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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 15, 2001, 2:15 PM CDT for Cameron County, Hidalgo County, Texas. It was in force for 45 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 15, 2001, 2:15 PM CDT (19:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 2001, 3:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Cameron County, TX, Hidalgo County, TX
The radar
The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Brownsville Intl, TX (KBRO), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 59 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
- 2857 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 546 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -62 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KBRO 151916 TORBRO TXC061-215-152000- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 215 PM CDT FRI JUN 15 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN HIDALGO COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN CAMERON COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS * UNTIL 300 PM CDT * AT 213 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A DEVELOPING TORNADO 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ENCANTADA-RANCHITO EL CALABOZ...OR 15 MILES SOUTH OF LA FERIA... MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED BE NEAR... PROGRESO BY 255 PM CDT. LA FERIA...MERCEDES BY 300 PM CDT. 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. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. $$ LAT...LON 2607 9796 2605 9773 2628 9774 2624 9801 CASTILLO
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 7:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Zapata | 60 min |
| Jun 14, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Zapata | 30 min |
| Jun 14, 10:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Zapata | 3 hr |
| Jun 15, 12:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BRO | Hidalgo, Willacy | 24 min |
| Jun 15, 12:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Cameron, Hidalgo, Willacy | 47 min |
| Jun 15, 1:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Hidalgo | 39 min |
| Jun 15, 1:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Hidalgo | 62 min |
| Jun 15, 1:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BRO | Hidalgo | 46 min |
| Jun 15, 2:20 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Hidalgo | 4 hr |
| Jun 15, 2:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Cameron, Kenedy, Willacy | 50 min |
| Jun 15, 3:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BRO | Cameron, Hidalgo | 45 min |
| Jun 15, 3:09 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Cameron | 3 hr |
| Jun 15, 3:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Cameron, Kenedy, Willacy | 55 min |
| Jun 15, 6:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Cameron | 42 min |
| Jun 15, 6:23 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Cameron | 3 hr |
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.