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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this tornado warning at Jun 3, 2009, 7:27 PM CDT for Hidalgo County, Starr County, Texas. It was in force for 33 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
- Jun 3, 2009, 7:27 PM CDT (00:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 2009, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Hidalgo County, TX, Starr County, TX
The radar
The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Brownsville Intl, TX (KBRO), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 123 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
- 1427 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -70 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1399 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KBRO 040027 TORBRO TXC215-427-040100- /O.NEW.KBRO.TO.W.0004.090604T0027Z-090604T0100Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 727 PM CDT WED JUN 3 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN HIDALGO COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. EASTERN STARR COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. * UNTIL 800 PM CDT * AT 727 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 12 MILES NORTH OF MCCOOK...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... PUERTO RICO. MCCOOK. * GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL IS LIKELY WITH THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM MOVE INTO THE INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING...AWAY FROM WINDOWS. COVER YOUR HEAD AND BODY WITH PILLOWS OR BLANKETS. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE...MOVE INTO A STURDY BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT... SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH...OR LOW SPOT...AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. 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 2641 9849 2667 9851 2679 9830 2646 9823 TIME...MOT...LOC 0027Z 350DEG 7KT 2665 9840 $$ TOMASELLI
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 7:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Starr | 19 min |
| Jun 3, 7:36 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Brooks | 54 min |
| Jun 3, 7:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Hidalgo, Starr | 34 min |
| Jun 3, 8:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Starr | 22 min |
| Jun 3, 8:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Hidalgo | 35 min |
| Jun 3, 8:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Starr | 32 min |
| Jun 3, 8:38 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Hidalgo | 67 min |
| Jun 3, 9:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Starr, Zapata | 16 min |
Nearby
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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.