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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Brownsville, TX

May 28, 2014Cameron County, Texas

NWS Brownsville, TX issued this tornado warning at May 28, 2014, 4:21 PM CDT for Cameron County, Texas. It was in force for 24 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 28, 2014, 4:21 PM CDT (21:21 UTC)
Expired: May 28, 2014, 4:45 PM CDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Brownsville, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Cameron County, TX

The radar

The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 5 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:21 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 28, 4:37 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 Ene Brownsville, TX	SEVERAL ONE TO TWO FOOT DIAMETER TREES SNAPPED. WINDS ESTIMATED AT 60 MPH.

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, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 5 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

500 
WFUS54 KBRO 282121
TORBRO
TXC061-282145-
/O.NEW.KBRO.TO.W.0007.140528T2121Z-140528T2145Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 445 PM CDT

* AT 422 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING A TORNADO ON RADAR 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF BROWNSVILLE...
  MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  LAGUNA VISTA.
  VILLA PANCHO.
  SOUTH POINT.

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 2585 9746 2588 9746 2589 9752 2614 9746
      2611 9729 2609 9727 2593 9728 2592 9732
      2591 9733 2592 9735 2591 9736 2587 9735
      2584 9736
TIME...MOT...LOC 2122Z 008DEG 23KT 2603 9738

$$

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2 follow-up statements

136 
WWUS54 KBRO 282136
SVSBRO

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

TXC061-282145-
/O.CON.KBRO.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-140528T2145Z/
CAMERON-
436 PM CDT WED MAY 28 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN
CAMERON COUNTY...

AT 430 PM...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A WALL CLOUD AT EAST MORRISON ROAD.

AT 435 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE
TORNADO WAS NOW 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF BROWNSVILLE...MOVING SOUTH AT 25
MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  DEL MAR HEIGHTS.
  REID HOPE KING.
  VILLA PANCHO.

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 2585 9746 2588 9746 2589 9752 2608 9747
      2605 9731 2604 9727 2593 9728 2592 9732
      2591 9733 2592 9735 2591 9736 2587 9735
      2584 9736
TIME...MOT...LOC 2135Z 008DEG 23KT 2595 9739

$$

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894 
WWUS54 KBRO 282147
SVSBRO

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

TXC061-282157-
/O.EXP.KBRO.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-140528T2145Z/
CAMERON-
447 PM CDT WED MAY 28 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN CAMERON COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...

THE ORIGINAL TORNADO WARNING THAT HAD BEEN IN EFFECT HAS 
EXPIRED...HOWEVER THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER CONTINUES AND IT HAS 
BEEEN REPLACED BY A NEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING.

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 2585 9746 2588 9746 2589 9752 2608 9747
      2605 9731 2604 9727 2593 9728 2592 9732
      2591 9733 2592 9735 2591 9736 2587 9735
      2584 9736
TIME...MOT...LOC 2136Z 008DEG 23KT 2594 9739

$$

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The 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, 7:51 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BRO	Brooks, Kenedy	24 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, 4:36 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.