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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this tornado warning at Mar 29, 2012, 6:02 PM CDT for Willacy County, Texas. It was in force for 28 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, 6:02 PM CDT (23:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 29, 2012, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Willacy County, TX
The radar
The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:03 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, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 76 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.
882 WFUS54 KBRO 292302 TORBRO TXC489-292330- /O.NEW.KBRO.TO.W.0003.120329T2302Z-120329T2330Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 602 PM CDT THU MAR 29 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN WILLACY COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. * UNTIL 630 PM CDT * AT 601 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A TORNADO OVER SOUTHERN KENEDY ABOUT 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF YTURRIA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN WILLACY COUNTY...NORTH OF SAN PERLITA. 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 2651 9757 2655 9771 2660 9770 2660 9753 TIME...MOT...LOC 2301Z 311DEG 10KT 2660 9766 $$ JGG
2 follow-up statements
402 WWUS54 KBRO 292317 SVSBRO SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 617 PM CDT THU MAR 29 2012 TXC489-292330- /O.CON.KBRO.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120329T2330Z/ WILLACY- 617 PM CDT THU MAR 29 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN WILLACY COUNTY... AT 616 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO TRACK A TORNADO 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF RAYMONDVILLE...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... RURAL NORTHERN WILLACY COUNTY NORTH OF SAN PERLITA. THIS TORNADO WILL REMAIN EAST OF HIGHWAY 77. IN ADDITION TO THE THREAT OF A TORNADO...THIS STORM IS PRODUCING HAIL OF QUARTER TO GOLF BALL SIZE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BASEMENT. && LAT...LON 2653 9759 2655 9771 2660 9770 2660 9758 TIME...MOT...LOC 2316Z 011DEG 6KT 2661 9768 $$ JGG
954 WWUS54 KBRO 292330 RRA SVSBRO SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 630 PM CDT THU MAR 29 2012 TXC489-292340- /O.EXP.KBRO.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120329T2330Z/ WILLACY- 630 PM CDT THU MAR 29 2012 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN WILLACY COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN REPLACED BY A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING. THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER CONTINUES IN NORTHERN WILLACY COUNTY. LAT...LON 2653 9759 2655 9771 2660 9770 2660 9758 TIME...MOT...LOC 2317Z 011DEG 6KT 2661 9768 $$ 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, 5:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BRO | Kenedy | 35 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.