Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 2000
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this tornado warning at May 2, 2000, 1:08 AM CDT for Brooks County, Texas. It was in force for 37 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
- May 2, 2000, 1:08 AM CDT (06:08 UTC)
- Expired
- May 2, 2000, 1:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Brooks County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 111 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KBRO 020608 TORBRO TXC047-020645- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 108 AM CDT TUE MAY 2 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN BROOKS COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS * UNTIL 145 AM CDT * AT 108 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A DEVELOPING TORNADO 12 MILES EAST OF HEBBRONVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF... NORTHWESTERN BROOKS AND NORTHERN BROOKS COUNTIES. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IN IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY. LAT...LON 2740 9853 2716 9852 2713 9809 2739 9809
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 1, 9:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BRO | Brooks, Jim Hogg, Starr | 28 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.