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Tornado Warning 33, NWS Brownsville, TX

October 27, 2005Kenedy County, Texas

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.

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.

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Brownsville Intl, TX at 00:00Z on 2005-10-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 577 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, Brownsville Intl, TX at 00:00Z on 2005-10-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -152 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 27, 7:23 PM CDTTornado WarningBROBrooks, Kenedy37 min
Oct 27, 7:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROBrooks, Kenedy50 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.