
BAHIA MAR RESORT. WATERSPOUTS HAVE ALSO BEEN LOCATED IN THE VICINITY.
 
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.
 
IF YOU LIVE IN A HOME OR APARTMENT...SEEK SHELTER IN THE
INNERMOST PORTION OF THE BUILDING ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  GET TO
A BASEMENT IF ONE IS AVAILABLE.  AVOID WINDOWS AND PROTECT YOUR
BODY FROM FLYING DEBRIS WITH CUSHIONS...BLANKETS...OR PILLOWS.
 
 
 
&

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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.