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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this tornado warning at May 14, 2004, 12:49 AM CDT for Kenedy County, Texas. It was in force for 19 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
- May 14, 2004, 12:49 AM CDT (05:49 UTC)
- Expired
- May 14, 2004, 1:08 AM CDT
- In force
- 19 min
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Kenedy County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 11:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 67 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
- 3220 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 573 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.2
- Supercell composite
- 6.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
423 WFUS54 KBRO 140549 TORBRO TXC261-140608- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 1248 AM CDT FRI MAY 14 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN KENEDY COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS * UNTIL 108 AM CDT * AT 1248 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 14 MILES EAST OF SARITA...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF... KENEDY COUNTY. 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 2727 9775 2708 9773 2692 9662 2713 9657 $$ PHILO
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 10:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Jim Hogg, Starr, Zapata | 63 min |
| May 13, 10:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BRO | Jim Hogg, Starr | 65 min |
| May 13, 11:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Brooks, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Starr | 66 min |
| May 13, 11:27 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Jim Hogg, Starr | 2 hr |
| May 13, 11:44 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | BRO | 61 min | |
| May 13, 11:44 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | BRO | 61 min | |
| May 14, 12:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Kenedy | 35 min |
| May 14, 12:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Willacy | 31 min |
| May 14, 12:44 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | BRO | 61 min | |
| May 14, 12:44 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | BRO | 61 min | |
| May 14, 1:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Brooks, Hidalgo, Kenedy, Willacy | 3 hr |
| May 14, 1:44 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | BRO | 2 hr | |
| May 14, 3:44 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | BRO | 61 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.