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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this tornado warning at Mar 14, 2000, 3:40 PM CST for Hidalgo County, Texas. It was in force for 35 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 14, 2000, 3:40 PM CST (21:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 14, 2000, 4:15 PM CST
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Hidalgo County, TX
The radar
The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Brownsville Intl, TX (KBRO), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 119 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
- 1579 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 584 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 4.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KBRO 142141 TORBRO TXC215-142215- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 340 PM CST TUE MAR 14 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN HIDALGO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SAN MANUEL * UNTIL 415 PM CST * AT 340 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF SAN MANUEL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. PEOPLE IN NORTHERN HIDALGO COUNTY NEED TO SEEK SHELTER IMMEADIATELY. 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. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. 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. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTEBR. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 2670 9841 2653 9844 2649 9805 2678 9803
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 14, 1:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Brooks | 45 min |
| Mar 14, 1:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Hidalgo | 25 min |
| Mar 14, 1:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Hidalgo, Kenedy, Willacy | 60 min |
| Mar 14, 2:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Kenedy, Willacy | 62 min |
| Mar 14, 2:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Brooks | 42 min |
| Mar 14, 3:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Hidalgo | 59 min |
| Mar 14, 4:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Kenedy, Willacy | 60 min |
| Mar 14, 4:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Hidalgo | 66 min |
| Mar 14, 5:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Cameron, Willacy | 67 min |
Nearby
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.