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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this tornado warning at Sep 13, 2014, 3:48 PM CDT for Hidalgo County, Texas. It was in force for 12 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 13, 2014, 3:48 PM CDT (20:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 13, 2014, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 12 min
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Hidalgo County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Brownsville Intl, TX (KBRO), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 96 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
- 860 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 604 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
877
WFUS54 KBRO 132048
TORBRO
TXC215-132130-
/O.NEW.KBRO.TO.W.0009.140913T2048Z-140913T2130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
348 PM CDT SAT SEP 13 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL HIDALGO COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS.
* UNTIL 430 PM CDT
* AT 348 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING A TORNADO ON RADAR 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LINN...MOVING
NORTHWEST AT 25 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
SAN MANUEL.
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 2657 9823 2669 9808 2654 9797 2653 9798
2650 9799 2649 9800 2648 9800 2644 9802
TIME...MOT...LOC 2048Z 132DEG 22KT 2650 9800
$$
JGG1 follow-up statement
215
WWUS54 KBRO 132100
SVSBRO
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
400 PM CDT SAT SEP 13 2014
TXC215-132110-
/O.CAN.KBRO.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140913T2130Z/
HIDALGO-
400 PM CDT SAT SEP 13 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL HIDALGO COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
AT 400 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE
TORNADO THREAT HAD DIMINISHED...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 2657 9823 2669 9808 2654 9797 2653 9798
2650 9799 2649 9800 2648 9800 2644 9802
TIME...MOT...LOC 2100Z 132DEG 22KT 2655 9806
$$
JGGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 13, 4:12 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | BRO | 48 min | |
| Sep 13, 1:25 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Cameron, Hidalgo, Willacy | 3 hr |
| Sep 13, 3:03 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | BRO | 57 min | |
| Sep 13, 3:10 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Hidalgo | 80 min |
| Sep 13, 3:19 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Hidalgo | 2 hr |
| Sep 13, 3:24 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Hidalgo | 2 hr |
| Sep 13, 3:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BRO | Willacy | 24 min |
| Sep 13, 3:51 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | BRO | 84 min | |
| Sep 13, 3:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BRO | Kenedy, Willacy | 16 min |
| Sep 13, 4:15 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Kenedy | 2 hr |
| Sep 13, 4:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Kenedy | 45 min |
| Sep 13, 4:42 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Brooks, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Kenedy, Starr, Willacy | 93 min |
| Sep 13, 5:08 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | BRO | 97 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.