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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
501 PM CDT Fri Jul 31 2020

...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 7/26/2020 TORNADO EVENT IN BROWNSVILLE...

Updated to include additional damage on the southside of Brownsville
and adjust the start time and path length of the event. 

.Overview...Hurricane Hanna made landfall along the Kenedy county
coast on the evening of July 25, 2020. As Hanna pushed inland, its
eastern outer rain bands produced several areas of rotation. One
area of stronger rotation developed south of Brownsville just across
the Rio Grande in Mexico. The Brownsville radar briefly detected 
a debris signature as it moved northward toward the Brownsville
airport. The Brownsville airport, in addition to residents in a 
nearby neighborhood, reported wind damage. Therefore, a damage 
survey was conducted this afternoon to confirm a brief tornado.

Rating:                 EF-0
Estimated Peak Wind:    75 MPH
Path Length (Statute):  3.43 MILES (SEGMENTED)
Path Width (Maximum):   50 YARDS
Fatalities:             0
Injuries:               0

Start Date:             July 26, 2020 
Start Time:             332 AM CDT
Start Location:         4.7 Miles East-Southeast of Brownsville
Start LAT/LON:          25.8729/-97.4287

End Date:               July 26, 2020
End Time:               336 AM CDT
End Location:           4 Miles Northeast of Brownsville
End LAT/LON:            25.9222/-97.4355

Updated: An initial touchdown was discovered about 2.3 miles south
of Brownsville/South Padre Island International Airport.  Here, an
empty tractor-trailer was moved on an angle into a stand of trees, 
an unachored travel trailer was flipped, a storage shed was flattened,
and several mesquite trees lost large limbs. A few minutes later, several 
areas of damage occurred on the west side of the Brownsville airport. 
A dozen windows were blown out of an airplane hangar building, an 
unanchored old jet staircase was flipped and a garage door 
collapsed inward. In addition, a 737 airplane was moved into a 
hangar, causing damage to the hangar wall. No damage was noted to 
the plane itself. As the tornado moved to the north northwest, 
several large tree limbs were snapped, in addition to a weak 
uprooted tree. Finally further north, two homes lost large sections 
of their roofs with most walls still standing. The brief tornado 
then lifted with no other tornado damage found.

EF SCALE: THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES
TORNADOES INTO THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES.

EF0...WEAK......65 TO 85 MPH
EF1...WEAK......86 TO 110 MPH
EF2...STRONG....111 TO 135 MPH
EF3...STRONG....136 TO 165 MPH
EF4...VIOLENT...166 TO 200 MPH
EF5...VIOLENT...>200 MPH

NOTE:
THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO
CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN
NWS STORM DATA. 

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BIRCHFIELD/GOLDSMITH/BUCHANAN