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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Brownsville, TX

May 28, 2014Cameron County, Texas

NWS Brownsville, TX issued this tornado warning at May 28, 2014, 4:00 PM CDT for Cameron County, Texas. It was in force for 30 min. 3 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 28, 2014, 4:00 PM CDT (21:00 UTC)
Expired
May 28, 2014, 4:30 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Brownsville, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Cameron County, TX

The radar

The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:02 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 28, 4:10 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 67Bayview, TXASOS REPORTED AT 58 KNOT 67 MPH WIND GUSTS.
May 28, 4:10 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 67Bayview, TXBAYVIEW ASOS REPORTS GUST TO 58 KNOTS OR 67 MPH AT 410 PM.
May 28, 4:13 PM CDTHAIL 0.75Port Isabel, TXPUBLIC REPORTED PENNY SIZED HAIL IN PORT ISABEL.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Brownsville Intl, TX (KBRO), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 24 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 2014-05-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1349 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 2014-05-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 162 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
1349 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-86 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
665 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
162 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
203 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
6.6

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The text

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

825 
WFUS54 KBRO 282100
TORBRO
TXC061-282130-
/O.NEW.KBRO.TO.W.0006.140528T2100Z-140528T2130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
400 PM CDT WED MAY 28 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 430 PM CDT

* AT 400 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING A TORNADO ON RADAR 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF PORT ISABEL...
  MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  HOLLY BEACH.
  LAGUNA VISTA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS STORM IS ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS
WELL AWAY FROM THE PATH OF THE TORNADO.

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 2595 9725 2595 9743 2621 9740 2621 9729
      2619 9729 2621 9726 2620 9726 2619 9729
      2612 9728 2611 9729 2609 9727 2609 9722
      2615 9724 2608 9720 2600 9721 2601 9720
      2596 9720
TIME...MOT...LOC 2100Z 003DEG 20KT 2611 9730

$$

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2 follow-up statements
013 
WWUS54 KBRO 282113
SVSBRO

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
413 PM CDT WED MAY 28 2014

TXC061-282130-
/O.CON.KBRO.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140528T2130Z/
CAMERON-
413 PM CDT WED MAY 28 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR EASTERN
CAMERON COUNTY...

AT 414 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
TRACK A TORNADO ON RADAR 7 MILES WEST OF PORT ISABEL...MOVING SOUTH
AT 25 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  LAGUNA VISTA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL
AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS WELL AWAY FROM THE PATH OF THE TORNADO.

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 2595 9725 2595 9743 2616 9741 2621 9729
      2619 9729 2621 9726 2620 9726 2619 9729
      2612 9728 2611 9729 2609 9727 2609 9722
      2615 9724 2608 9720 2600 9721 2601 9720
      2596 9720
TIME...MOT...LOC 2114Z 003DEG 20KT 2606 9734

$$

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467 
WWUS54 KBRO 282119
SVSBRO

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
419 PM CDT WED MAY 28 2014

TXC061-282130-
/O.CON.KBRO.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140528T2130Z/
CAMERON-
419 PM CDT WED MAY 28 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR EASTERN
CAMERON COUNTY...

AT 419 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
TRACK A TORNADO ON RADAR 8 MILES EAST OF LAURELES...MOVING SOUTH AT
25 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  BAYVIEW.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL
AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS WELL AWAY FROM THE PATH OF THE TORNADO.

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 2595 9725 2595 9743 2616 9741 2621 9729
      2619 9729 2621 9726 2620 9726 2619 9729
      2612 9728 2611 9729 2609 9727 2609 9722
      2615 9724 2608 9720 2600 9721 2601 9720
      2596 9720
TIME...MOT...LOC 2119Z 003DEG 20KT 2605 9737

$$

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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, 7:51 PM CDTTornado WarningBROBrooks, Kenedy24 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, 4:08 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

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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.