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Tornado Warning 32, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this tornado warning at Oct 27, 2005, 7:23 PM CDT for Brooks County, Kenedy County, Texas. It was in force for 37 min. 3 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, 7:23 PM CDT (00:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 27, 2005, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 37 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), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:23 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 90 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
- 20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -116 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1048 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 148 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KBRO 280024 TORBRO TXC047-261-280100- /O.NEW.KBRO.TO.W.0032.051028T0023Z-051028T0100Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 723 PM CDT THU OCT 27 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN BROOKS COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF FALFURRIAS NORTHWESTERN KENEDY COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS * UNTIL 800 PM CDT * AT 719 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR FALFURRIAS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... RURAL NORTHWESTERN KENEDY COUNTY AT 740 PM CDT RURAL EASTERN BROOKS COUNTY AT 740 PM CDT RURAL WESTERN KENEDY COUNTY AT 750 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 2734 9803 2720 9821 2688 9794 2704 9773 $$ CASTILLO
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS54 KBRO 280046 SVSBRO SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 745 PM CDT THU OCT 27 2005 TXC047-261-280100- /O.CON.KBRO.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-051028T0100Z/ BROOKS TX-KENEDY TX- 745 PM CDT THU OCT 27 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN KENEDY AND NORTHEASTERN BROOKS COUNTIES... AT 739 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FALFURRIAS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... 6 MILES WEST OF BORDER PATROL BY 800 PM CDT THE PUBLIC REPORTED PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL FOUR MILES EAST OF FALFURRIAS AND WIND GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH FIVE MILES SOUTHEAST OF FALFURRIAS WITH THIS STORM. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 2734 9803 2720 9821 2688 9794 2704 9773 $$ CASTILLO
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 27, 7:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Brooks, Kenedy | 50 min |
| Oct 27, 8:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BRO | Kenedy | 35 min |
| Oct 27, 8:43 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | BRO | 92 min | |
| Oct 27, 9:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Kenedy, Willacy | 44 min |
| Oct 27, 10:15 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | BRO | 60 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.