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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Brownsville, TX

May 15, 2015Kenedy County, Texas

NWS Brownsville, TX issued this tornado warning at May 15, 2015, 3:03 PM CDT for Kenedy County, Texas. It was in force for 42 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
May 15, 2015, 3:03 PM CDT (20:03 UTC)
Expired
May 15, 2015, 3:45 PM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Brownsville, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Kenedy County, TX

The radar

The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Brownsville Intl, TX (KBRO), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 100 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 2015-05-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2417 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 2015-05-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 47 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2417 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
565 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
47 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
104 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
3.2

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The text

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

968 
WFUS54 KBRO 152003
TORBRO
TXC261-152045-
/O.NEW.KBRO.TO.W.0005.150515T2003Z-150515T2045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
303 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE  HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN KENEDY COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS...

* UNTIL 345 PM CDT
    
* AT 302 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 8
  MILES WEST OF RUDOLPH...OR 14 MILES NORTH OF LASARA...AND MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RUDOLPH AND NORIAS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE
HOME OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 2677 9764 2660 9782 2660 9786 2661 9797
      2662 9799 2676 9798 2692 9790
TIME...MOT...LOC 2002Z 213DEG 10KT 2667 9791 

$$

MILLER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 15, 11:54 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBROBrooks3 hr
May 15, 12:19 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchBROBrooks, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Kenedy, Starr, Zapata7 hr
May 15, 12:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROBrooks48 min
May 15, 1:17 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningBROBrooks118 min
May 15, 1:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROKleberg49 min
May 15, 1:43 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningBRO92 min
May 15, 1:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROHidalgo, Kenedy48 min
May 15, 2:06 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBROHidalgo, Kenedy, Willacy114 min
May 15, 2:19 PM CDTTornado WarningBROHidalgo, Kenedy, Willacy26 min
May 15, 2:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROHidalgo, Kenedy30 min
May 15, 2:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROBrooks, Hidalgo25 min
May 15, 2:39 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningBROHidalgo, Kenedy111 min
May 15, 2:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROHidalgo, Kenedy33 min
May 15, 2:58 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningBRO92 min
May 15, 2:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROBrooks, Hidalgo32 min
May 15, 3:15 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningBROBrooks, Hidalgo, Kenedy, Willacy2 hr
May 15, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROHidalgo30 min
May 15, 4:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROHidalgo, Willacy50 min
May 15, 4:48 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningBROHidalgo2 hr
May 15, 5:20 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningBROHidalgo, Kenedy, Willacy6 hr
May 15, 5:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROCameron, Willacy47 min
May 15, 5:58 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBROWillacy2 hr
May 15, 6:02 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningBRO118 min
May 15, 6:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROWillacy46 min
May 15, 6:37 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBROHidalgo113 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.