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Tornado Warning 32, NWS Brownsville, TX

October 27, 2005Brooks County, Kenedy County, Texas

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Oct 27, 7:29 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG6 E Falfurrias, TXTREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 285.
Oct 27, 7:30 PM CDTHAIL 0.54 E Falfurrias, TX
Oct 27, 7:34 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 605 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2005-10-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 20 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2005-10-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -43 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 27, 7:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROBrooks, Kenedy50 min
Oct 27, 8:40 PM CDTTornado WarningBROKenedy35 min
Oct 27, 8:43 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningBRO92 min
Oct 27, 9:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROKenedy, Willacy44 min
Oct 27, 10:15 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningBRO60 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.