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Tornado Warning 33, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this tornado warning at Oct 27, 2005, 8:40 PM CDT for Kenedy County, Texas. It was in force for 35 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, 8:40 PM CDT (01:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 27, 2005, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Kenedy County, TX
The radar
The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Brownsville Intl, TX (KBRO), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 106 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
- 577 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 600 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -152 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -13 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.3
- Supercell composite
- -2.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KBRO 280140 TORBRO TXC261-280215- /O.NEW.KBRO.TO.W.0033.051028T0140Z-051028T0215Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 840 PM CDT THU OCT 27 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN KENEDY COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS * UNTIL 915 PM CDT * AT 834 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER CENTRAL KENEDY COUNTY...OR ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTH OF SARITA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... RURAL CENTRAL KENEDY COUNTY AT 850 PM CDT RURAL SOUTHERN KENEDY COUNTY AT 900 PM CDT IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DIME 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 2697 9770 2687 9786 2661 9769 2668 9745 $$ CASTILLO
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS54 KBRO 280205 SVSBRO SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 903 PM CDT THU OCT 27 2005 TXC261-280215- /O.CON.KBRO.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-051028T0215Z/ KENEDY TX- 904 PM CDT THU OCT 27 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN KENEDY COUNTY... AT 858 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTH CENTRAL KENEDY COUNTY...OR ABOUT 19 MILES NORTHWEST OF PORT MANSFIELD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DIME SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 2697 9770 2687 9786 2661 9769 2668 9745 $$ CASTILLO
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 27, 7:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BRO | Brooks, Kenedy | 37 min |
| Oct 27, 7:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Brooks, Kenedy | 50 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.