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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this tornado warning at May 30, 2005, 4:38 AM CDT for Cameron County, Texas. It was in force for 37 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 30, 2005, 4:38 AM CDT (09:38 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 2005, 5:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Cameron County, TX
The radar
The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:41 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, 11:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Brownsville Intl, TX (KBRO), launched 00:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 41 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
- 3120 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -194 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1139 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 156 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KBRO 300938 TORBRO TXC061-301015- /O.NEW.KBRO.TO.W.0003.050530T0938Z-050530T1015Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 438 AM CDT MON MAY 30 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL CAMERON COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SAN BENITO...HARLINGEN * UNTIL 515 AM CDT * AT 435 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HARLINGEN...OR ABOUT NEAR LA FERIA...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... HARLINGEN BY 445 AM CDT SAN BENITO BY 450 AM CDT WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. 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 500 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. LAT...LON 2623 9780 2607 9781 2605 9754 2620 9751 $$ CAFFREY
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, 9:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BRO | Kenedy | 12 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, 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.