Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 30, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this tornado warning at Oct 27, 2005, 2:29 PM CDT for Cameron County, Texas. It was in force for 31 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
- Oct 27, 2005, 2:29 PM CDT (19:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 27, 2005, 3:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 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), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Brownsville Intl, TX (KBRO), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 29 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
- 1978 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 581 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 2.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KBRO 271930 TORBRO TXC061-272000- /O.NEW.KBRO.TO.W.0030.051027T1929Z-051027T2000Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 229 PM CDT THU OCT 27 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL CAMERON COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SAN BENITO * UNTIL 300 PM CDT * AT 222 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR SAN BENITO...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... RANCHO VIEJO BY 245 PM CDT IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. 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 2601 9753 2620 9749 2619 9772 2605 9774 $$ GF
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS54 KBRO 272002 SVSBRO SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 301 PM CDT THU OCT 27 2005 TXC061-272008- /O.EXP.KBRO.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-051027T2000Z/ CAMERON TX- 301 PM CDT THU OCT 27 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL CAMERON COUNTY EXPIRES AT 300 PM CDT... AT 301 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN BROWNSVILLE INDICATED THAT THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM THAT WAS NEAR SAN BENITO IS MOVING SOUTH TOWARDS MEXICO AND HAS WEAKENED. ACCORDINGLY...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL CAMERON COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 300 PM. LAT...LON 2601 9753 2620 9749 2619 9772 2605 9774 $$ SPEECE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 27, 12:52 PM CDT | Marine Weather Statement | BRO | 4 hr | |
| Oct 27, 2:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Cameron | 41 min |
| Oct 27, 2:42 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | BRO | 93 min | |
| Oct 27, 3:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Zapata | 37 min |
| Oct 27, 6:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BRO | Brooks, Kenedy | 49 min |
| Oct 27, 6:54 PM CDT | Marine Weather Statement | BRO | 2 hr |
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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.