Tornado Warning 1, NWS Brownsville, TX

Issued

May 29, 1995, 10:01 AM CDT (15:01 UTC)

Expired

May 29, 1995, 11:00 AM CDT

In force

59 min

Issued by

NWS Brownsville, TX

Area

Whole counties

County Cameron County, TX

000 
TTAA00 KBRO 291504
TORBRO
TXC061-291600-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
1001 AM CDT MON MAY 29 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING  EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN SOUTH TEXAS
 
   ...NORTHERN CAMERON COUNTY
 
   AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS OF THE LOWER TEXAS COAST
THE BAY WATERS OF THE LAGUNA MADRE
 
AT 1000 AM...DOPPLER RADAR WAS INDICATING A POSSIBLE TORNADO
NEAR SANTA ROSA...OR ABOUT 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF BROWNSVILLE.
THE STORM WITH THE POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES
AN HOUR.  RESIDENTS OF SANTA ROSA...COMBES...PRIMERA
AND RIO HONDO ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.
 
THIS STORM WILL PASS THROUGH THESE COMMUNITIES BY 1100 AM.
 
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 S~MALL 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.
 
INGRAM

In the hours before

TXZ251-253-254-255-514-291515-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
915 AM CDT MON MAY 29 1995

AT 915 AM...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUES TO INDICATE VERY STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. THE STRONGEST
STORMS WERE LOCATED FROM WESLACO TO RAYMONDVILLE AND THEN UP THE
TEXAS COAST TO THE VICINITY OF BAFFIN BAY.  THE STORMS
WERE MOVING EAST AT 15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR.

THESE STORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO HARLINGEN...SAN BENITO...AND
MERCEDES BETWEEN 920 AND 1000 AM.  VERY HEAVY RAIN IS LIKELY
WITH THESE STORMS AND GUSTY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR
CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED.  WE HAVE HAD NUMEROUS REPORTS OF 0.5 TO
1.5 INCHES OF RAIN SO FAR THIS MORNING...BUT DOPPLER RADAR
INDICATES THAT RAINFALL TOTALS MAY BE 2 TO 4 INCHES IN A
FEW AREAS.

MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR HEAVY RAIN THIS MORNING.  BOATERS
SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS
PASSED. STAY TUNED TO RADIOL...TELEVISION...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

INGRAM

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