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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this tornado warning at Mar 29, 2012, 5:55 PM CDT for Kenedy County, 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
- Mar 29, 2012, 5:55 PM CDT (22:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 29, 2012, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Kenedy County, TX
The radar
The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Brownsville Intl, TX (KBRO), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 85 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
- 1455 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -115 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 665 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
157 WFUS54 KBRO 292255 TORBRO TXC261-292330- /O.NEW.KBRO.TO.W.0002.120329T2255Z-120329T2330Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 555 PM CDT THU MAR 29 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN KENEDY COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. * UNTIL 630 PM CDT * AT 554 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A TORNADO OVER SOUTHERN KENEDY COUNTY...ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF RUDOLPH...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL SOUTHEASTERN KENEDY COUNTY. 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 2667 9752 2660 9753 2660 9770 2667 9769 TIME...MOT...LOC 2254Z 273DEG 9KT 2665 9764 $$ GIBBS/CASTILLO
2 follow-up statements
249 WWUS54 KBRO 292315 SVSBRO SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 615 PM CDT THU MAR 29 2012 TXC261-292330- /O.CON.KBRO.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120329T2330Z/ KENEDY- 615 PM CDT THU MAR 29 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN KENEDY COUNTY... AT 614 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO TRACK A TORNADO 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF RAYMONDVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... RURAL SOUTHERN KENEDY COUNTY...SOUTHEAST OF RUDOLPH. THIS TORNADO WILL STAY EAST OF THE HIGHWAY. IN ADDITION TO THE THREAT OF A TORNADO...THIS STORM IS LIKELY PRODUCING HAIL TO GOLF BALL SIZE OR LARGER. LAT...LON 2667 9756 2660 9758 2660 9770 2667 9769 TIME...MOT...LOC 2314Z 337DEG 5KT 2661 9767 $$ JGG
495 WWUS54 KBRO 292330 SVSBRO SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 630 PM CDT THU MAR 29 2012 TXC261-292340- /O.EXP.KBRO.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120329T2330Z/ KENEDY- 630 PM CDT THU MAR 29 2012 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN KENEDY COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN REPLACED BY A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING. THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER CONTINUES FOR SOUTHERN KENEDY COUNTY. LAT...LON 2667 9756 2660 9758 2660 9770 2667 9769 TIME...MOT...LOC 2330Z 337DEG 5KT 2659 9766 $$ JGG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 3:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Kenedy | 59 min |
| Mar 29, 4:18 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | BRO | 87 min | |
| Mar 29, 4:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Kenedy | 61 min |
| Mar 29, 4:37 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Kenedy | 113 min |
| Mar 29, 5:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Brooks, Hidalgo, Kenedy, Willacy | 56 min |
| Mar 29, 6:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BRO | Willacy | 28 min |
| Mar 29, 6:13 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Brooks, Hidalgo, Kenedy | 2 hr |
| Mar 29, 6:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Brooks, Hidalgo, Kenedy, Willacy | 64 min |
| Mar 29, 6:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Kenedy, Willacy | 61 min |
| Mar 29, 6:59 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Brooks, Hidalgo, Kenedy, Starr | 2 hr |
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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.