Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Brownsville, TX

Issued

Oct 6, 1996, 1:52 AM CDT (06:52 UTC)

Expired

Oct 6, 1996, 1:00 PM CDT

In force

11 hr

Issued by

NWS Brownsville, TX

Area

Whole counties

Counties Cameron County, TX, Willacy County, TX

The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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TTAA00 KBRO 060655
FFWBRO
TXC061-489-061800-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
152 AM CDT SUN OCT 6 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  100 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S...
 
IN SOUTH TEXAS
 
   ...CAMERON COUNTY...WILLACY COUNTY
 
...THE FLOOD WARNING FOR CAMERON AND WILLACY COUNTIES IS BEING EXTENDED
THROUGH 1 PM SUNDAY AFTERNOON...
 
MANY STREETS AND ROADWAYS AROUND CAMERON AND WILLACY
COUNTIES...INCLUDING PARTS OF BROWNSVILLE...LOS FRESNOS...SAN BENITO...
HARLINGEN AND RAYMONDVILLE REMAIN UNDER WATER. HEAVY RAINFALL TOTALS
OF 10 INCHES OR MORE IN SOME LOCATIONS THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS HAVE
CREATED PONDING OF WATER IN LOW-LYING AREAS.
 
SOME ROADS THAT REMAIN CLOSED ARE BOCA CHICA BOULEVARD IN BROWNSVILLE
BETWEEN OLD PORT ISABEL ROAD AND FOUR CORNERS...ALL OF FRUITDALE DRIVE
...CENTRAL AVENUE NEAR ELOY...FM511 JUST NORTH OF FM802 AND PARTS OF
WILDROSE LANE...ARTHUR STREET AND RUIZ BETWEEN 27TH AND 28TH STREETS.
PARTS OF FM1575 NEAR LOS FRESNOS AND FM800 IN HARLINGEN ARE ALSO CLOSED.
SECTIONS OF FM510 FROM LOS FRESNOS TO BAYVIEW ARE CLOSED AS IS FM1732
IN THE OLMITO AREA BETWEEN EXPRESSWAY 77 AND U.S. 281. SEVERAL STREAMS
ARE NEAR BANKFULL IN THE RAYMONDVILLE AREA AND WILL LIKELY FLOOD.
 
WHILE HEAVIER RAINS HAVE TAPERED OFF...THE WATER CURRENTLY FLOODING AREA
ROADS WILL BE SLOW TO RECEDE. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS COULD DEVELOP
BEFORE THE TROPICAL DEPRESSION MOVES FAR ENOUGH EAST TO BRING THE RAIN
THREAT TO AN END OVER THE VALLEY. THAT MAY FINALLY TAKE PLACE BY SUNDAY
NIGHT OR MONDAY WHEN DRIER AIR IS EXPECTED FROM THE NORTH.
 
 
 
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY.  THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY.  VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE
ABANDONED QUICKLY.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
 
 
 
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NWS Brownsville, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Oct 5, 8:20 PM CDT, 5 hours 32 minutes earlier.

DEEP SOUTH TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
815 PM CDT SAT OCT 5 1996

PREVIOUS FORECAST PACKAGE LOOKS GOOD.  LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS
CONT TO MOVE ACROSS WILLACY AND CAMERON COUNTIES THIS EVENING.
THE FLOOD WARNING STILL LOOKS GOOD AT THIS TIME. WILL PROBABLY
EXTEND IT LATE TONIGHT.  BRO IS GETTING A NORTH WIND THEREFORE
THE DEPRESSION IS FARTHER NORTH.  THIS WOULD MAKE THE LOWER VALLEY
A LESS FAVORABLE AREA FOR R:AIN.  DECREASING POPS FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS
SEEM TO BE IN LINE.  THERE WILL CONT TO BE CLOUD COVER SUNDAY
THEREFORE TEMPERATURES WILL NOT BE THAT WARM.

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