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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Brownsville, TX

April 16, 2012Cameron County, Texas

NWS Brownsville, TX issued this tornado warning at Apr 16, 2012, 4:25 PM CDT for Cameron 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
Apr 16, 2012, 4:25 PM CDT (21:25 UTC)
Expired
Apr 16, 2012, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Brownsville, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Cameron County, TX

The radar

The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:27 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 16, 3:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Brownsville Intl, TX (KBRO), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 37 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Brownsville Intl, TX at 12:00Z on 2012-04-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2823 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Brownsville Intl, TX at 12:00Z on 2012-04-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 125 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
2823 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-35 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
536 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
125 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
249 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

014 
WFUS54 KBRO 162125
TORBRO
TXC061-162200-
/O.NEW.KBRO.TO.W.0007.120416T2125Z-120416T2200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
425 PM CDT MON APR 16 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL CAMERON COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS.

* UNTIL 500 PM CDT

* AT 425 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE       
  TRACKING A TORNADO SOUTH OF RIO HONDO...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  LANTANA BY 430 PM CDT.
  LOZANO BY 445 PM CDT.
  LAURELES BY 500 PM 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 2630 9738 2610 9737 2613 9765 2627 9763
TIME...MOT...LOC 2125Z 277DEG 11KT 2620 9760

$$

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 15, 8:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROZapata57 min
Apr 15, 8:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROBrooks, Jim Hogg61 min
Apr 15, 8:52 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBROZapata34 min
Apr 15, 9:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROZapata59 min
Apr 15, 9:06 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBROBrooks, Jim Hogg84 min
Apr 15, 9:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROJim Hogg58 min
Apr 15, 9:52 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningBROJim Hogg2 hr
Apr 15, 9:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROStarr, Zapata63 min
Apr 15, 10:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROJim Hogg, Starr55 min
Apr 15, 11:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROStarr, Zapata64 min
Apr 15, 11:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROStarr60 min
Apr 15, 11:22 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBROStarr83 min
Apr 16, 12:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROHidalgo39 min
Apr 16, 1:04 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningBRO86 min
Apr 16, 1:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROKenedy33 min
Apr 16, 2:21 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBROHidalgo, Willacy54 min
Apr 16, 2:29 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningBRO61 min
Apr 16, 2:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROHidalgo, Starr43 min
Apr 16, 2:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROHidalgo, Willacy32 min
Apr 16, 3:19 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBROHidalgo, Willacy56 min
Apr 16, 3:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROHidalgo50 min
Apr 16, 3:30 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningBRO60 min
Apr 16, 3:32 PM CDTTornado WarningBROKenedy, Willacy28 min
Apr 16, 3:44 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBROHidalgo61 min
Apr 16, 4:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROKenedy, Willacy44 min
Apr 16, 4:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROCameron, Willacy39 min
Apr 16, 4:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROWillacy29 min
Apr 16, 4:27 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBROCameron, Willacy63 min
Apr 16, 4:30 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningBRO60 min
Apr 16, 4:56 PM CDTTornado WarningBROCameron34 min
Apr 16, 5:03 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningBRO117 min
Apr 16, 5:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROCameron32 min
Apr 16, 5:30 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningBRO2 hr
Apr 16, 5:36 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBROCameron54 min
Apr 16, 6:58 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningBRO62 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.