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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this tornado warning at May 11, 2012, 12:13 AM CDT for Brooks County, Jim Hogg County, Texas. It was in force for 47 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 11, 2012, 12:13 AM CDT (05:13 UTC)
- Expired
- May 11, 2012, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Brooks County, TX, Jim Hogg County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:14 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 10, 7:50 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 128 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.
018 WFUS54 KBRO 110513 TORBRO TXC047-247-110600- /O.NEW.KBRO.TO.W.0021.120511T0513Z-120511T0600Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 1213 AM CDT FRI MAY 11 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL BROOKS COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. CENTRAL JIM HOGG COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. * UNTIL 100 AM CDT * AT 1213 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A TORNADO 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF AGUA NUEVA...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THIS AREA IS EMBEDDED IN A LARGE AREA OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS TO 80 MPH AND GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... AGUA NUEVA. ENCINO. HIGHWAY 1017. 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 2712 9806 2681 9807 2682 9873 2706 9874 TIME...MOT...LOC 0513Z 267DEG 33KT 2697 9864 $$ JGG
3 follow-up statements
381 WWUS54 KBRO 110517 SVSBRO SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 1217 AM CDT FRI MAY 11 2012 TXC047-247-110600- /O.CON.KBRO.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-120511T0600Z/ JIM HOGG-BROOKS- 1217 AM CDT FRI MAY 11 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT FOR CENTRAL BROOKS AND CENTRAL JIM HOGG COUNTIES... AT 1216 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO TRACK A TORNADO ON RADAR 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF AGUA NUEVA...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO TOUCHDOWN SOUTHEAST OF RANDADO WHEN THIS STORM MOVED THROUGH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... AGUA NUEVA. ENCINO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE REPORT TORNADOES OR FUNNEL CLOUDS...WINDS OF 58 MPH OR HIGHER...HAIL THE SIZE OF PENNIES OR LARGER...AND ANY WIND DAMAGE TO YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE BY CALLING 956-504-1432. && LAT...LON 2712 9806 2681 9807 2682 9873 2706 9874 TIME...MOT...LOC 0516Z 267DEG 33KT 2696 9859 $$ JGG
671 WWUS54 KBRO 110537 SVSBRO SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 1237 AM CDT FRI MAY 11 2012 TXC047-247-110600- /O.CON.KBRO.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-120511T0600Z/ JIM HOGG-BROOKS- 1237 AM CDT FRI MAY 11 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT FOR CENTRAL BROOKS AND EASTERN JIM HOGG COUNTIES... AT 1237 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO TRACK A TORNADO ON RADAR 13 MILES EAST OF AGUA NUEVA...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THE TORNADO IS LOCATED WITHIN AN AREA OF STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 80 MPH AND LARGE HAIL. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... ENCINO BY 100 AM CDT. 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 2682 9848 2708 9849 2712 9806 2681 9807 TIME...MOT...LOC 0537Z 267DEG 33KT 2694 9838 $$ JGG
745 WWUS54 KBRO 110557 SVSBRO SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 1257 AM CDT FRI MAY 11 2012 TXC047-247-110607- /O.EXP.KBRO.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-120511T0600Z/ JIM HOGG-BROOKS- 1257 AM CDT FRI MAY 11 2012 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL BROOKS AND EASTERN JIM HOGG COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT AND RADAR INDICATES DESTRUCTIVE WINDS TO 80 MPH ARE APPROACHING ENCINO...BUT THE IMMEDIATE THREAT FOR A TORNADO HAS DIMINISHED. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. PLEASE REPORT TORNADOES OR FUNNEL CLOUDS...WINDS OF 58 MPH OR HIGHER...HAIL THE SIZE OF PENNIES OR LARGER...AND ANY WIND DAMAGE TO YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE BY CALLING 956-504-1432. LAT...LON 2682 9848 2708 9849 2712 9806 2681 9807 TIME...MOT...LOC 0557Z 267DEG 33KT 2694 9817 $$ 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, 11:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BRO | Jim Hogg, Zapata | 24 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, 12:47 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.