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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this tornado warning at Jul 22, 2008, 11:30 PM CDT for Cameron County, Texas. It was in force for 15 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, 11:30 PM CDT (04:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 22, 2008, 11:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 15 min
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Cameron County, TX
The radar
The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 14 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:29 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 10:27 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 11 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Brownsville Intl, TX (KBRO), launched 00:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 14 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 230431
TORBRO
TXC061-230445-
/O.NEW.KBRO.TO.W.0003.080723T0430Z-080723T0445Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
1130 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 1145 PM CDT
* AT 1130 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO OVER EASTERN CAMERON COUNTY...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 36 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
RURAL SOUTHEASTERN CAMERON COUNTY BY 1135 PM CDT.
EASTERN BRONWSVILLE AND THE PORT OF BROWNSVILLE BY 1140 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 2599 9749 2610 9731 2603 9723 2602 9723
2601 9721 2600 9721 2592 9740
TIME...MOT...LOC 0430Z 058DEG 31KT 2604 9729
$$
591 follow-up statement
000
WWUS54 KBRO 230446
SVSBRO
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
1146 PM CDT TUE JUL 22 2008
TXC061-230456-
/O.EXP.KBRO.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080723T0445Z/
CAMERON-
1146 PM CDT TUE JUL 22 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CAMERON COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...
AT 1146 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THE TORNADO
HAD DISSIPATED...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.
&&
LAT...LON 2599 9749 2610 9731 2603 9723 2602 9723
2601 9721 2600 9721 2592 9740
TIME...MOT...LOC 0430Z 058DEG 31KT 2604 9729
$$
59The 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, 10:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BRO | Cameron | 18 min |
| Jul 22, 11:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BRO | Cameron | 16 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.