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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Brownsville, TX

May 27, 2014Brooks County, Kenedy County, Texas

NWS Brownsville, TX issued this tornado warning at May 27, 2014, 7:51 PM CDT for Brooks County, Kenedy County, Texas. It was in force for 24 min. 5 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
May 27, 2014, 7:51 PM CDT (00:51 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 2014, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Brownsville, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Brooks County, TX, Kenedy County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:55 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 27, 7:52 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGFalfurrias, TXOAK TREES DOWN AT LASATER STREET AND RICE STREET
May 27, 7:52 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGFalfurrias, TXREPORTS OF STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO BUSINESS SIGNS ON CENTER STREET
May 27, 8:01 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 61Falfurrias, TX
May 27, 8:02 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGFalfurrias, TXREPORTS OF NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ON ST. MARYS STREET
May 27, 8:05 PM CDTHAIL 1.75Falfurrias, TXGOLF BALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED

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 27, 6:40 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC2 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 87 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, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2014-05-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1431 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2014-05-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 102 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1431 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-84 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
837 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
102 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
167 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.0
Supercell composite
3.8

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The text

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

989 
WFUS54 KBRO 280051
TORBRO
TXC047-261-280115-
/O.NEW.KBRO.TO.W.0004.140528T0051Z-140528T0115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
751 PM CDT TUE MAY 27 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN BROOKS COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS.
  NORTHWESTERN KENEDY COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS.

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 751 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING A TORNADO ON RADAR 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF FALFURRIAS...
  MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  FALFURRIAS.
  AIRPORT ROAD ADDITION.

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 2726 9798 2722 9798 2722 9797 2724 9795
      2724 9791 2707 9781 2703 9790 2701 9805
      2726 9818 2726 9799
TIME...MOT...LOC 0051Z 329DEG 25KT 2726 9805

$$

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1 follow-up statement
757 
WWUS54 KBRO 280103
SVSBRO

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
803 PM CDT TUE MAY 27 2014

TXC047-261-280115-
/O.CON.KBRO.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140528T0115Z/
BROOKS-KENEDY-
803 PM CDT TUE MAY 27 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN KENEDY AND NORTHEASTERN BROOKS COUNTIES...

AT 803 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
TRACK A TORNADO ON RADAR 5 MILES EAST OF FALFURRIAS...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  FLOWELLA.

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 2726 9798 2725 9798 2722 9798 2722 9797
      2723 9796 2709 9786 2702 9799 2701 9805
      2724 9817 2726 9814
TIME...MOT...LOC 0103Z 330DEG 21KT 2721 9807

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 27, 7:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROBrooks, Kenedy50 min
May 27, 7:47 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBROBrooks, Kenedy58 min
May 27, 8:12 PM CDTTornado WarningBROBrooks, Kenedy48 min
May 27, 8:49 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBROBrooks56 min
May 28, 2:25 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningBRO65 min
May 28, 3:00 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningBRO60 min
May 28, 3:23 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBROHidalgo, Starr67 min
May 28, 3:30 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningBRO60 min
May 28, 3:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROCameron64 min
May 28, 3:51 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningBRO54 min
May 28, 4:00 PM CDTTornado WarningBROCameron30 min
May 28, 4:08 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningBROHidalgo, Starr82 min
May 28, 4:13 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBROHidalgo62 min
May 28, 4:21 PM CDTTornado WarningBROCameron24 min
May 28, 4:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROCameron39 min
May 28, 4:42 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBROCameron93 min
May 28, 4:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROCameron31 min
May 28, 5:01 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningBROCameron89 min
May 28, 6:28 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBROCameron62 min

Nearby

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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.