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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 4, 2007, 9:47 PM CDT for Starr County, Zapata County, Texas. It was in force for 28 min. 2 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
- Jun 4, 2007, 9:47 PM CDT (02:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 2007, 10:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Starr County, TX, Zapata County, TX
The radar
The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 176 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:47 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 9:50 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | Falcon Dam, TX | FALCON HEIGHTS POSTMASTER REPORTS MARBLE SIZE HAIL AND SLIGHTLY LARGER HAILSTONES AT FALCON DAM. |
| Jun 4, 10:21 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Falcon Dam, TX | ROMA POLICE DEPARTMENT RELAYED REPORT OF QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN VICINITY OF FALCON DAM AND FALCON HEIGHTS IN STARR COUNTY. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Brownsville Intl, TX (KBRO), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 178 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
- 2408 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -54 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1108 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.1
- Supercell composite
- -0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KBRO 050247 TORBRO TXC427-505-050315- /O.NEW.KBRO.TO.W.0002.070605T0247Z-070605T0315Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 947 PM CDT MON JUN 4 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WEST CENTRAL STARR COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...FALCON DAM...EL SAUZ... EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL ZAPATA COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS... * UNTIL 1015 PM CDT * AT 942 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR FALCON DAM...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... EL SAUZ BY 1015 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. LAT...LON 2666 9916 2648 9918 2642 9881 2665 9878 $$ PHILO
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KBRO 050255 SVSBRO SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 954 PM CDT MON JUN 4 2007 TXC427-505-050315- /O.CON.KBRO.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070605T0315Z/ ZAPATA TX-STARR TX- 954 PM CDT MON JUN 4 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM CDT FOR WEST CENTRAL STARR AND EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL ZAPATA COUNTIES... AT 948 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR FALCON DAM... MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... 9 MILES WEST OF EL SAUZ BY 1015 PM CDT... TRAINED SPOTTERS IN WESTERN STARR COUNTY HAVE REPORTED MARBLE SIZE HAIL WITH THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM. WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 2666 9916 2648 9918 2642 9881 2665 9878 $$ PHILO
000 WWUS54 KBRO 050303 SVSBRO SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 1002 PM CDT MON JUN 4 2007 TXC427-505-050315- /O.CON.KBRO.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070605T0315Z/ ZAPATA TX-STARR TX- 1002 PM CDT MON JUN 4 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM CDT FOR WEST CENTRAL STARR AND EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL ZAPATA COUNTIES... AT 953 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED ABOUT 5 MILES EAST OF FALCON DAM...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. TRAINED SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED PENNY SIZE HAIL WITH THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM. 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 2666 9916 2648 9918 2642 9881 2665 9878 $$ PHILO
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 8:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Jim Hogg, Starr, Zapata | 66 min |
| Jun 4, 9:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Jim Hogg, Starr, Zapata | 114 min |
| Jun 4, 10:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BRO | Starr | 29 min |
| Jun 5, 4:43 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | BRO | Brooks, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Starr, Zapata | 33 hr |
| Jun 5, 11:22 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | BRO | 38 min | |
| Jun 5, 2:50 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | BRO | 85 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.