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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this tornado warning at Sep 9, 2001, 5:00 PM CDT for Cameron County, Hidalgo County, Willacy County, Texas. It was in force for 60 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
- Sep 9, 2001, 5:00 PM CDT (22:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 9, 2001, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Cameron County, TX, Hidalgo County, TX, Willacy County, TX
The radar
The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 78 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
- 2923 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 654 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 3 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
118 WFUS54 KBRO 092205 TORBRO TXC061-215-489-092300- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 500 PM CDT SUN SEP 9 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN WILLACY COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS EASTERN HIDALGO COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS NORTHWESTERN CAMERON COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS * UNTIL 600 PM CDT * AT 450 PM CDT...WILLACY COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT REPORTED A BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN AT THE INTERSECTION OF 490 AND 1425 SOUTHWEST OF RAYMONDVILLE. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO PASS NEAR... LASARA...MONTE ALTO...AND HARGILL...SEBASTIAN. 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. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. LAT...LON 2654 9788 2652 9808 2621 9807 2623 9782 MILLER/GUERRERO
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9, 3:01 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Kenedy | 3 hr |
| Sep 9, 3:01 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Kenedy | 3 hr |
| Sep 9, 3:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Kenedy | 38 min |
| Sep 9, 3:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Brooks, Hidalgo, Kenedy, Willacy | 62 min |
| Sep 9, 4:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BRO | Willacy | 44 min |
| Sep 9, 4:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BRO | Kenedy | 65 min |
| Sep 9, 5:41 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Kenedy, Willacy | 3 hr |
| Sep 9, 6:11 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Hidalgo, Kenedy, Willacy | 3 hr |
| Sep 9, 6:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BRO | Cameron | 29 min |
| Sep 9, 6:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BRO | Cameron | 40 min |
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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.