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Tornado Warning 31, NWS Brownsville, TX

October 27, 2005Brooks County, Kenedy County, Texas

NWS Brownsville, TX issued this tornado warning at Oct 27, 2005, 6:41 PM CDT for Brooks County, Kenedy County, Texas. It was in force for 49 min. 7 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: Oct 27, 2005, 6:41 PM CDT (23:41 UTC)
Expired: Oct 27, 2005, 7:30 PM CDT
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Brownsville, TX
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Brooks County, TX, Kenedy County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:43 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
Oct 27, 6:55 PM CDT	TORNADO	2 Sw Premont, TX	CONFIRMED TOUCHDOWN BY LAW ENFORECEMENT NEAR CR 419 AND CR 415. NO DAMAGE REPORTED.
Oct 27, 7:00 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Premont, TX	LARGE TREE BLOWN DOWN ON HOUSE NEAR CR 414. DAMAGE TO GARAGE.
Oct 27, 7:05 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 S Premont, TX	18 WHEELER FLIPPED OVER ON U.S. 281 JUST SOUTH OF FREER.
Oct 27, 7:05 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 S Premont, TX	18 WHEELER FLIPPED OVER ON U.S. 281 JUST SOUTH OF PREMONT.
Oct 27, 7:29 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	6 E Falfurrias, TX	TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 285.
Oct 27, 7:30 PM CDT	HAIL 0.5	4 E Falfurrias, TX
Oct 27, 7:34 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 60	5 Se Falfurrias, TX

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 98 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 599 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 958 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 70 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.8

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS54 KBRO 272342
TORBRO
TXC047-261-280030-
/O.NEW.KBRO.TO.W.0031.051027T2341Z-051028T0030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
641 PM CDT THU OCT 27 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN BROOKS COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF FALFURRIAS
  WEST CENTRAL KENEDY COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 634 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 16 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF FALFURRIAS...OR ABOUT 12 MILES WEST OF PREMONT...
  MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  FALFURRIAS BY 705 PM CDT
  8 MILES NORTHEAST OF ENCINO BY 730 PM CDT

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
NICKLE SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

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 2751 9821 2740 9843 2691 9816 2703 9792

$$

CASTILLO

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS54 KBRO 280004
SVSBRO

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
704 PM CDT THU OCT 27 2005

TXC047-261-280030-
/O.CON.KBRO.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-051028T0030Z/
BROOKS TX-KENEDY TX-
704 PM CDT THU OCT 27 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR WEST CENTRAL
KENEDY AND NORTHEASTERN BROOKS COUNTIES...

AT 704 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A TORNADO LOCATED 7 MILES NORTH OF FALFURRIAS...OR ABOUT 
NEAR PREMONT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  FALFURRIAS BY 715 PM CDT

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

LAT...LON 2751 9821 2740 9843 2691 9816 2703 9792

$$

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, 2:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BRO	Cameron	31 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, 6:54 PM CDT	Marine Weather Statement	BRO		2 hr

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.