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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 25, 2006, 6:59 PM CDT for Brooks County, Jim Hogg County, Texas. It was in force for 31 min. 1 report 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
- Apr 25, 2006, 6:59 PM CDT (23:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 25, 2006, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Brooks County, TX, Jim Hogg County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 7:20 PM CDT | TORNADO | 6 Se Realitos, TX | DPS REPORTED TORNADO 15 MI EAST OF HEBBRONVILLE. |
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, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 117 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
- 2338 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -127 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 553 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KBRO 252359 TORBRO TXC047-247-260030- /O.NEW.KBRO.TO.W.0003.060425T2359Z-060426T0030Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 659 PM CDT TUE APR 25 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN BROOKS COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS EAST CENTRAL JIM HOGG COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS * UNTIL 730 PM CDT * AT 652 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER SOUTH CENTRAL DUVAL COUNTY...OR ABOUT 16 MILES EAST OF HEBBRONVILLE... MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... RURAL NORTHWESTERN BROOKS COUNTY AT 720 PM CDT 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. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. LAT...LON 2746 9835 2745 9855 2708 9856 2709 9831 $$ PHILO
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS54 KBRO 260010 SVSBRO SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 709 PM CDT TUE APR 25 2006 TXC047-247-260030- /O.CON.KBRO.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-060426T0030Z/ JIM HOGG TX-BROOKS TX- 709 PM CDT TUE APR 25 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN BROOKS AND EAST CENTRAL JIM HOGG COUNTIES... AT 706 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER NORTHWESTERN BROOKS COUNTY...OR ABOUT 14 MILES EAST OF HEBBRONVILLE...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... RURAL WESTERN BROOKS COUNTY AT 720 PM CDT THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. LAT...LON 2746 9835 2745 9855 2708 9856 2709 9831 $$ PHILO
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 11:11 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | BRO | Brooks, Cameron, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Kenedy, Starr and 2 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 25, 6:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Brooks | 57 min |
| Apr 25, 6:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Jim Hogg, Zapata | 56 min |
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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.