Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this flash flood warning at Sep 7, 1993, 12:45 AM CDT for Starr County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 7, 1993, 12:45 AM CDT (05:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 7, 1993, 3:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Starr County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 190 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
- 2313 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 819 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KBRO 070549 FFWBRO TXC427-070845- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 1245 AM CDT TUE SEP 7 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 345 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN SOUTH TEXAS ...SOUTHERN STARR COUNTY VERY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM MONDAY EVENING HAS RESULTED IN SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IN ROMA. CANAL...GARCIA...AND GLADIATOR STREETS ARE UNDER WATER. ATLTHOUGH NO RAIN IS FALLING AT THIS TIME...RESIDENTS SHOULD BE AWARE OF STANDING WATER THAT MAY BE DEEPER THAN IT APPEARS. THE ROMA POLICE DEPARTMENT INDICATES THAT EVACUATIONS ARE BEING MADE FOR RESIDENTS IN ROMA AT THIS TIME. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS. MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. h&
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Sep 6, 8:00 PM CDT, 4 hours 45 minutes before
TXZ041>044-514-070200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 800 PM CDT MON SEP 6 1993 *** LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING THE UPPER VALLEY OF SOUTH TEXAS *** AT 730 PM...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS OVER SOUTH TEXAS FROM ROMA TO JUST NORTH OF MCCOOK EXTENDING INTO SOUTHERN BROOKS COUNTY. THE LINE WAS MOVING SLOWLY TO THE SOUTHEAST NEAR 5 MILES AN HOUR. A LARGE AREA OF RAIN AND SHOWERS COVERED MOST OF SOUTH TEXAS FROM RIO GRANDE CITY TO CORPUS CHRISTI AND OVER TO LAREDO. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN. SINCE THESE STORMS ARE SLOW MOVING...FLOODING MAY OCCUR IN LOW LYING AREAS. ISOLATED SHOWERS WERE OVER THE GULF FROM 70 TO BEYOND 140 MILES EAST AND NORTHEAST OF PORT ISABEL. LITTLE MOVEMENT WAS NOTED. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE OVER NORTHEAST MEXICO FROM SOUTH OF FALCON LAKE TO NEAR MONTERREY...AND ALSO FROM 75 TO TO 140 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BROWNSVILLE. MOVEMENT WAS TO SOUTHEAST NEAR 5 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Sep 6, 8:00 PM CDT, 4 hours 45 minutes before
TXZ041>044-514-070200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 800 PM CDT MON SEP 6 1993 *** LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING THE UPPER VALLEY OF SOUTH TEXAS *** AT 730 PM...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS OVER SOUTH TEXAS FROM ROMA TO JUST NORTH OF MCCOOK EXTENDING INTO SOUTHERN BROOKS COUNTY. THE LINE WAS MOVING SLOWLY TO THE SOUTHEAST NEAR 5 MILES AN HOUR. A LARGE AREA OF RAIN AND SHOWERS COVERED MOST OF SOUTH TEXAS FROM RIO GRANDE CITY TO CORPUS CHRISTI AND OVER TO LAREDO. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN. SINCE THESE STORMS ARE SLOW MOVING...FLOODING MAY OCCUR IN LOW LYING AREAS. ISOLATED SHOWERS WERE OVER THE GULF FROM 70 TO BEYOND 140 MILES EAST AND NORTHEAST OF PORT ISABEL. LITTLE MOVEMENT WAS NOTED. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE OVER NORTHEAST MEXICO FROM SOUTH OF FALCON LAKE TO NEAR MONTERREY...AND ALSO FROM 75 TO TO 140 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BROWNSVILLE. MOVEMENT WAS TO SOUTHEAST NEAR 5 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Sep 6, 8:57 PM CDT, 3 hours 48 minutes before
TXZ041>044-514-070300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 900 PM CDT MON SEP 6 1993 ...AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES OVER PARTS OF SOUTH TEXAS... AT 830 PM...AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS OVER SOUTH TEXAS AND NORTHEAST MEXICO FROM RIO GRANDE CITY TO MCCOOK TO MONTERREY TO 20 MILES WEST OF FALCON DAM. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST NEAR 10 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN. SINCE THESE STORMS ARE SLOW MOVING...FLOODING MAY OCCUR IN LOW LYING AREAS. BRIEF STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. ISOLATED SHOWERS WERE OVER THPE GULF FROM 50 TO 80 MILES EAST AND NORTHEAST OF PORT ISABEL. LITTLE MOVEMENT WAS NOTED.
Special weather statement, Sep 6, 9:00 PM CDT, 3 hours 45 minutes before
TXZ041>044-514-070300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 900 PM CDT MON SEP 6 1993 ...AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES OVER PARTS OF SOUTH TEXAS... AT 830 PM...AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS OVER SOUTH TEXAS AND NORTHEAST MEXICO FROM RIO GRANDE CITY TO MCCOOK TO MONTERREY TO 20 MILES WEST OF FALCON DAM. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST NEAR 10 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN. SINCE THESE STORMS ARE SLOW MOVING...FLOODING MAY OCCUR IN LOW LYING AREAS. BRIEF STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. ISOLATED SHOWERS WERE OVER THE GULF FROM 50 TO 80 MILES EAST AND NORTHEAST OF PORT ISABEL. LITTLE MOVEMENT WAS NOTED.
Special weather statement, Sep 6, 9:44 PM CDT, 3 hours 1 minute before
TXZ041>044-514-0704300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 945 PM CDT MON SEP 6 1993 ...AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVES SOUTH OF THE RIVER... THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED OVER MEXICO FROM TEXAS THIS LAST HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES SOUTH OF RIO GRANDE CITY WAS THE CLOSEST ONE TO SOUTH TEXAS. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE BETWEEN THAT AND MONTERREY. THIS LAST HOUR ROMA REPORTED THAT THEY HAD 3 INC(HES OF RAINFALL FOR THE AFTERNOON. AT 925 PM RAIN WAS OVER SOUTH TEXAS BETWEEN RIO GRANDE CITY AND ZAPATA AND EXTENDED NORTHEAST TOWARD THE HEBBRONVILLE.. ALICE.. AND BAFFIN BAY AREA. MOVEMENTS WERE SOUTHWEST AT 10 MILES AND HOUR.
Special weather statement, Sep 6, 9:45 PM CDT, 3 hours before
TXZ041>044-514-0704300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 945 PM CDT MON SEP 6 1993 ...AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVES SOUTH OF THE RIVER... THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED OVER MEXICO FROM TEXAS THIS LAST HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES SOUTH OF RIO GRANDE CITY WAS THE CLOSEST ONE TO SOUTH TEXAS. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE BETWEEN THAT AND MONTERREY. THIS LAST HOUR ROMA REPORTED THAT THEY HAD 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL FOR THE AFTERNOON. AT 925 PM RAIN WAS OVER SOUTH TEXAS BETWEEN RIO GRANDE CITY AND ZAPATA AND EXTENDED NORTHEAST TOWARD THE HEBBRONVILLE.. ALICE.. AND BAFFIN BAY AREA. MOVEMENTS WERE SOUTHWEST AT 10 MILES AND HOUR.
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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.