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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Brownsville, TX

May 9, 2014Hidalgo County, Willacy County, Texas

NWS Brownsville, TX issued this tornado warning at May 9, 2014, 8:28 PM CDT for Hidalgo County, Willacy County, Texas. It was in force for 32 min. 1 report 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
May 9, 2014, 8:28 PM CDT (01:28 UTC)
Expired
May 9, 2014, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Brownsville, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Hidalgo County, TX, Willacy County, TX

The radar

The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 9, 8:59 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGLyford, TXTREES DOWN IN LYFORD. SEMI TRUCK BLOWN OVER AT HIGHWAY 1015 AND 186.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 9, 4:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Brownsville Intl, TX (KBRO), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 82 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 00:00Z on 2014-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1180 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 00:00Z on 2014-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 33 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1180 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-45 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
874 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
58 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
1.8

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The text

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

244 
WFUS54 KBRO 100128
TORBRO
TXC215-489-100200-
/O.NEW.KBRO.TO.W.0003.140510T0128Z-140510T0200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
828 PM CDT FRI MAY 9 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN HIDALGO COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS.
  WESTERN WILLACY COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS.

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT

* AT 829 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING A TORNADO ON RADAR 7 MILES EAST OF SAN MANUEL...MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  SAN MANUEL.
  LASARA.
  RAYMONDVILLE.
  SEBASTIAN.

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 2632 9770 2635 9786 2627 9787 2662 9820
      2675 9806 2668 9798 2661 9798 2660 9789
      2638 9764
TIME...MOT...LOC 0129Z 317DEG 39KT 2653 9798

$$

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2 follow-up statements
522 
WWUS54 KBRO 100150
SVSBRO

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
850 PM CDT FRI MAY 9 2014

TXC215-489-100200-
/O.CON.KBRO.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140510T0200Z/
HIDALGO-WILLACY-
850 PM CDT FRI MAY 9 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR WESTERN
WILLACY AND NORTHEASTERN HIDALGO COUNTIES...

AT 850 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
TRACK A TORNADO ON RADAR 4 MILES NORTH OF LASARA...MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 45 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  RANCHETTE ESTATES.
  LYFORD.
  LOS COYOTES.

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 2632 9770 2635 9786 2627 9787 2662 9820
      2675 9806 2668 9798 2661 9798 2660 9789
      2638 9764
TIME...MOT...LOC 0150Z 315DEG 45KT 2648 9784

$$
307 
WWUS54 KBRO 100157
SVSBRO

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
857 PM CDT FRI MAY 9 2014

TXC215-489-100206-
/O.EXP.KBRO.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140510T0200Z/
HIDALGO-WILLACY-
857 PM CDT FRI MAY 9 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WESTERN WILLACY AND NORTHEASTERN HIDALGO
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 900 PM CDT...

AT 856 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THE TORNADO
HAD DISSIPATED...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM.

LAT...LON 2632 9770 2635 9786 2627 9787 2662 9820
      2675 9806 2668 9798 2661 9798 2660 9789
      2638 9764
TIME...MOT...LOC 0156Z 315DEG 45KT 2643 9778

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 9, 7:23 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBROBrooks, Jim Hogg, Starr112 min
May 9, 7:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROHidalgo, Starr49 min
May 9, 7:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROBrooks, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Starr31 min
May 9, 7:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROBrooks26 min
May 9, 7:36 PM CDTTornado WarningBROBrooks, Jim Hogg24 min
May 9, 7:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROBrooks, Hidalgo, Kenedy, Starr, Willacy38 min
May 9, 7:56 PM CDTTornado WarningBROHidalgo34 min
May 9, 8:11 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningBRO2 hr
May 9, 8:19 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBROBrooks, Hidalgo, Kenedy, Starr86 min
May 9, 8:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROBrooks, Cameron, Hidalgo, Kenedy, Willacy55 min
May 9, 9:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROCameron, Hidalgo, Kenedy, Willacy48 min
May 9, 10:07 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningBRO113 min
May 9, 10:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROCameron, Willacy27 min
May 9, 11:58 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningBRO92 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.