Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Brownsville, TX

Issued

Aug 22, 1999, 10:15 PM CDT (03:15 UTC)

Expired

Aug 23, 1999, 3:45 AM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Brownsville, TX

Area

Whole counties

Counties Brooks County, TX, Kenedy County, TX

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TTAA00 KBRO 230311
FFWBRO
TXC047-261-230845-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD/FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
1015 PM CDT SUN AUG 22 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BROOKS COUNTY IN TEXAS
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF FALFURRIAS

  KENEDY COUNTY IN TEXAS
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SARITA

* UNTIL 345 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING

* AT 946 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN          
  BROWNSVILLE SHOWED WIDESPREAD HURRICANE DRIVEN TORRENTIAL RAINS    
  OVER NORTHEAST KENEDY COUNTY NEAR THE EYE OF HURRICANE BRET.       
  CURRENT RAINFALL TOTALS NEAR THE CENTER OF BRET RANGED FROM 9 TO   
  15 INCHES SINCE THE STORM HAS MOVED INLAND.  THE CENTER OF BRET    
  WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE WEST NORTHWEST AROUND 7 MPH THROUGH THE      
  NIGHT WITH A GRADUAL DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED EXPECTED            
  MONDAY. THIS SLOW MOVEMENT HAS GENERATED NEAR RECORD BREAKING    
  RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVER NORTHERN AND NORTHEASTERN KENEDY COUNTY.  
  THESE NEAR RECORD BREAKING RAINFALL RATES WILL STEADILY SPREAD 
  WESTWARD INTO NORTHEAST BROOKS COUNTY AND WILL QUICKLY GENERATE    
  FLOOD CONDITIONS THERE BY 4 AM MONDAY MORNING.      

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK
HIGHER GROUND.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RlECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT
QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY
IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

NWS Brownsville, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Aug 22, 8:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes earlier.

DEEP SOUTH TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
830 PM CDT SUN AUG 22 1999

BRET HAS MOVED INLAND OVER CENTRAL KENEDY COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS
THIS EVENING.  THERE WILL STILL BE VERY STRONG WINDS OVER THE
NORTHERN PORTION OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS FOR TONIGHT.  RAINS WILL
CONTINUE OVER MOST OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS TONIGHT WITH POSSIBLY
SPREADING OVER THE ENTIRE AREA LATER TONIGHT.  WILL KEEP HIGH POPS
IN THE FORECAST FOR TONIGHT AS BRET WILL BE MOVING VERY SLOWLY
ACROSS DEEP SOUTH TEXAS.  AN ADDITIONAL 5 TO 10 INCHES ALONG THE EYE
WALL COULD ACCUMULATE IN THE ITS PATH.

CWF...SEAS WILL CONT TO BE ROUGH FOR QUITE A LONG TIME AS BRET MOVES
ACROSS DEEP SOUTH TEXAS.  BOY 020 HAS SWELLS UP TO 22 FEET AND WILL
DECREASE SLOWLY TONIGHT.

.BRO...HURRICANE WARNING TXZ251-254-255-GMZ130-150-155-170-175.
       HIGH WIND WARNING TXZ248>250-252-253
       FLASH FLOOD WATCH TXZ248-252-253

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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.