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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Brownsville, TX

September 13, 2014Kenedy County, Willacy County, Texas

NWS Brownsville, TX issued this tornado warning at Sep 13, 2014, 3:54 PM CDT for Kenedy County, Willacy County, Texas. It was in force for 16 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
Sep 13, 2014, 3:54 PM CDT (20:54 UTC)
Expired
Sep 13, 2014, 4:10 PM CDT
In force
16 min
Issued by
NWS Brownsville, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Kenedy County, TX, Willacy County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Brownsville Intl, TX (KBRO), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 78 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 2014-09-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 860 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 2014-09-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 128 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
860 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
604 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
128 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
113 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.6

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The text

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

669 
WFUS54 KBRO 132054
TORBRO
TXC261-489-132130-
/O.NEW.KBRO.TO.W.0010.140913T2054Z-140913T2130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
354 PM CDT SAT SEP 13 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN KENEDY COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS.
  NORTHEASTERN WILLACY COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS.

* UNTIL 430 PM CDT

* AT 354 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE   
TRACKING A TORNADO ON RADAR OVER NORTHEASTERN WILLACY COUNTY...NEAR 
PORT MANSFIELD... MOVING NORTHWEST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  RURAL NORTHEASTERN WILLACY COUNTY.
  RURAL NORTHERN WILLACY COUNTY.
  RURAL SOUTHERN KENEDY COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS IN AN
INTERIOR ROOM OR CLOSET. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL YOU CAN SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. PUT AS MANY WALLS BETWEEN YOURSELF AND THIS STORM AS
POSSIBLE. TRAILER HOMES ARE EASILY DESTROYED BY TORNADOES AND SHOULD
BE ABANDONED IMMEDIATELY FOR STRONGER SHELTER.

IF TRAVELING...FIND STURDY SHELTER IMMEDIATELY OR PULL OVER AND GET
BELOW THE DASHBOARD IF DEBRIS IS SIGHTED.

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 2649 9752 2664 9769 2670 9747 2663 9743
      2662 9744 2662 9743 2661 9743 2661 9744
      2660 9743 2658 9742
TIME...MOT...LOC 2054Z 136DEG 31KT 2657 9750

$$

JGG
1 follow-up statement
929 
WWUS54 KBRO 132110
SVSBRO

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
410 PM CDT SAT SEP 13 2014

TXC261-489-132120-
/O.CAN.KBRO.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-140913T2130Z/
KENEDY-WILLACY-
410 PM CDT SAT SEP 13 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN WILLACY AND SOUTHERN KENEDY
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

AT 410 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
TORNADO THREAT HAD DIMINISHEDCA...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED.

ROTATION PERSISTS IN THE RAIN BANDS MOVING NORTH AND INDIVIDUALS IN 
KENEDY COUNTY SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR CHANGES.


LAT...LON 2649 9752 2664 9769 2670 9747 2663 9743
      2662 9744 2662 9743 2661 9743 2661 9744
      2660 9743 2658 9742
TIME...MOT...LOC 2110Z 136DEG 31KT 2667 9761

$$

JGG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 13, 4:12 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningBRO48 min
Sep 13, 1:25 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBROCameron, Hidalgo, Willacy3 hr
Sep 13, 3:03 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningBRO57 min
Sep 13, 3:10 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningBROHidalgo80 min
Sep 13, 3:19 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningBROHidalgo2 hr
Sep 13, 3:24 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningBROHidalgo2 hr
Sep 13, 3:36 PM CDTTornado WarningBROWillacy24 min
Sep 13, 3:48 PM CDTTornado WarningBROHidalgo12 min
Sep 13, 3:51 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningBRO84 min
Sep 13, 4:15 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBROKenedy2 hr
Sep 13, 4:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROKenedy45 min
Sep 13, 4:42 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBROBrooks, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Kenedy, Starr, Willacy93 min
Sep 13, 5:08 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningBRO97 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.