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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this tornado warning at Oct 18, 2012, 5:41 PM CDT for Cameron County, Willacy County, Texas. It was in force for 64 min. 6 reports 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
- Oct 18, 2012, 5:41 PM CDT (22:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 18, 2012, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Cameron County, TX, Willacy County, TX
The radar
The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 18, 5:50 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 7 S San Perlita, TX | GAME WARDEN REPORTED A LARGE FUNNEL CLOUD POSSIBLY TOUCHING THE GROUND AT THE INTERSECTION OF FM 498 AND FM 1420. |
| Oct 18, 6:00 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 W San Perlita, TX | TRAINED SKYWARN SPOTTER REPORTS PALM TREE BLOWN DOWN AND SHINGLES BLOWN OFF A ROOF ON HIGHWAY 186 3 MILES WEST OF SAN PERLITA AT 6 PM CDT. |
| Oct 18, 6:00 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | San Perlita, TX | SCHOOL EMPLOYEE REPORTS SWINGING DOORS OF SCHOOL BUS BARN TORN OFF THEIR HINGES AT SAN PERLITA ISD FACILITY AT 6 PM CDT. |
| Oct 18, 6:00 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | San Perlita, TX | TRAINED SKYWARN SPOTTER REPORTED WINDS ESTIMATED AT 55 TO 60 MPH IN SAN PERLITA AT 6 PM CDT. |
| Oct 18, 6:00 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 6 W Willamar, TX | JAILER WITH WILLACY COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT REPORTED GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL FELL ON FM 490 6 MILES WEST OF WILLAMAR AT 6 PM CDT. |
| Oct 18, 6:25 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 E Sebastian, TX | 30 FOOT TALL TREE SPLIT IN HALF BY WINDS 2 EAST OF SEBASTIAN ON FM 2629. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Brownsville Intl, TX (KBRO), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 55 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
- 2118 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -148 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1124 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
139
WFUS54 KBRO 182241
TORBRO
TXC061-489-182345-
/O.NEW.KBRO.TO.W.0028.121018T2241Z-121018T2345Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
541 PM CDT THU OCT 18 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN CAMERON COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS.
EASTERN WILLACY COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS.
* UNTIL 645 PM CDT
* AT 541 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING A TORNADO 10 MILES EAST OF RAYMONDVILLE...MOVING SOUTH AT
10 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
WILLAMAR.
PORFIRIO.
SANTA MONICA.
ARROYO CITY.
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.
IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE...MOVE INTO A STURDY BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...
SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH...OR LOW SPOT...AND COVER YOUR HEAD
WITH YOUR HANDS.
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 2629 9734 2624 9779 2654 9781 2660 9752
2660 9747 2644 9740 2645 9740 2641 9738
2638 9737 2637 9738 2636 9736 2632 9734
2632 9735 2631 9733
TIME...MOT...LOC 2241Z 292DEG 10KT 2645 9762
$$
TOMASELLI2 follow-up statements
839
WWUS54 KBRO 182255
SVSBRO
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
555 PM CDT THU OCT 18 2012
TXC061-489-182345-
/O.CON.KBRO.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-121018T2345Z/
CAMERON-WILLACY-
555 PM CDT THU OCT 18 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR EASTERN
WILLACY AND NORTHERN CAMERON COUNTIES...
AT 550 PM CDT...A GAME WARDEN REPORTED A LARGE FUNNEL POSSIBLY TOUCHING
THE GROUND AT THE INTERSECTION OF FM 498 AND FM 1420.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE TORNADO WAS NOW
12 MILES EAST OF RAYMONDVILLE...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
WILLAMAR.
SANTA MONICA.
ARROYO CITY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM! ACT QUICKLY. GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM
ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING...AWAY FROM WINDOWS. COVER
YOUR HEAD WITH PILLOWS OR BLANKETS.
PLEASE REPORT TORNADOES OR FUNNEL CLOUDS...WINDS OF 58 MPH OR
HIGHER...HAIL THE SIZE OF PENNIES OR LARGER...AND ANY WIND DAMAGE TO
YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE BY CALLING 956-504-1432.
&&
LAT...LON 2629 9734 2624 9779 2654 9781 2660 9752
2660 9747 2644 9740 2645 9740 2641 9738
2638 9737 2637 9738 2636 9736 2632 9734
2632 9735 2631 9733
TIME...MOT...LOC 2254Z 292DEG 10KT 2644 9758
$$
TOMASELLI619
WWUS54 KBRO 182326
SVSBRO
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
626 PM CDT THU OCT 18 2012
TXC061-489-182345-
/O.CON.KBRO.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-121018T2345Z/
CAMERON-WILLACY-
626 PM CDT THU OCT 18 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR EASTERN
WILLACY AND NORTHERN CAMERON COUNTIES...
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
SANTA MONICA.
ARROYO CITY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM! ACT QUICKLY. GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM
ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING...AWAY FROM WINDOWS. COVER
YOUR HEAD WITH PILLOWS OR BLANKETS.
IF DRIVING AND CAN REACH A STURDY BUILDING SAFELY...DO SO. IF THERE
IS NO STURDY BUILDING NEARBY AND YOU CAN SAFELY DRIVE AWAY FROM THE
TORNADO...DO SO. OTHERWISE...IF YOU SEE FLYING DEBRIS...PARK YOUR
VEHICLE. 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 2629 9734 2624 9779 2654 9781 2660 9752
2660 9747 2644 9740 2645 9740 2641 9738
2638 9737 2637 9738 2636 9736 2632 9734
2632 9735 2631 9733
TIME...MOT...LOC 2326Z 292DEG 10KT 2641 9749
$$
TOMASELLIThe office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 18, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Kenedy, Willacy | 63 min |
| Oct 18, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Cameron, Kenedy, Willacy | 95 min |
| Oct 18, 6:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Cameron, Hidalgo, Willacy | 55 min |
| Oct 18, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Cameron, Willacy | 59 min |
| Oct 18, 6:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Cameron, Hidalgo | 56 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.