Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Brownsville, TX

Issued

Aug 23, 1999, 4:18 AM CDT (09:18 UTC)

Expired

Aug 23, 1999, 12:00 PM CDT

In force

8 hr

Issued by

NWS Brownsville, TX

Area

Whole counties

County Willacy County, TX

The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:20 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 230915
FFWBRO
TXC047-261-489-231715-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
418 AM CDT MON AUG 23 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  BROOKS COUNTY IN SOUTHERN TEXAS
  KENEDY COUNTY IN SOUTHERN TEXAS
  WILLACY COUNTY IN SOUTHERN TEXAS

* UNTIL 1200 PM CDT

* AT 410 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY HEAVY RAIN ASSCOCIATED WITH HURRICANE BRET RAIN BANDS...
MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHEAST.

* RAIN BANDS FROM HURRICANE BRET CONTINUE TO MOVE OVER THE WARNED
  COUNTIES EVERY FEW HOURS.  THESE BANDS ARE PRODUCING HOURLY RAIN
  RATES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR.

DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD!


AREA RESIDENTS SHOULD MONITOR FLOOD CONDITIONS... AND BE PREPARED
TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND... SHOULD FLOOD WATERS THREATEN. IF FLASH
FLOODING IS OBSERVED... ACT QUICKLY. MOVE 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 23, 4:00 AM CDT, 18 minutes earlier.

DEEP SOUTH TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
400 AM CDT MON AUG 23 1999

DISCUSSION THROUGH 48 HOURS...BRET CONTINUES TO MOVE SLOWLY INLAND
AND WEAKEN.  WILL EDIT FORECAST APPROPRIATELY FOR SLOWLY IMPROVING
CONDITIONS.  MAIN ISSUE TO DEAL WITH WILL BE CONTINUED RAIN AND
FLOODING PROBLEMS.  STORM TOTALS OVER PORTIONS OF KENEDY COUNTY HAVE
EXCEEDED 20 INCHES THUS FAR AND HOURLY RATES NEAR THE EYE ARE STILL
OVER AN INCH AN HOUR.

THE MODELS KEEP BRET MOVING SLOWLY WEST OR SOUTHWEST TODAY WITH A
SLOW DRIFT INTO THE WESTERN COUNTIES TOMORROW.  AFTERWARDS...WEAK
RIDGING FROM THE FOUR CORNERS AREA BEGINS TO NOSE INTO THE CWFA.

MARINE...OFF SHORE WATERS CONTINUE TO GET COPIOUS RAIN (UP TO A FEW
INCHES AN HOUR) VIA FEEDER BANDS...WHICH THEN WRAP AROUND ON SHORE.
BUOY 020 HAS DROPPED BELOW GALE FORCE (34 KNOT) WINDS AND SEAS HAVE
DROPPED TO 9 FEET.  WILL EXPECT A CONTINUED RAPID DECREASE OF WIND
AND SEAS AS BRET DISSIPATES INLAND.

EXTENDED (WED THROUGH SUN)...SHOWERS WILL REMAIN IN THE FORECAST
THROUGH THE WEEK AS THE ATMOSPHERE WILL REMAIN UNSTABLE IN THE
AFTERMATH OF BRET.  THE COASTAL WATERS ESPECIALLY CAN EXPECT
CONTINUED SHOWER ACTIVITY.  THE MRF MOVES A WEAK WAVE OVER DEEP
SOUTH TEXAS ON THURSDAY AND INTO FRIDAY...BUT AFTER THAT POPS SHOULD
DRIFT BACK TOWARD CLIMATOLOGICAL NORMS.  THE UPPER RIDGE OVER THE
SOUTHWEST WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH THE EXTENDED.

BRO RC 086/074 087/074 088 54744
MFE RC 088/075 089/075 090 54744
RGC RR 097/076 098/076 099 54866
SPI RC 088/076 088/076 089 54744

SYN...54.BHM/MESO...57.KN/HMT...ABBOTT

.BRO...
TORNADO WATCH TXZ248>251 UNTIL 2100Z
TROPICAL STORM WARNING TXZ251-254-255 UNTIL 1500Z
FFW/FLW TXZ249>251 UNTIL 1700Z
FFA TXZ248-252>255 UNTIL 1700Z
HIGH WIND WARNING TXZ248>250-252-253 UNTIL 1700Z

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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.