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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Brownsville, TX

May 1, 2000Brooks County, Jim Hogg County, Starr County, Texas

NWS Brownsville, TX issued this tornado warning at May 1, 2000, 9:17 PM CDT for Brooks County, Jim Hogg County, Starr County, Texas. It was in force for 28 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: May 1, 2000, 9:17 PM CDT (02:17 UTC)
Expired: May 1, 2000, 9:45 PM CDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Brownsville, TX
Area: Whole counties

Counties Brooks County, TX, Jim Hogg County, TX, Starr County, TX

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 1, 9:19 PM CDT	Hail 1	Guerra, TX
May 1, 9:24 PM CDT	Hail 0.75	Rachal, TX

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.

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 153 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1208 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -50 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 805 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 66 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 170 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.1
Supercell composite: 4.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KBRO 020220
TORBRO
TXC047-247-427-020245-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
917 PM CDT MON MAY 1 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN STARR COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS
  SOUTHEASTERN JIM HOGG COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS
  SOUTHWESTERN BROOKS COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS

* UNTIL 945 PM CDT

* AT 919 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A DEVELOPING TORNADO 1 MILE NORTH OF     
  LA GLORIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. IN ADDITION...LOCAL        
  ENFORCEMENT IN STARR COUNTRY REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD SOUTH OF LA   
  GLORIA AT 912 PM. 

* THE TORNADO WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF...
  SOUTHWESTERN BROOKS...SOUTHEASTERN JIM HOGG AND NORTHEASTERN STARR
  COUNTIES.

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.

$$

LAT...LON 2678 9861 2666 9847 2682 9837 2690 9854

CORDERO/WIGGINTON

The office that day

Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 1, 7:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BRO	Hidalgo, Starr	40 min
May 1, 8:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BRO	Brooks, Hidalgo, Starr	43 min
May 1, 8:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BRO	Jim Hogg	43 min
May 2, 1:08 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	BRO	Brooks	37 min
May 2, 1:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BRO	Brooks, Kenedy	57 min
May 2, 2:37 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BRO	Brooks, Kenedy	4 hr
May 2, 2:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BRO	Brooks, Kenedy	62 min
May 2, 4:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BRO	Brooks, Kenedy	58 min
May 2, 5:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BRO	Kenedy	60 min
May 2, 6:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BRO	Jim Hogg	60 min
May 2, 11:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BRO	Brooks	29 min
May 2, 11:11 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	BRO	Brooks	34 min
May 2, 11:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BRO	Jim Hogg	63 min
May 2, 11:32 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BRO	Kenedy	58 min
May 2, 11:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BRO	Brooks	46 min
May 2, 12:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BRO	Kenedy	59 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.