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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Brownsville, TX

June 5, 2003Brooks County, Jim Hogg County, Texas

NWS Brownsville, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 5, 2003, 4:13 PM CDT for Brooks County, Jim Hogg 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 5, 2003, 4:13 PM CDT (21:13 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 2003, 4:45 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Brownsville, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Brooks County, TX, Jim Hogg County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:14 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

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 119 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 2003-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2833 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 2003-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 17 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
2833 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
584 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
12 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
2.6

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KBRO 052113
TORBRO
TXC047-247-052145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
413 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN BROOKS COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS
  NORTHEASTERN JIM HOGG COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS

* UNTIL 445 PM CDT

* AT 409 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 14 MILES EAST OF
  HEBBRONVILLE...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF...
  BROOKS AND JIM HOGG 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.

DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A
TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO SAFE
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER
YOUR HEAD.

LAT...LON 2744 9840 2739 9860 2703 9851 2710 9827

$$

PHILO

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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.