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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Brownsville, TX

June 13, 2003Brooks County, Texas

NWS Brownsville, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 13, 2003, 10:54 PM CDT for Brooks County, Texas. It was in force for 36 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 13, 2003, 10:54 PM CDT (03:54 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2003, 11:30 PM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Brownsville, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Brooks County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 106 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 00:00Z on 2003-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3720 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2003-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 71 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
3720 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
849 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
56 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.7
Supercell composite
6.3

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KBRO 140354
TORBRO
TXC047-140430-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
1053 PM CDT FRI JUN 13 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL BROOKS COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS

* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT

* AT 1052 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF FALFURRIAS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF...
  BROOKS COUNTY.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DIME 
SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

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 2725 9827 2704 9833 2702 9809 2725 9806

$$

KMV

The office that day

Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 9:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROZapata42 min
Jun 13, 10:19 PM CDTTornado WarningBROBrooks26 min
Jun 13, 10:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROJim Hogg23 min
Jun 13, 11:02 PM CDTTornado WarningBROStarr43 min
Jun 14, 12:07 AM CDTTornado WarningBROHidalgo23 min
Jun 14, 3:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROJim Hogg, Starr, Zapata40 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.