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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this tornado warning at Aug 31, 2005, 4:50 PM CDT for Cameron County, Willacy County, Texas. It was in force for 25 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 31, 2005, 4:50 PM CDT (21:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 31, 2005, 5:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Cameron County, TX, Willacy County, TX
The radar
The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31, 4:50 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Raymondville, TX | ROOF BLOWN OFF DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION BUILDING |
| Aug 31, 5:07 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Raymondville, TX | POWER POLES DOWN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Brownsville Intl, TX (KBRO), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 62 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
- 2222 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -64 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1048 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KBRO 312152
TORBRO
TXC061-489-312215-
/O.NEW.KBRO.TO.W.0023.050831T2150Z-050831T2215Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
450 PM CDT WED AUG 31 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL CAMERON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
CENTRAL WILLACY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF RAYMONDVILLE
* UNTIL 515 PM CDT
* AT 447 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR
RAYMONDVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
LYFORD BY 455 PM CDT
7 MILES NORTHEAST OF SEBASTIAN BY 515 PM CDT
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 2659 9774 2647 9789 2617 9774 2618 9774
2631 9744
$$
MARTINThe office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31, 5:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Hidalgo | 37 min |
| Aug 31, 5:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BRO | Cameron, Hidalgo, Willacy | 29 min |
| Aug 31, 5:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BRO | Cameron, Hidalgo, Willacy | 29 min |
| Aug 31, 5:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Hidalgo | 30 min |
| Aug 31, 6:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BRO | Hidalgo | 37 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.