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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Brownsville, TX
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.
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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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 7:52 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Falfurrias, TX | OAK TREES DOWN AT LASATER STREET AND RICE STREET |
| May 27, 7:52 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Falfurrias, TX | REPORTS OF STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO BUSINESS SIGNS ON CENTER STREET |
| May 27, 8:01 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 61 | Falfurrias, TX | |
| May 27, 8:02 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Falfurrias, TX | REPORTS OF NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ON ST. MARYS STREET |
| May 27, 8:05 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Falfurrias, TX | GOLF 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 6:40 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 2 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.
- 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
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
$$
551 follow-up statement
757
WWUS54 KBRO 280103
SVSBRO
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
803 PM CDT TUE MAY 27 2014
TXC047-261-280115-
/O.CON.KBRO.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140528T0115Z/
BROOKS-KENEDY-
803 PM CDT TUE MAY 27 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN KENEDY AND NORTHEASTERN BROOKS COUNTIES...
AT 803 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
TRACK A TORNADO ON RADAR 5 MILES EAST OF FALFURRIAS...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
FLOWELLA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS IN AN
INTERIOR ROOM OR CLOSET. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL YOU CAN SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. PUT AS MANY WALLS BETWEEN YOURSELF AND THIS STORM AS
POSSIBLE. TRAILER HOMES ARE EASILY DESTROYED BY TORNADOES AND SHOULD
BE ABANDONED IMMEDIATELY FOR STRONGER SHELTER.
IF TRAVELING...FIND STURDY SHELTER IMMEDIATELY OR PULL OVER AND GET
BELOW THE DASHBOARD IF DEBRIS IS SIGHTED.
PLEASE REPORT TORNADOES OR FUNNEL CLOUDS...WINDS OF 58 MPH OR
HIGHER...HAIL THE SIZE OF PENNIES OR LARGER...AND ANY WIND DAMAGE TO
YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE BY CALLING 956-504-1432.
&&
LAT...LON 2726 9798 2725 9798 2722 9798 2722 9797
2723 9796 2709 9786 2702 9799 2701 9805
2724 9817 2726 9814
TIME...MOT...LOC 0103Z 330DEG 21KT 2721 9807
$$
55The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 7:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Brooks, Kenedy | 50 min |
| May 27, 7:47 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Brooks, Kenedy | 58 min |
| May 27, 8:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BRO | Brooks, Kenedy | 48 min |
| May 27, 8:49 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Brooks | 56 min |
| May 28, 2:25 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | BRO | 65 min | |
| May 28, 3:00 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | BRO | 60 min | |
| May 28, 3:23 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Hidalgo, Starr | 67 min |
| May 28, 3:30 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | BRO | 60 min | |
| May 28, 3:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Cameron | 64 min |
| May 28, 3:51 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | BRO | 54 min | |
| May 28, 4:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BRO | Cameron | 30 min |
| May 28, 4:08 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Hidalgo, Starr | 82 min |
| May 28, 4:13 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Hidalgo | 62 min |
| May 28, 4:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BRO | Cameron | 24 min |
| May 28, 4:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Cameron | 39 min |
| May 28, 4:42 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Cameron | 93 min |
| May 28, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Cameron | 31 min |
| May 28, 5:01 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Cameron | 89 min |
| May 28, 6:28 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Cameron | 62 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.