Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Brownsville, TX

Issued

Sep 19, 1996, 3:00 AM CDT (08:00 UTC)

Expired

Sep 19, 1996, 9:00 AM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Brownsville, TX

Area

Whole counties

Counties Jim Hogg County, TX, Zapata County, TX

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 164 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
TTAA00 KBRO 190802
FFWBRO
TXC247-505-191400-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
300 AM CDT THU SEP 19 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  900 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S...
 
IN SOUTH TEXAS
 
   ...WESTERN JIM-HOGG COUNTY...EASTERN ZAPATA COUNTY
 
DOPPLER RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT 10 INCHES OF RAIN HAS
OCCURRED IN EASTERN ZAPATA INTO EXTREME WESTERN JIM HOGG COUNTY. FIVE
INCHES OF THE RAIN TOTAL FELL WEDNESDAY EVENING WITH AN ADDITIONAL 5
INCHES OCCURRING IN JUST THE PAST HOUR AS VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
MOVED SLOWLY THROUGH THIS AREA.
 
THIS LARGE AMOUNT OF RAIN WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND
WILL ALSO CAUSE CREEKS AND ARROYOS TO OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS THROUGH
EASTERN ZAPATA AND WESTERN JIM HOGG COUNTIES. THE WATER COULD EVENTUALLY
FLOW DOWN INTO STARR COUNTY AND AFFECT THE LOS OLMOS CREEK AS WELL.
HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE IN THIS AREA AND CONDITIONS WILL WORSEN BEFORE
THEY GET BETTER.
 
 
 
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE
THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.  IF FLASH FLOODING IS
OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY.  MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.  DO
NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
 
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT.  MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.  DO NOT
ATTEMPTd 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.  TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.
 
 
 
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NWS Brownsville, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Sep 19, 2:43 AM CDT, 17 minutes earlier.

DEEP SOUTH TEXAS WEATHER FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
240 AM CDT THU SEP 19 1996

ETA ONLY MODEL WITH HANDLE ON SITUATION AS IT IS PANNING OUT NOW.
IT CONTS TO ACCUMULATE 3/4 INCH OF RAIN THRU 48 HRS WHILE NGM PRECIP
IS NEGLIGIBLE AND ITS FWC POPS ONLY NR 10 PCT. LOTS OF ACTVTY ON 88D
SCOPE CURRENTLY...AN INDCTN OF VORT MAX BEING EFFECTIVE WX PRODUCER.
STG STORMS IN WRN VALLEY DUMPED 8+ INCHES OF RAIN IN ZAPATA COUNTY
WITH 4 INCHES OF THAT DURG EVE AND ANOTHER 4 INCHES IN PAST HOUR...
OVR ERN ZAPATA S OF HIWAY 16...MSTLY UNPOPULATED AREA. WILL CNSDR A
FLASH FLOOD WRNG DUE TO THIS RADAR RAIN ESTIMATE. SATL LOOP CONTS TO
SHOW CNVCTN FIRING FROM MEXICO UP TO E TX ALONG THIS ELONGATED POS
VORT AREA. POPS SHUD BE RAISED TO AT LEAST 40 PCT TDA ACRS DEEP S TX.
MUCH OF VORT MAX TO MOVE E OF HERE ON FRI SO POPS CAN BE LOWERED TO
20 PCT THEN. WILL LOWER MAX TEMPS A SHADE FROM FWC WHILE MINS WILL
STAY ABOVE FWC VALUES EXCPT IN RAIN-COOLED AREAS. FNT STILL NOT EXPCTD
TO RCH VALLEY...LKLY WILL WASH OUT IN S CNTRL TX AS SFC HI OVR ROCKIES
WEAKENS AND UPR TROF NOT HAVING ENUF SWD EXTENTION TO GIVE SUPPORT
FOR FROPA.                    57

SUGGESTED NUMBERS:

BRO EB  091/078 092/078 092  40/20/20/10
MFE EB  093/078 095/078 095  40/20/20/10
RGC EB  095/078 097/078 097  40/20/20/10
SPI EB  088/080 089/080 089  40/20/20/10

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.