Tornado Warning 17, NWS Brownsville, TX

Issued

May 10, 2012, 11:24 PM CDT (04:24 UTC)

Expired

May 11, 2012, 12:00 AM CDT

In force

36 min

Issued by

NWS Brownsville, TX

Area

Storm-based polygon

County Zapata County, TX

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 200 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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187 
WFUS54 KBRO 110424
TORBRO
TXC505-110500-
/O.NEW.KBRO.TO.W.0017.120511T0424Z-120511T0500Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
1124 PM CDT THU MAY 10 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN ZAPATA COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS.

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT

* AT 1123 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE   
TRACKING A TORNADO ON RADAR FIVE MILES WEST OF ALEJANDRENAS 
...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. SPOTTERS REPORTED 70 MPH WINDS IN ZAPATA 
WITH THIS STORM.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  SIESTA SHORES.
  MORALES-SANCHEZ.
  LOPENO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORNADOES ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO
A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. ABANDON MOBILE HOMES. IF
IN A VEHICLE AND THERE IS NO STURDY BUILDING NEARBY...PARK. CLOSE
WINDOWS...LEAVE SEATBELTS ON...GET LOWER THAN THE DASHBOARD...AND
COVER YOUR HEAD...PREFERABLY WITH BLANKETS OR PILLOWS. IF THERE IS NO
DEBRIS...LEAVE THE VEHICLE AND GO INTO A DITCH OR LOW SPOT...BUT
WATCH FOR RISING WATERS.

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 2689 9932 2688 9895 2679 9895 2667 9901
      2669 9921 2672 9921 2675 9925 2679 9925
      2682 9927 2684 9927 2686 9929 2686 9932
      2687 9933
TIME...MOT...LOC 0423Z 274DEG 26KT 2679 9922

$$

JGG

721 
WWUS54 KBRO 110443
SVSBRO

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
1143 PM CDT THU MAY 10 2012

TXC505-110500-
/O.CON.KBRO.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-120511T0500Z/
ZAPATA-
1143 PM CDT THU MAY 10 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN ZAPATA COUNTY...

AT 1143 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO 
TRACK A TORNADO 11 MILES NORTH OF FALCON...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. 
WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS TO 80 MPH WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE FROM NEAR 
LOPENO NORTHWARD TO ALEJANDRENAS AND WEST OF GUERRA. TAKE COVER.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  MORALES-SANCHEZ.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 2688 9912 2688 9895 2679 9895 2670 9900
      2667 9901 2670 9919
TIME...MOT...LOC 0443Z 273DEG 24KT 2679 9902

$$

JGG

617 
WWUS54 KBRO 110457
SVSBRO

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
1157 PM CDT THU MAY 10 2012

TXC505-110507-
/O.EXP.KBRO.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-120511T0500Z/
ZAPATA-
1157 PM CDT THU MAY 10 2012

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ZAPATA COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
MIDNIGHT CDT...

THE TORNADO CIRCULATION HAS MOVED EAST OF SOUTHEASTERN ZAPATA 
COUNTY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING AND A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN 
EFFECT AND ADDITIONAL SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE POSSIBLE.


LAT...LON 2688 9912 2688 9895 2679 9895 2670 9900
      2667 9901 2670 9919
TIME...MOT...LOC 0457Z 273DEG 24KT 2678 9892

$$

JGG

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