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Tornado Warning 29, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this tornado warning at Aug 31, 2005, 6:12 PM CDT for Hidalgo County, Texas. It was in force for 37 min. 1 report 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, 6:12 PM CDT (23:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 31, 2005, 6:49 PM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Hidalgo County, TX
The radar
The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 6:13 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Edinburg, TX | 4 POWER POLES DOWN NEAR EDINBURG WATER PLANT |
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, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 72 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 312315 TORBRO TXC215-312345- /O.NEW.KBRO.TO.W.0029.050831T2312Z-050831T2345Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 612 PM CDT WED AUG 31 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN HIDALGO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WESLACO...SAN JUAN...PHARR... MERCEDES...MCALLEN...EDINBURG...EDCOUCH...DONNA...ALAMO * UNTIL 645 PM CDT * AT 608 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR MERCEDES... MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... WESLACO BY 620 PM CDT PROGRESO AND DONNA BY 630 PM CDT 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ALAMO BY 635 PM CDT 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SAN JUAN BY 640 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 2631 9788 2636 9819 2612 9830 2602 9788 $$ MARTIN
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS54 KBRO 312349 SVSBRO SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 647 PM CDT WED AUG 31 2005 TXC215-312357- /O.EXP.KBRO.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-050831T2345Z/ HIDALGO TX- 647 PM CDT WED AUG 31 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN HIDALGO COUNTY EXPIRES AT 645 PM CDT... AT 647 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHEASTERN HIDALGO COUNTY HAS WEAKENED. ACCORDINGLY...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS EXPIRED AT 645 PM. LAT...LON 2631 9788 2636 9819 2612 9830 2602 9788 $$ 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, 5:16 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 |
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.