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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this tornado warning at Mar 29, 2012, 9:09 PM CDT for Hidalgo County, Texas. It was in force for 36 min. 7 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
- Mar 29, 2012, 9:09 PM CDT (02:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 29, 2012, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Hidalgo County, TX
The radar
The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 9:20 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 2 N Mcallen, TX | WINDOWS BROKEN WITH QUARTER SIZE HAIL. |
| Mar 29, 9:20 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Mission, TX | PUBLIC REPORTED GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AT FAIRWAY AND BRYAN. WINDS BLOWING PARTS OF ROOFS OFF. |
| Mar 29, 9:24 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Mcallen, TX | SEVERAL WINDOWS IN APARTMENT BROKEN HAIL PILING UP TO 6 INCHES. |
| Mar 29, 9:29 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Mcallen, TX | QUARTER SIZE HAIL NEAR DOCTORS HOSPITAL. STREET FLOODING OBSERVERD. |
| Mar 29, 9:31 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | Mission, TX | PUBLIC REPORT OF NICKEL SIZE HAIL IN SHARYLAND. |
| Mar 29, 9:47 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Mcallen, TX | SMALL TOWN OF EL MANANA REPORTED QUARTER SIZE HAIL |
| Mar 29, 9:49 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 4 N Mcallen, TX | 6 INCH DEEP HAIL UP TO QUARTER SIZE AT NOLANA AND WARE RD. BROKEN WINDOWS |
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 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 89 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
- 1987 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -44 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 741 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 3.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
844
WFUS54 KBRO 300209
TORBRO
TXC215-300245-
/O.NEW.KBRO.TO.W.0004.120330T0209Z-120330T0245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
909 PM CDT THU MAR 29 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN HIDALGO COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS.
* UNTIL 945 PM CDT
* AT 909 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING A TORNADO OVER MCALLEN...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
MCALLEN MILLER AIRPORT BY 910 PM CDT.
MADERO BY 915 PM CDT.
GRANJERO BY 925 PM CDT.
HIDALGO BY 930 PM CDT.
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 2605 9815 2606 9817 2605 9820 2607 9822
2607 9825 2610 9829 2612 9829 2610 9830
2610 9831 2615 9835 2615 9837 2632 9834
2630 9814
TIME...MOT...LOC 0209Z 006DEG 14KT 2619 9825
$$
611 follow-up statement
317
WWUS54 KBRO 300236
SVSBRO
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
936 PM CDT THU MAR 29 2012
TXC215-300245-
/O.CON.KBRO.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120330T0245Z/
HIDALGO-
936 PM CDT THU MAR 29 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN
HIDALGO COUNTY...
AT 935 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD AT SHERRY ROAD
AND THE EXPRESSWAY.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE TORNADO WAS NOW
OVER PHARR...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
AT 935 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
TRACK A TORNADO OVER PHARR...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
PHARR BY 935 PM CDT.
SAN JUAN BY 945 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM! ACT QUICKLY. GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM
ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING...AWAY FROM WINDOWS. COVER
YOUR HEAD WITH PILLOWS OR BLANKETS.
TORNADOES ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO
A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. ABANDON MOBILE HOMES. IF
IN A VEHICLE AND THERE IS NO STURDY BUILDING NEARBY...PARK. CLOSE
WINDOWS...LEAVE SEATBELTS ON...GET LOWER THAN THE DASHBOARD...AND
COVER YOUR HEAD...PREFERABLY WITH BLANKETS OR PILLOWS. IF THERE IS NO
DEBRIS...LEAVE THE VEHICLE AND GO INTO A DITCH OR LOW SPOT...BUT
WATCH FOR RISING WATERS.
PLEASE REPORT TORNADOES OR FUNNEL CLOUDS...WINDS OF 58 MPH OR
HIGHER...HAIL THE SIZE OF PENNIES OR LARGER...AND ANY WIND DAMAGE TO
YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE BY CALLING 956-504-1432.
&&
LAT...LON 2605 9815 2606 9817 2605 9820 2607 9822
2607 9825 2610 9829 2612 9829 2610 9830
2610 9831 2615 9835 2615 9837 2632 9834
2630 9814
TIME...MOT...LOC 0235Z 308DEG 7KT 2617 9821
$$
61The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Starr | 65 min |
| Mar 29, 7:41 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Hidalgo, Starr | 64 min |
| Mar 29, 8:29 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Brooks, Jim Hogg | 2 hr |
| Mar 29, 8:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Hidalgo | 53 min |
| Mar 29, 8:40 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Hidalgo | 95 min |
| Mar 29, 9:12 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Hidalgo, Zapata | 17 days |
| Mar 29, 9:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Starr | 33 min |
| Mar 29, 9:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Hidalgo | 29 min |
| Mar 29, 9:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BRO | Hidalgo | 29 min |
| Mar 29, 10:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Hidalgo | 42 min |
| Mar 29, 10:47 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Hidalgo | 3 hr |
| Mar 29, 11:19 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Cameron, Hidalgo | 14 min |
| Mar 29, 11:31 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Cameron, Hidalgo | 2 hr |
| Mar 29, 11:54 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | BRO | 76 min | |
| Mar 30, 12:31 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Cameron | 76 min |
| Mar 30, 2:08 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | BRO | Cameron, Hidalgo | 2 hr |
| Mar 30, 2:53 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | BRO | 70 min | |
| Mar 30, 3:32 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | BRO | 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.