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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this tornado warning at May 10, 2012, 11:41 PM CDT for Jim Hogg County, Zapata County, Texas. It was in force for 24 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 10, 2012, 11:41 PM CDT (04:41 UTC)
- Expired
- May 11, 2012, 12:05 AM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Jim Hogg County, TX, Zapata County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 12:00 AM CDT | TORNADO | Randado, TX | JIM HOGG COUNTY SHERIFF DEPARTMENT REPORTS TORNADO BRIEFLY TOUCHED DOWN AT THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 16 AND FM 649 IN THE VICINITY OF RANDADO. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
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 10, 7:50 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 164 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
- 2214 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 636 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 204 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 274 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.4
- Supercell composite
- 14.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
072 WFUS54 KBRO 110441 TORBRO TXC247-505-110515- /O.NEW.KBRO.TO.W.0019.120511T0441Z-120511T0515Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 1141 PM CDT THU MAY 10 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL JIM HOGG COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. EASTERN ZAPATA COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. * UNTIL 1215 AM CDT * AT 1141 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A TORNADO OR ABOUT 6 MILES WEST OF RANDADO...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... ESCOBA. RANDADO. HIGHWAY 16 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. 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 2721 9869 2700 9866 2694 9905 2711 9909 TIME...MOT...LOC 0441Z 258DEG 20KT 2704 9897 $$ JGG
2 follow-up statements
285 WWUS54 KBRO 110453 SVSBRO SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 1153 PM CDT THU MAY 10 2012 TXC247-505-110515- /O.CON.KBRO.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-120511T0515Z/ JIM HOGG-ZAPATA- 1153 PM CDT THU MAY 10 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 AM CDT FOR EASTERN ZAPATA AND CENTRAL JIM HOGG COUNTIES... AT 1153 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO TRACK A TORNADO ON RADAR NEAR RANDADO...OR17 MILES EAST OF BUSTAMANTE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. RADAR INDICATES VERY STRONG ROTATION WITH THIS STORM. TAKE COVER NOW NEAR RANDADO AND JUST TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF RANDADO! THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... RANDADO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE REPORT TORNADOES OR FUNNEL CLOUDS...WINDS OF 58 MPH OR HIGHER...HAIL THE SIZE OF PENNIES OR LARGER...AND ANY WIND DAMAGE TO YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE BY CALLING 956-504-1432. && LAT...LON 2696 9898 2714 9898 2721 9869 2700 9866 TIME...MOT...LOC 0453Z 267DEG 36KT 2704 9883 $$ JGG
654 WWUS54 KBRO 110505 SVSBRO SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 1205 AM CDT FRI MAY 11 2012 TXC247-505-110515- /O.CAN.KBRO.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-120511T0515Z/ JIM HOGG-ZAPATA- 1205 AM CDT FRI MAY 11 2012 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN ZAPATA AND CENTRAL JIM HOGG COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE TORNADO THREAT HAS MOVED SOUTHEAST OF RANDADO....A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THAT AREA. LAT...LON 2696 9898 2714 9898 2721 9869 2700 9866 TIME...MOT...LOC 0505Z 267DEG 36KT 2704 9870 $$ JGG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 9:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Zapata | 53 min |
| May 10, 10:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Jim Hogg, Starr, Zapata | 71 min |
| May 10, 10:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BRO | Zapata | 34 min |
| May 10, 11:18 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Jim Hogg, Zapata | 57 min |
| May 10, 11:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BRO | Zapata | 36 min |
| May 10, 11:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BRO | Jim Hogg, Starr | 42 min |
| May 10, 11:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Jim Hogg, Zapata | 84 min |
| May 10, 11:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Brooks, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Starr, Zapata | 76 min |
| May 11, 12:01 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BRO | Jim Hogg | 29 min |
| May 11, 12:13 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BRO | Brooks, Jim Hogg | 47 min |
| May 11, 12:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Brooks, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Kenedy, Starr, Willacy | 88 min |
| May 11, 1:07 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Starr | 53 min |
| May 11, 1:39 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | BRO | 2 hr | |
| May 11, 1:58 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Hidalgo, Starr | 62 min |
| May 11, 2:14 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | BRO | 2 hr | |
| May 11, 2:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Cameron | 41 min |
| May 11, 3:14 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BRO | Cameron | 31 min |
| May 11, 3:41 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | BRO | 2 hr | |
| May 11, 3:41 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BRO | Cameron, Willacy | 34 min |
| May 11, 3:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Hidalgo | 52 min |
| May 11, 4:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Cameron | 38 min |
| May 11, 4:20 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | BRO | 115 min | |
| May 11, 4:29 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BRO | Cameron | 31 min |
| May 11, 4:47 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BRO | Cameron | 28 min |
| May 11, 6:11 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | BRO | 64 min | |
| May 11, 6:30 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BRO | Cameron | 30 min |
| May 11, 6:45 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | BRO | 60 min | |
| May 11, 6:58 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BRO | Cameron | 32 min |
| May 11, 7:12 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | BRO | 93 min | |
| May 11, 11:48 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | BRO | 57 min | |
| May 11, 12:37 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | BRO | 53 min | |
| May 11, 1:27 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | BRO | 63 min | |
| May 11, 2:01 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | BRO | 59 min | |
| May 11, 2:26 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | BRO | 49 min | |
| May 11, 3:25 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | BRO | 50 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.