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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this tornado warning at Jul 20, 2005, 4:02 PM CDT for Jim Hogg 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
- Jul 20, 2005, 4:02 PM CDT (21:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 20, 2005, 4:38 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Jim Hogg County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:02 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 20, 9:40 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 142 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
- 1529 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 798 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 124 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KBRO 202102
TORBRO
TXC247-202130-
/O.NEW.KBRO.TO.W.0018.050720T2102Z-050720T2130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
402 PM CDT WED JUL 20 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN JIM HOGG COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF HEBBRONVILLE
* UNTIL 430 PM CDT
* AT 402 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 20 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF HEBBRONVILLE...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 40 MPH.
* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
HEBBRONVILLE BY 420 PM CDT
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR DEEP SOUTH TEXAS.
LAT...LON 2699 9847 2714 9850 2721 9853 2744 9884
2725 9897
$$
SPEECE2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KBRO 202120
SVSBRO
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
419 PM CDT WED JUL 20 2005
TXC247-202130-
/O.CON.KBRO.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-050720T2130Z/
JIM HOGG TX-
419 PM CDT WED JUL 20 2005
...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN JIM HOGG
COUNTY...
AT 412 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO PRODUCING THUNDERSTORM 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
HEBBRONVILLE...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 40 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
HEBBRONVILLE BY 430 PM CDT
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR DEEP SOUTH TEXAS.
LAT...LON 2699 9847 2714 9850 2721 9853 2744 9884
2725 9897
$$
SPEECE000
WWUS54 KBRO 202138
SVSBRO
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
437 PM CDT WED JUL 20 2005
TXC247-202147-
/O.EXP.KBRO.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-050720T2130Z/
JIM HOGG TX-
437 PM CDT WED JUL 20 2005
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN JIM HOGG COUNTY EXPIRED AT 430 PM
CDT...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR DEEP SOUTH TEXAS.
LAT...LON 2699 9847 2714 9850 2721 9853 2744 9884
2725 9897
$$
SPEECEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 20, 4:32 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BRO | Willacy | 43 min |
| Jul 20, 5:24 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Hidalgo | 96 min |
| Jul 20, 7:02 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BRO | Cameron | 43 min |
| Jul 20, 8:09 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BRO | Hidalgo | 41 min |
| Jul 20, 8:44 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BRO | Jim Hogg | 33 min |
| Jul 20, 10:01 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BRO | Jim Hogg | 34 min |
| Jul 20, 11:40 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BRO | Jim Hogg | 40 min |
| Jul 20, 11:43 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BRO | Hidalgo | 47 min |
| Jul 20, 11:51 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BRO | Brooks | 30 min |
| Jul 20, 12:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BRO | Kenedy | 30 min |
| Jul 20, 12:26 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Hidalgo | 4 hr |
| Jul 20, 12:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BRO | Hidalgo | 26 min |
| Jul 20, 12:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BRO | Jim Hogg | 33 min |
| Jul 20, 1:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Cameron | 3 hr |
| Jul 20, 1:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BRO | Hidalgo | 40 min |
| Jul 20, 1:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BRO | Zapata | 36 min |
| Jul 20, 1:52 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Starr | 3 hr |
| Jul 20, 2:38 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Starr | 3 hr |
| Jul 20, 3:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BRO | Jim Hogg, Zapata | 28 min |
| Jul 20, 4:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Brooks, Jim Hogg | 63 min |
| Jul 20, 5:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BRO | Jim Hogg | 15 min |
| Jul 20, 5:53 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Brooks, Jim Hogg | 37 min |
| Jul 20, 6:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BRO | Jim Hogg, Starr, Zapata | 25 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.