Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Brownsville, TX

Issued

Oct 5, 1996, 11:20 AM CDT (16:20 UTC)

Expired

Oct 5, 1996, 9:00 PM CDT

In force

10 hr

Issued by

NWS Brownsville, TX

Area

Whole counties

County Cameron County, TX

The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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TTAA00 KBRO 051637
FFWBRO
TXC061-060200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
1120 AM CDT SAT OCT 5 1996

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......

IN SOUTH TEXAS

   ...CAMERON COUNTY...

...THE FLOOD WARNING FOR CAMERON COUNTY IS BEING EXTENDED THROUGH 
   9 PM THIS EVENING...

MANY STREETS AND ROADWAYS AROUND CAMERON COUNTY...ESPECIALLY IN THE
BROWNSVILLE AREA...REMAIN UNDER WATER THIS MORNING.  RAINFALL
TOTALS OVER 9 INCHES ON FRIDAY AND ADDITIONAL RAINS LATE LAST NIGHT
HAVE CAUSED PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS AROUND THE CITY OF
BROWNSVILLE.  SOME ROADS ARE CLOSED WITH OTHERS NEARLY IMPASSABLE.
WATER IS ESTIMATED AS HIGH AS 2 TO 3 FEET ON SOME STREETS AND
INTERSECTIONS.  BOCA CHICA BLVD. REMAINS CLOSED IN SEVERAL AREAS
BETWEEN HIGHWAY 77 AND THE BROWNSVILLE AIRPORT.  IN ADDITION...MUCH
OF THE BROWNSVILLE AIRPORT REMAINS FLOODED ALSO.  

CURRENTLY...BROWNSVILLE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED LIGHT RAIN FALLING
ACROSS MUCH OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS...WITH WIDESPREAD AREAS OF HEAVIER
RAINFALL OCCURING OVER THE MEXICAN AND TEXAS GULF WATERS.  THIS
RAIN ACTIVITY IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE NORTHERN EDGES OF TROPICAL
DEPRESSION # TEN LOCATED ABOUT 200 SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF BROWNSVILLE.

SINCE TROPICAL DEPRESSION TEN IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN NEARLY
STATIONARY FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS...ADDITIONAL PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN
ARE LIKELY LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY NEAR
THE DEEP SOUTH TEXAS COASTLINE.  THE ANTICIPATED RAINFALL TODAY
WILL LIKELY ADD TO THE FLOODING PROBLEM IN CAMERON COUNTY AND WILL
NOT ALLOW THE WATERS TO RECEDE VERY QUICKLY.

IN ADDITION...A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM PORT
OCONNER TO BROWNSVILLE TODAY.  SMALL CRAFT ARE ADVISED TO REMAIN IN
PORT.  

DUE TO THE HEAVY RAINS AROUND THE VALLEY YESTERDAY...A FLASH FLOOD
WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CAMERON...WILLACY...HIDALGO AND
KENEDAY COUNTIES.     
 
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.

PERSONS LOCATED IN THE WATCH AND WARNING AREAS SHOULD STAY TUNED TO
NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL COMMERCIAL TV OR RADIO STATIONS FOR
ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS WEATHERV
SITUATION.
 
&

SPEECE

NWS Brownsville, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Oct 5, 9:41 AM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes earlier.

DEEP SOUTH TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
940 AM CDT SAT OCT 5 1996

SHORT TERM...NHC CONF CALL CONCERNING T.D. TEN DOES NOT BRING GOOD
NEWS TO EXTREME SOUTHERN TX.  NHC/S THINKING IS THAT T.D. TEN WILL
LIKELY REMAIN STATIONARY.   CURRENT CONVECTIVE TRENDS FROM KBRO
REFLECTIVITY SHOW MOST OF THE STRONGER CONV LYING JUST OFFSHORE
WHICH CONFIRMS NHC/S THINKING.  ACCORDINGLY WILL CONTINUE COASTAL
FLOOD WARNING FOR TXZ251-254-255 AS BOY020 SHOWS WNDS 040 DEG AT
19G23KT WITH 12 FOOT SWELLS CONTINUING.

94Q AND 98Q CONTINUE TO ADVERTISE THE HVY RAIN POTENTIAL WITH A 4
TO 6 INCH MAX CENTERED OVER THE DEEP SOUTH TX COAST.  DEEP MOISTURE
REMAINS ENTRENCHED OVER THE AREA AFTER LOOKING AT SATL WV IMAGERY
AND 12Z SOUNDINGS SHOWING PWAT VALUES >2 IN.  WITH LITTLE MOVEMENT
OF T.D. TEN...WOULD LIKE TO KEEP FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN PLACE OVER
TXZ251-253-254-255.  AM ALSO GOING TO EXTEND FLOOD WARNING FOR
CAMERON COUNTY THROUGH 9 PM THIS EVENING.  LATEST DISC WITH
BROWNSVILLE P.D.INDICATES THAT SEVERAL MAJOR ROADS AND HIGHWAYS IN
THE BRO AREA REMAIN UNDER WATER WITH ONLY SLOW DRAINAGE OCCURING.

OTHERWISE...NO OTHER CHANGES TO GOING FORECAST.  WORDING LOOKS GOOD
WITH HIGH POPS CONTINUING FOR THE NEXT 48 HOURS.

SUGGESTED NUMBERS:

BRO RR  078/069 078/069 082  80/70/70/60
MFE RR  080/068 080/068 084  80/70/70/60
RGC RR  082/067 082/067 085  80/70/70/60
SPI RR  078/072 078/072 080  80/70/70/60

COASTAL FLOOD WARNING THIS AFTERNOON...PORT OCONNER TO BRO
FLASH FLOOD WATCH THIS AFTERNOON...TXZ251-253-254-255
FLOOD WARNING UNTIL 9 PM TONIGHT...TXZ255

60

In the hours before

TXZ251-254-255-514-052300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
1100 AM CDT SAT OCT 5 1996

...COASTAL FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR SALT WATER FLOODING..
FLOOD WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE ALSO IN EFFECT INLAND BECASUE OF
FRESH WATER FLOODING AND FLOODING POTENTIAL...

AT LATE MORNING..DEPRESSION TEN WAS ALMOST STATIONARY ABOUT 200 MI
SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF BROWNSVILLE. RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN CAUSED
BY THE DEPRESSION CONTINUING OFFSHORE THE LOWER COAST. THE HEAVY
RAIN COULD COME INLAND DURING THE AFTERNOON AND BEARS CLOSE WATCH
FOR ADDITIONAL FLOODING.

FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES HAS FALLEN OVER MUCH OF THE AREA WITHIN 20 MILES
OF THE COAST THE PAST 24 HOURS. CLOSER TO 10 INCHES HAS POUNDED
BROWNSVILLE WHERE SEVERAL KEY STREETS WERE IMPASSIBLE FOR MANY
VEHICLES AT LATE MORNING..INCLUDING SEVERAL SECTIONS OF BOCA CHICA.

THE BEACH WAS FLOODED IN PORTIONS TO THE DUNES. THERE WAS SOME WATER
OVER HIGHWAY 100 NORZTH OF ANDY BOWIE BUT STILL PASSABLE.

POTENTIAL FOR RIP CURRENTS IS HIGH. AVOID THE CURRENTS.

HURRICANE CENTER IS SENDING A PLANE TO INVESTIGATE DEPRESSION 10.
KEEPS CLOSE TABS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION.

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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.