Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this tornado warning at Jul 22, 2008, 10:03 PM CDT for Cameron County, Texas. It was in force for 18 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
- Jul 22, 2008, 10:03 PM CDT (03:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 22, 2008, 10:21 PM CDT
- In force
- 18 min
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Cameron County, TX
The radar
The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:05 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, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 20 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
- 2229 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 666 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KBRO 230303
TORBRO
TXC061-230330-
/O.NEW.KBRO.TO.W.0001.080723T0303Z-080723T0330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
1003 PM CDT TUE JUL 22 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN CAMERON COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS.
* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT
* AT 1003 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PORT ISABEL...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 35
MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
PORT ISABEL BY 1005 PM CDT.
TORNADOES ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW MOVE TO
A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING.
ABANDON MOBILE HOMES. LEAVE VEHICLES AND GET INTO A DITCH OR LOW
SPOT.
PLEASE REPORT TORNADOES OR FUNNEL CLOUDS...WINDS OF 58 MPH OR
HIGHER...HAIL THE SIZE OF PENNIES OR LARGER...AND ANY WIND DAMAGE TO
YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE BY CALLING 956-504-1432.
&&
LAT...LON 2596 9736 2610 9723 2606 9715 2603 9716
2602 9714 2596 9715 2594 9718 2595 9726
2593 9732
TIME...MOT...LOC 0303Z 038DEG 33KT 2598 9720
$$
591 follow-up statement
000
WWUS54 KBRO 230321
SVSBRO
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
1020 PM CDT TUE JUL 22 2008
TXC061-230330-
/O.CAN.KBRO.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080723T0330Z/
CAMERON-
1020 PM CDT TUE JUL 22 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CAMERON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE THUNDERSTORM THAT INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO HAS WEAKEND AND
MOVED SOUTH OF THE RIO GRANDE RIVER.
STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.
&&
LAT...LON 2596 9736 2610 9723 2606 9715 2603 9716
2602 9714 2596 9715 2594 9718 2595 9726
2593 9732
TIME...MOT...LOC 0320Z 038DEG 33KT 2586 9731
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 7:51 PM CDT | Marine Weather Statement | BRO | 3 hr | |
| Jul 22, 11:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BRO | Cameron | 16 min |
| Jul 22, 11:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BRO | Cameron | 15 min |
| Jul 23, 6:45 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BRO | Cameron, Hidalgo, Willacy | 30 min |
| Jul 23, 7:10 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BRO | Cameron, Hidalgo, Willacy | 17 min |
| Jul 23, 7:43 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | BRO | Kenedy, Willacy | 3 hr |
| Jul 23, 8:21 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | BRO | Cameron | 3 hr |
| Jul 23, 11:30 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Cameron, Willacy | 2 hr |
| Jul 23, 12:47 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Cameron | 3 hr |
| Jul 23, 2:02 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Cameron, Willacy | 3 hr |
| Jul 23, 3:46 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Brooks, Cameron, Hidalgo, Kenedy, Starr, Willacy | 3 hr |
| Jul 23, 4:19 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Cameron, Hidalgo, Willacy | 116 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.