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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 15, 2003, 1:28 PM CDT for Cameron County, Willacy County, Texas. It was in force for 32 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 15, 2003, 1:28 PM CDT (18:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 2003, 2:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Cameron County, TX, Willacy County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Brownsville Intl, TX (KBRO), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 53 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
- 3746 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 542 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -7 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
796 WFUS54 KBRO 151828 TORBRO TXC061-489-151900- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 127 PM CDT SUN JUN 15 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN CAMERON COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS SOUTHEASTERN WILLACY COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS * UNTIL 200 PM CDT * AT 121 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF COMBES...OR 9 MILES NORTH OF HARLINGEN...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... RIO HONDO BY 135 PM CDT. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING MARBLE SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. 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. 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 SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 2641 9775 2623 9773 2623 9728 2648 9730 $$ PHILO
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 10:16 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | BRO | 44 min | |
| Jun 15, 11:00 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | BRO | 60 min | |
| Jun 15, 11:55 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Kenedy | 3 hr |
| Jun 15, 12:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Kenedy, Willacy | 37 min |
| Jun 15, 12:51 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Willacy | 3 hr |
| Jun 15, 1:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Cameron, Willacy | 40 min |
| Jun 15, 1:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Cameron | 3 hr |
| Jun 15, 2:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Cameron | 50 min |
| Jun 15, 2:30 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | BRO | 60 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.