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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this tornado warning at May 29, 2005, 9:33 PM CDT for Kenedy County, Texas. It was in force for 12 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, 9:33 PM CDT (02:33 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 2005, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 12 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), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:35 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 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 97 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
- 788 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -303 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1521 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 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 300233 TORBRO TXC261-300245- /O.NEW.KBRO.TO.W.0002.050530T0233Z-050530T0245Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 933 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL KENEDY COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS * UNTIL 945 PM CDT * AT 933 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER CENTRAL KENEDY COUNTY...OR ABOUT 23 MILES SOUTH OF SARITA...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. 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. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. LAT...LON 2698 9778 2680 9781 2671 9730 2694 9726 $$ PHILO
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS54 KBRO 300245 SVSBRO SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 945 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 2005 TXC261-300250- /O.EXP.KBRO.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-050530T0245Z/ KENEDY TX- 945 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL KENEDY COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. PLEASE REMAIN WEATHER-ALERT THIS EVENING. LAT...LON 2698 9778 2680 9781 2671 9730 2694 9726 $$ PHILO
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 7:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Kenedy | 43 min |
| May 29, 7:14 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | BRO | 91 min | |
| May 29, 7:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Kenedy | 85 min |
| May 29, 7:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Kenedy | 51 min |
| May 29, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Brooks | 47 min |
| May 29, 8:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Kenedy | 33 min |
| May 29, 8:48 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | BRO | 27 min | |
| May 29, 9:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Kenedy | 45 min |
| May 29, 9:40 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | BRO | 50 min | |
| May 29, 11:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Starr | 39 min |
| May 29, 11:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Starr | 30 min |
| May 30, 12:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Hidalgo | 30 min |
| May 30, 12:47 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | BRO | 88 min | |
| May 30, 12:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Hidalgo, Kenedy, Willacy | 51 min |
| May 30, 1:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Kenedy, Willacy | 34 min |
| May 30, 2:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Hidalgo | 35 min |
| May 30, 3:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Hidalgo | 28 min |
| May 30, 3:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Hidalgo | 28 min |
| May 30, 4:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Cameron | 59 min |
| May 30, 4:35 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | BRO | 25 min | |
| May 30, 4:38 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BRO | Cameron | 37 min |
| May 30, 5:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Cameron | 36 min |
| May 30, 5:24 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | BRO | 51 min | |
| May 30, 5:30 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | BRO | 45 min | |
| May 30, 6:12 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | BRO | 33 min | |
| May 30, 6:13 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | BRO | 47 min | |
| May 30, 8:37 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | BRO | 38 min | |
| May 30, 9:13 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | BRO | 47 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.