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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 4, 2004, 6:06 PM CDT for Brooks County, Jim Hogg County, Texas. It was in force for 39 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
- Apr 4, 2004, 6:06 PM CDT (23:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 4, 2004, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Brooks County, TX, Jim Hogg County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 115 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
- 1090 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 628 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
844 WFUS54 KBRO 042306 TORBRO TXC047-247-042345- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 606 PM CDT SUN APR 4 2004 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 645 PM CDT * AT 606 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 13 MILES EAST OF HEBBRONVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF... BROOKS COUNTY. DO NOT USE HIGHWAY OVERPASSES FOR SHELTER. OVERPASSES DO NOT PROVIDE PROTECTION FROM TORNADIC WINDS. VEHICLES STOPPED UNDER BRIDGES BLOCK TRAFFIC AND PREVENT PEOPLE FROM GETTING OUT OF THE STORMS PATH AND TO SHELTER. IF YOU CANNOT DRIVE AWAY FROM THE TORNADO...GET OUT OF YOUR VEHICLE AND LIE FLAT IN A DITCH AS A LAST RESORT. 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. 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 2732 9857 2720 9853 2732 9819 2749 9822 $$ PHILO
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 6:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Hidalgo, Starr | 38 min |
| Apr 3, 7:45 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Starr | 3 hr |
| Apr 3, 7:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Starr | 48 min |
| Apr 4, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Jim Hogg | 50 min |
| Apr 4, 4:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Jim Hogg | 110 min |
| Apr 4, 5:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Jim Hogg | 43 min |
| Apr 4, 5:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Brooks, Jim Hogg | 51 min |
| Apr 4, 6:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BRO | Brooks | 53 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.