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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this tornado warning at May 29, 2005, 6:58 PM CDT for Kenedy County, Texas. It was in force for 21 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 29, 2005, 6:58 PM CDT (23:58 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 2005, 7:19 PM CDT
- In force
- 21 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), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:00 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 29, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 65 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
- 1569 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -182 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 787 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 149 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 210 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KBRO 300000 TORBRO TXC261-300015- /O.NEW.KBRO.TO.W.0001.050529T2358Z-050530T0015Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 658 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN KENEDY COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS * UNTIL 715 PM CDT * AT 654 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER NORTHEASTERN KENEDY COUNTY...OR ABOUT 17 MILES EAST OF SARITA... MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN ALONG THE NORTHER COASTAL PLAINS OF RURAL NORTHEASTERN KENEDY COUNTY...AND COULD MOVE OVER THE ADJACENT WATERS OF THE LAGUNA MADRE. LAT...LON 2732 9745 2726 9764 2690 9753 2698 9729 $$ PHILO
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KBRO 300007 SVSBRO SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 706 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 2005 TXC261-300015- /O.CON.KBRO.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-050530T0015Z/ KENEDY TX- 706 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN KENEDY COUNTY... AT 654 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER NORTHEASTERN KENEDY COUNTY...OR ABOUT 21 MILES EAST OF SARITA...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER THE COASTAL PLAINS OF KENEDY COUNTY AND THE ADJACENT LAGUNA MADRE. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. MARINERS HEAD TO PORT. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. LAT...LON 2732 9745 2726 9764 2690 9753 2698 9729 $$ PHILO
000 WWUS54 KBRO 300019 SVSBRO SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 718 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 2005 TXC261-300028- /O.EXP.KBRO.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-050530T0015Z/ KENEDY TX- 718 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN KENEDY COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. LAT...LON 2732 9745 2726 9764 2690 9753 2698 9729 $$ PHILO
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 5:47 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | BRO | 88 min | |
| May 29, 5:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Zapata | 46 min |
| May 29, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Kenedy | 32 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.