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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this tornado warning at Aug 31, 2015, 4:08 PM CDT for Cameron County, Texas. It was in force for 25 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
- Aug 31, 2015, 4:08 PM CDT (21:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 31, 2015, 4:33 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 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 21:11 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, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 4 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
- 2712 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 738 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 96 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
932
WFUS54 KBRO 312108
TORBRO
TXC061-312145-
/O.NEW.KBRO.TO.W.0006.150831T2108Z-150831T2145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
408 PM CDT MON AUG 31 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL CAMERON COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS...
* UNTIL 445 PM CDT
* AT 407 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED OVER VETERANS INTERNATIONAL BRIDGE MOVING EAST
AT 5 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SOUTHMOST...LINCOLN PARK...
BROWNSVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY SOUTHMOST BRANCH...
VETERANS INTERNATIONAL BRIDGE...FORT BROWN MEMORIAL GOLF COURSE...
LOPEZ HIGH SCHOOL...VILLA PANCHO AND BESTEIRO MIDDLE SCHOOL.
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 2584 9740 2586 9741 2584 9741 2584 9743
2585 9745 2587 9744 2587 9746 2588 9746
2588 9750 2590 9750 2589 9752 2590 9752
2591 9737 2589 9736 2588 9737 2588 9736
2587 9736 2586 9737 2584 9737
TIME...MOT...LOC 2107Z 259DEG 5KT 2585 9747
$$
SPEECE1 follow-up statement
253
WWUS54 KBRO 312133
SVSBRO
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
433 PM CDT MON AUG 31 2015
TXC061-312142-
/O.CAN.KBRO.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-150831T2145Z/
CAMERON TX-
433 PM CDT MON AUG 31 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL CAMERON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW
SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS TO BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
HOWEVER...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN ARE
STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTH CENTRAL CAMERON
COUNTY.
LAT...LON 2584 9740 2586 9741 2584 9741 2584 9743
2585 9745 2587 9744 2587 9746 2588 9746
2588 9750 2590 9750 2589 9752 2590 9752
2591 9737 2589 9736 2588 9737 2588 9736
2587 9736 2586 9737 2584 9737
TIME...MOT...LOC 2131Z 259DEG 5KT 2586 9743
$$
SPEECEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31, 7:53 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Cameron | 37 min |
| Aug 31, 12:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Cameron | 47 min |
| Aug 31, 1:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Cameron, Willacy | 52 min |
| Aug 31, 2:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Willacy | 40 min |
| Aug 31, 2:18 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | BRO | Cameron | 87 min |
| Aug 31, 3:03 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Cameron | 87 min |
| Aug 31, 3:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Kenedy | 47 min |
| Aug 31, 3:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Brooks | 58 min |
| Aug 31, 3:54 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Brooks | 96 min |
| Aug 31, 4:17 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Cameron | 88 min |
| Aug 31, 4:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Jim Hogg, Zapata | 51 min |
| Aug 31, 5:09 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Jim Hogg, Starr, Zapata | 96 min |
| Aug 31, 5:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Jim Hogg, Starr, Zapata | 35 min |
| Aug 31, 5:24 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Jim Hogg, Starr, Zapata | 111 min |
| Aug 31, 5:41 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Jim Hogg, Starr | 79 min |
| Aug 31, 5:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Cameron | 43 min |
| Aug 31, 5:53 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | BRO | Cameron | 112 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.