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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this tornado warning at Jul 23, 2008, 7:10 AM CDT for Cameron County, Hidalgo County, Willacy County, Texas. It was in force for 17 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 23, 2008, 7:10 AM CDT (12:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 23, 2008, 7:27 AM CDT
- In force
- 17 min
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Cameron County, TX, Hidalgo County, TX, Willacy County, TX
The radar
The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:11 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 12:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 66 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
- 211 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 648 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 200 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 210 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KBRO 231211
TORBRO
TXC061-215-489-231245-
/O.NEW.KBRO.TO.W.0005.080723T1210Z-080723T1245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
710 AM CDT WED JUL 23 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN CAMERON COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS.
EASTERN HIDALGO COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS.
WILLACY COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS.
* UNTIL 745 AM CDT
* AT 710 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO 33 MILES NORTHEAST OF EDCOUCH...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 46 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
WILLAMAR BY 715 AM CDT.
PORFIRIO BY 720 AM CDT.
LYFORD BY 730 AM CDT.
SEBASTIAN BY 735 AM CDT.
SANTA ROSA BY 740 AM CDT.
LA VILLA BY 745 AM CDT.
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 2628 9800 2661 9760 2660 9759 2660 9751
2652 9741 2612 9782
TIME...MOT...LOC 1210Z 045DEG 40KT 2651 9756
$$
TOMASELLI1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS54 KBRO 231227
SVSBRO
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
726 AM CDT WED JUL 23 2008
TXC061-215-489-231236-
/O.CAN.KBRO.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-080723T1245Z/
HIDALGO-WILLACY-CAMERON-
726 AM CDT WED JUL 23 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN CAMERON...WILLACY AND EASTERN
HIDALGO COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
AT 726 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
TORNADO THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD DISSIPATED...THUS THE WARNING
HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING.
&&
LAT...LON 2628 9800 2661 9760 2660 9759 2660 9751
2652 9741 2612 9782
TIME...MOT...LOC 1226Z 045DEG 40KT 2638 9770
$$
TOMASELLIThe 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 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, 7:43 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.