Tornado Warning 18, NWS Brownsville, TX

Issued

May 10, 2012, 11:33 PM CDT (04:33 UTC)

Expired

May 11, 2012, 12:15 AM CDT

In force

42 min

Issued by

NWS Brownsville, TX

Area

Storm-based polygon

Counties Jim Hogg County, TX, Starr County, TX

The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 172 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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006 
WFUS54 KBRO 110433
TORBRO
TXC247-427-110515-
/O.NEW.KBRO.TO.W.0018.120511T0433Z-120511T0515Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
1133 PM CDT THU MAY 10 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN JIM HOGG COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS.
  NORTHERN STARR COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS.

* UNTIL 1215 AM CDT

* AT 1132 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE   
TRACKING A TORNADO ON RADAR 18 MILES WEST OF VIBORAS...MOVING EAST 
AT 50 MPH. THIS TORNADO WILL BE WRAPPED IN RAIN AND IMPOSSIBLE TO 
SEE. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE THE TORNADO TO TAKE COVER.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  VIBORAS....AND GUERRA.

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.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 2668 9901 2679 9895 2687 9895 2686 9855
      2658 9869 2665 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 0432Z 280DEG 51KT 2675 9907

$$

JGG

337 
WWUS54 KBRO 110502
SVSBRO

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
1202 AM CDT FRI MAY 11 2012

TXC247-427-110515-
/O.CON.KBRO.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-120511T0515Z/
JIM HOGG-STARR-
1202 AM CDT FRI MAY 11 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 AM CDT FOR NORTHERN
STARR AND SOUTHWESTERN JIM HOGG COUNTIES...

AT 1202 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
TRACK A TORNADO 3 MILES NORTH OF VIBORAS...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  AREAS BETWEEN VIBORAS AND GUERRA...AND EAST OF THERE.


LAT...LON 2670 9897 2679 9895 2687 9895 2686 9855
      2662 9867
TIME...MOT...LOC 0502Z 280DEG 51KT 2675 9875

$$

JGG

053 
WWUS54 KBRO 110514
SVSBRO

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
1214 AM CDT FRI MAY 11 2012

TXC247-427-110524-
/O.EXP.KBRO.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-120511T0515Z/
JIM HOGG-STARR-
1214 AM CDT FRI MAY 11 2012

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN STARR AND SOUTHWESTERN JIM HOGG
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1215 AM CDT...

THE IMMEDIATE THREAT OF A TORNADO WITH THIS STORM HAS ENDED. HOWEVER 
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 
REMAINS IN EFFECT. 


LAT...LON 2670 9897 2679 9895 2687 9895 2686 9855
      2662 9867
TIME...MOT...LOC 0514Z 280DEG 51KT 2672 9856

$$

JGG

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