Tornado Warning 9, NWS Brownsville, TX

Issued

Aug 23, 1999, 3:44 PM CDT (20:44 UTC)

Expired

Aug 23, 1999, 4:45 PM CDT

In force

61 min

Issued by

NWS Brownsville, TX

Area

Whole counties

Counties Cameron County, TX, Hidalgo County, TX, Willacy County, TX

The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

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TTAA00 KBRO 232048 RRA
TORBRO
TXC061-215-489-232145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
344 PM CDT MON AUG 23 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN CAMERON COUNTY IN TEXAS
  SOUTHEASTERN HIDALGO COUNTY IN TEXAS
    THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES                      
OF...ALAMO...DONNA...EDCOUCH...MERCEDES...  WESLACO
  

* UNTIL 445 PM CDT

* AT 345 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
THUNDERSTORM WITH A DEVELOPING TORNADO 2 MILES NORTH OF WESLACO. 
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.  A FUNNEL CLOUD HAS BEEN REPORTED BY THE 
WESLACO POLICE DEPARTMENT.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ELSA AT 400 PM CDT   
  6 MILES NORTHWEST OF SANTA ROSA AT 415 PM CDT
  3 MILES NORTHWEST OF SEBASTIAN AT 425 PM CDT

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.

GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO 
BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE 
BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE 
BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM 
WINDOWS.

NWS Brownsville, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Aug 23, 2:45 PM CDT, 59 minutes earlier.

DEEP SOUTH TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
245 PM CDT MON AUG 23 1999

THE REMNANTS OF BRET IS MOVING NORTH OF LAREDO CAUSING SOME SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS NEAR THE WATERSHED.  JUST A FEW ISOLATED SHOWERS
DOTTED DEEP SOUTH TEXAS TODAY...THEREFORE WILL END THE FLASH FLOOD
WATCH LATER THIS AFTERNOON.  THE REMNANTS OF BRET IS PROGGED TO CONT
TO MOVE WEST-NORTHWEST AND DISSIPATE WITHIN THE NEXT 48 HOURS.  WILL
DECREASE POPS RAPIDLY IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS AS BOUNDARY LAYER RHS ARE
BELOW 50 PERCENT WITHIN THE NEXT 36 HOURS.  TEMPERATURES WILL
INCREASE AS CLOUD COVER WILL DECREASE AND WILL MAKE ADJUSTMENTS
ACCORDINGLY.  WINDS WILL BE FAIRLY LIGHT FROM THE SOUTHEAST FOR THE
NEXT FEW DAYS AS THE INFLUENCE OF BRET WILL NOT BE EFFECTING THE
AREA.  ALL MODELS SEEM TO BE IN AGREEMENT IN DECREASING MOISTURE
VERY RAPIDLY IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS.

CWF...BOY020 IS FROM THE EAST AT 6 KNOTS WITH SEAS GOING DOWN TO 4
FEET.  THIS SHOULD CONT FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS CAUSING WINDS TO BE
BELOW SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY.

LONG TERM PROGS...THE AIRMASS CONT TO BE DRY AND STABLE FOR THE
EXTENDED PERIOD...ALTHOUGH A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE SETTLES OVER THE
WESTERN GULF.  DO NOT EXPECT ANY SHOWER ACTIVITY FOR THE NEXT FEW
DAYS AS HIGH PRESSURE RIDGES IN FROM NEW MEXICO.

55

.BRO...NONE.

.BRO  077/092/077/094/077  10/00/00/00
.MFE  075/094/076/098/076  10/00/00/00
.RGD  075/098/075/105/075  10/00/00/00
.SPI  078/088/080/090/080  10/00/00/00

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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.