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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this tornado warning at May 8, 2012, 4:25 PM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 35 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
- May 8, 2012, 4:25 PM CDT (21:25 UTC)
- Expired
- May 8, 2012, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Brooks County, TX, Hidalgo County, TX, Jim Hogg County, TX, Starr County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:25 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 10:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 133 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
- 2526 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 573 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -53 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -1.1
- Supercell composite
- -5.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
897 WFUS54 KBRO 082125 TORBRO TXC047-215-247-427-082200- /O.NEW.KBRO.TO.W.0014.120508T2125Z-120508T2200Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 425 PM CDT TUE MAY 8 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN BROOKS COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. NORTHERN HIDALGO COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. SOUTHEASTERN JIM HOGG COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. NORTHEASTERN STARR COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. * UNTIL 500 PM CDT * AT 423 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER SOUTHEASTERN JIM HOGG COUNTY...ABOUT 8 MILES NORTH OF SANTA ELENA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 35 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... RACHAL BY 455 PM CDT. 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. 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 2695 9807 2666 9816 2679 9854 2697 9852 TIME...MOT...LOC 2123Z 276DEG 28KT 2687 9843 $$ BUTTS
2 follow-up statements
776 WWUS54 KBRO 082136 SVSBRO SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 436 PM CDT TUE MAY 8 2012 TXC047-215-247-427-082200- /O.CON.KBRO.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-120508T2200Z/ HIDALGO-JIM HOGG-STARR-BROOKS- 436 PM CDT TUE MAY 8 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN BROOKS...NORTHEASTERN STARR...SOUTHEASTERN JIM HOGG AND NORTHERN HIDALGO COUNTIES... AT 435 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO...18 MILES EAST OF AGUA NUEVA...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... ENCINO BY 445 PM CDT. RACHAL BY 450 PM CDT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM! ACT QUICKLY. GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING...AWAY FROM WINDOWS. COVER YOUR HEAD WITH PILLOWS OR BLANKETS. PLEASE REPORT TORNADOES OR FUNNEL CLOUDS...WINDS OF 58 MPH OR HIGHER...HAIL THE SIZE OF PENNIES OR LARGER...AND ANY WIND DAMAGE TO YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE BY CALLING 956-504-1432. STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE. && LAT...LON 2695 9807 2666 9816 2679 9854 2697 9852 TIME...MOT...LOC 2135Z 291DEG 33KT 2681 9830 $$ BUTTS
458 WWUS54 KBRO 082143 SVSBRO SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 443 PM CDT TUE MAY 8 2012 TXC047-215-247-427-082200- /O.CON.KBRO.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-120508T2200Z/ HIDALGO-JIM HOGG-STARR-BROOKS- 443 PM CDT TUE MAY 8 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN BROOKS...NORTHEASTERN STARR...SOUTHEASTERN JIM HOGG AND NORTHERN HIDALGO COUNTIES... AT 441 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 20 MILES EAST OF AGUA NUEVA...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED JUST WEST OF HIGHWAY 281...ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF ENCINO...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... ENCINO. RACHAL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM! ACT QUICKLY. GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING...AWAY FROM WINDOWS. COVER YOUR HEAD WITH PILLOWS OR BLANKETS. 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. STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE. && LAT...LON 2696 9844 2695 9807 2666 9816 2679 9854 TIME...MOT...LOC 2141Z 291DEG 33KT 2680 9825 $$ BUTTS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 11:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Zapata | 39 min |
| May 8, 12:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Zapata | 46 min |
| May 8, 1:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Jim Hogg, Starr, Zapata | 36 min |
| May 8, 2:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Jim Hogg, Starr | 52 min |
| May 8, 2:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Jim Hogg, Zapata | 49 min |
| May 8, 3:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Jim Hogg, Starr, Zapata | 42 min |
| May 8, 3:51 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Jim Hogg, Starr, Zapata | 114 min |
| May 8, 3:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BRO | Brooks, Jim Hogg, Starr | 23 min |
| May 8, 4:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Brooks, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Kenedy, Starr | 41 min |
| May 8, 4:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Hidalgo, Starr | 27 min |
| May 8, 4:35 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Brooks, Jim Hogg, Starr | 115 min |
| May 8, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Brooks, Hidalgo, Kenedy, Willacy | 45 min |
| May 8, 5:04 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Brooks, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Kenedy, Starr | 116 min |
| May 8, 5:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Cameron, Hidalgo, Kenedy, Willacy | 39 min |
| May 8, 5:41 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | BRO | 2 hr | |
| May 8, 5:46 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Brooks, Hidalgo, Kenedy, Starr, Willacy | 98 min |
| May 8, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Cameron, Hidalgo, Kenedy, Willacy | 44 min |
| May 8, 6:20 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Hidalgo, Kenedy, Willacy | 70 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.