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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Brownsville, TX

August 25, 2019Kenedy County, Texas

NWS Brownsville, TX issued this tornado warning at Aug 25, 2019, 4:25 PM CDT for Kenedy County, Texas. It was in force for 35 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 25, 2019, 4:25 PM CDT (21:25 UTC)
Expired: Aug 25, 2019, 5:00 PM CDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Brownsville, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Kenedy County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 101 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: 2917 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 696 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 18 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

066 
WFUS54 KBRO 252125
TORBRO
TXC261-252200-
/O.NEW.KBRO.TO.W.0003.190825T2125Z-190825T2200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Brownsville TX
425 PM CDT Sun Aug 25 2019

The National Weather Service in Brownsville has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  West central Kenedy County in Deep South Texas...

* Until 500 PM CDT.
    
* At 425 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located over Armstrong, moving south at 10 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.

  IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without 
           shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. 
           Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur.  Tree 
           damage is likely.

* This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  west central Kenedy County, including the following locations...
  Armstrong Ranch Airport.

This includes US Highway 77 between mile markers 730 and 740.
 
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 outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 2699 9788 2699 9767 2681 9764 2682 9794
TIME...MOT...LOC 2125Z 001DEG 11KT 2691 9779 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

CASTILLO

2 follow-up statements

182 
WWUS54 KBRO 252134
SVSBRO

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Brownsville TX
434 PM CDT Sun Aug 25 2019

TXC261-252200-
/O.CON.KBRO.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-190825T2200Z/
Kenedy TX-
434 PM CDT Sun Aug 25 2019

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR WEST
CENTRAL KENEDY COUNTY...
    
At 434 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Armstrong, moving south at 15 mph.

HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.

IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without 
         shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage 
         to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur.  Tree damage is 
         likely.

Locations impacted include...
Armstrong and Armstrong Ranch Airport. 

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 outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 2694 9788 2694 9768 2684 9765 2681 9764
      2682 9794 2683 9794
TIME...MOT...LOC 2134Z 001DEG 11KT 2688 9779 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

CASTILLO

851 
WWUS54 KBRO 252206
SVSBRO

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Brownsville TX
506 PM CDT Sun Aug 25 2019

TXC261-252215-
/O.EXP.KBRO.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-190825T2200Z/
Kenedy TX-
506 PM CDT Sun Aug 25 2019

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL KENEDY COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...
    
The tornado threat has diminished and the Tornado Warning has been
cancelled. However, large hail and damaging winds remain likely and a
Severe Thunderstorm Warning remains in effect for the area.  However
heavy rain is still possible with this thunderstorm.

Remember, a Severe Thunderstorm Warning still remains in effect for
Southwestern Kenedy County until 530 PM CDT.

LAT...LON 2694 9788 2694 9768 2684 9765 2681 9764
      2682 9794 2683 9794
TIME...MOT...LOC 2205Z 001DEG 11KT 2679 9779 

$$

CASTILLO

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 24, 7:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BRO	Starr	57 min
Aug 24, 7:24 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BRO	Starr	96 min
Aug 24, 8:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BRO	Starr	64 min
Aug 24, 8:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BRO	Starr	54 min
Aug 25, 3:39 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	BRO	Cameron, Hidalgo, Kenedy, Willacy	15 hr
Aug 25, 4:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BRO	Kenedy	57 min
Aug 25, 4:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BRO	Kenedy	38 min
Aug 25, 5:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BRO	Brooks	44 min
Aug 25, 5:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BRO	Hidalgo	56 min
Aug 25, 5:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BRO	Kenedy, Willacy	51 min
Aug 25, 5:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BRO	Hidalgo	49 min
Aug 25, 5:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BRO	Cameron, Hidalgo, Willacy	52 min
Aug 25, 6:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BRO	Hidalgo	24 min
Aug 25, 6:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BRO	Cameron	45 min
Aug 25, 6:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BRO	Starr	43 min
Aug 25, 6:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BRO	Hidalgo	40 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.