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Tornado Warning 25, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this tornado warning at Aug 31, 2005, 5:16 PM CDT for Cameron County, Hidalgo County, Willacy County, Texas. It was in force for 29 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
- Aug 31, 2005, 5:16 PM CDT (22:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 31, 2005, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Cameron County, TX, Hidalgo County, TX, Willacy County, TX
The radar
The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:16 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Brownsville Intl, TX (KBRO), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 49 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 312216 TORBRO TXC061-215-489-312245- /O.NEW.KBRO.TO.W.0025.050831T2216Z-050831T2245Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 516 PM CDT WED AUG 31 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WESTERN CAMERON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SAN BENITO...LA FERIA...HARLINGEN SOUTHEASTERN HIDALGO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MERCEDES SOUTHERN WILLACY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS * UNTIL 545 PM CDT * AT 510 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR SEBASTIAN...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTH OF RAYMONDVILLE...MOVING SOUTH AT 30 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... COMBES AND SANTA ROSA BY 525 PM CDT HARLINGEN BY 530 PM CDT LA FERIA BY 535 PM CDT 6 MILES WEST OF SAN BENITO BY 540 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 2643 9754 2642 9796 2598 9794 2599 9753 $$ MARTIN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31, 4:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BRO | Cameron, Willacy | 25 min |
| Aug 31, 5:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Hidalgo | 37 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 |
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.