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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
620 PM CDT Sun Jul 26 2020

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

.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:    70 to 75 MPH
Path Length (Statute):  1 MILE
Path Width (Maximum):   50 YARDS
Fatalities:             0
Injuries:               0

Start Date:             July 26, 2020 
Start Time:             335 AM CDT
Start Location:         4 Miles East-Northeast of Brownsville
Start LAT/LON:          25.9091/-97.4315

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

At the beginning of the tornado path, several areas of damage 
were surveyed 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, large sections of a roof to 
a house were removed 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