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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Brownsville, TX

July 20, 2005Kenedy County, Texas

NWS Brownsville, TX issued this tornado warning at Jul 20, 2005, 12:00 PM CDT for Kenedy County, Texas. It was in force for 30 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
Jul 20, 2005, 12:00 PM CDT (17:00 UTC)
Expired
Jul 20, 2005, 12:30 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Brownsville, TX
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Kenedy County, TX

The radar

The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:02 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 20, 9:40 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Brownsville Intl, TX (KBRO), launched 12:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 99 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, Brownsville Intl, TX at 12:00Z on 2005-07-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 176 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Brownsville Intl, TX at 12:00Z on 2005-07-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 275 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 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
176 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
592 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
275 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
275 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.9

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KBRO 201701
TORBRO
TXC261-201730-
/O.NEW.KBRO.TO.W.0012.050720T1700Z-050720T1730Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
1200 PM CDT WED JUL 20 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN KENEDY COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS

* UNTIL 1230 PM CDT

* AT 1200 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER            
  SOUTHWESTERN KENEDY COUNTY...OR ABOUT 16 MILES NORTH OF            
  RAYMONDVILLE...MOVING WEST AT 40 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN OVER...
  RURAL SOUTHWESTERN KENEDY COUNTY AT 1210 PM CDT
  
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR DEEP SOUTH TEXAS.

LAT...LON 2660 9774 2677 9767 2687 9797 2667 9799

$$

SPEECE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 20, 4:32 AM CDTTornado WarningBROWillacy43 min
Jul 20, 5:24 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningBROHidalgo96 min
Jul 20, 7:02 AM CDTTornado WarningBROCameron43 min
Jul 20, 8:09 AM CDTTornado WarningBROHidalgo41 min
Jul 20, 8:44 AM CDTTornado WarningBROJim Hogg33 min
Jul 20, 10:01 AM CDTTornado WarningBROJim Hogg34 min
Jul 20, 11:40 AM CDTTornado WarningBROJim Hogg40 min
Jul 20, 11:43 AM CDTTornado WarningBROHidalgo47 min
Jul 20, 11:51 AM CDTTornado WarningBROBrooks30 min
Jul 20, 12:26 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningBROHidalgo4 hr
Jul 20, 12:34 PM CDTTornado WarningBROHidalgo26 min
Jul 20, 12:36 PM CDTTornado WarningBROJim Hogg33 min
Jul 20, 1:00 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningBROCameron3 hr
Jul 20, 1:08 PM CDTTornado WarningBROHidalgo40 min
Jul 20, 1:27 PM CDTTornado WarningBROZapata36 min
Jul 20, 1:52 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningBROStarr3 hr
Jul 20, 2:38 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningBROStarr3 hr
Jul 20, 3:17 PM CDTTornado WarningBROJim Hogg, Zapata28 min
Jul 20, 4:02 PM CDTTornado WarningBROJim Hogg36 min
Jul 20, 4:57 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningBROBrooks, Jim Hogg63 min
Jul 20, 5:15 PM CDTTornado WarningBROJim Hogg15 min
Jul 20, 5:53 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningBROBrooks, Jim Hogg37 min
Jul 20, 6:50 PM CDTTornado WarningBROJim Hogg, Starr, Zapata25 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.