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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this tornado warning at May 14, 2006, 8:33 PM CDT for Zapata County, Texas. It was in force for 12 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
- May 14, 2006, 8:33 PM CDT (01:33 UTC)
- Expired
- May 14, 2006, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 12 min
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Zapata County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 199 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 213 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
- 3093 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -49 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 758 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.5
- Supercell composite
- 6.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KBRO 150134 TORBRO TXC505-150145- /O.NEW.KBRO.TO.W.0007.060515T0133Z-060515T0145Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 833 PM CDT SUN MAY 14 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN ZAPATA COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SAN YGNACIO * UNTIL 845 PM CDT * AT 831 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 20 MILES NORTH OF SAN YGNACIO...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 25 MPH. THIS TORNADO SHOULD BE CROSSING HIGHWAY 83 IN EXTREME WESTERN ZAPATA COUNTY. 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 100 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. LAT...LON 2736 9929 2745 9946 2711 9970 2692 9942 $$ PHILO
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS54 KBRO 150147 SVSBRO SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 845 PM CDT SUN MAY 14 2006 TXC505-150155- /O.EXP.KBRO.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-060515T0145Z/ ZAPATA TX- 845 PM CDT SUN MAY 14 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN ZAPATA COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO HAS CROSSED HIGHWAY 83 IN EXTREME WESTERN ZAPATA COUNTY AND MOVED INTO ADJACENT MEXICO. IF YOU HAVE SEEN ANY DAMAGE FROM THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...CALL YOUR LOCAL SHERIFFS OFFICE. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. LAT...LON 2736 9929 2745 9946 2711 9970 2692 9942 $$ PHILO
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 8:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Zapata | 58 min |
| May 14, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Zapata | 45 min |
| May 14, 9:41 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | BRO | 34 min | |
| May 14, 9:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Jim Hogg, Zapata | 58 min |
| May 14, 9:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Brooks, Kenedy | 37 min |
| May 14, 10:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BRO | Brooks, Kenedy | 33 min |
| May 14, 10:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Brooks, Hidalgo, Kenedy, Starr, Willacy | 29 min |
| May 14, 10:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Kenedy, Willacy | 26 min |
| May 14, 10:37 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | BRO | 38 min | |
| May 14, 10:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BRO | Kenedy, Willacy | 33 min |
| May 14, 10:54 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | BRO | 36 min | |
| May 14, 10:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Zapata | 25 min |
| May 14, 11:04 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | BRO | 26 min | |
| May 14, 11:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Hidalgo, Kenedy, Willacy | 38 min |
| May 14, 11:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Cameron, Hidalgo, Kenedy, Starr, Willacy | 61 min |
| May 14, 11:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Cameron, Willacy | 46 min |
| May 14, 11:29 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | BRO | 61 min | |
| May 14, 11:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Starr | 24 min |
| May 14, 11:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Cameron | 31 min |
| May 14, 11:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Cameron, Hidalgo, Willacy | 65 min |
| May 15, 12:11 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BRO | Cameron | 25 min |
| May 15, 6:14 AM CDT | Marine Weather Statement | BRO | 8 hr |
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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.