Flash Flood Warning 11, NWS Brownsville, TX

Issued

Jun 15, 2001, 6:23 PM CDT (23:23 UTC)

Expired

Jun 15, 2001, 9:30 PM CDT

In force

3 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 23:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WGUS54 KBRO 152330
FFWBRO
TXC061-160230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
623 PM CDT FRI JUN 15 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CAMERON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS

* UNTIL 930 PM CDT

* AT 623 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL NEAR BROWNSVILLE...MOVING
  NORTHWEST AT 12 KNOTS. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED ONE HOUR RAIN RATES 
  OF BETWEEN TWO AND THREE INCHES.

* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE 
  WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH  
  FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH       
  FLOODING INCLUDE BROWNSVILLE.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL 
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

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.

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.

$$

LAT...LON 2608 9781 2585 9713 2624 9724 26231 9783

MILLER

NWS Brownsville, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jun 15, 3:50 PM CDT, 2 hours 33 minutes earlier.

DEEP SOUTH TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
350 PM CDT FRI JUN 15 2001

AMPLE MOISTURE CONTINUES TO STREAM IN FROM OLD MEXICO INTO DEEP SOUTH
TEXAS WITH MCS ENCOMPASSING ALL OF THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY. CLOUD TOPS
APPEAR TO BE SLIGHTLY WARMING AT THIS TIME.  TSTM EVENT WILL LIKELY
TURN INTO AN VERY EFFICIENT RAIN EVENT AS WE GO INTO EVENING.

WITH ANTECEDENT SOIL CONDITIONS OVER NORTHERN ZAPATA COUNTY VERY
SATURATED FROM LAST NIGHT...PONDING OF AREA ROADWAYS AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS WILL OCCUR PRETTY EASILY WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL.

WILL INDICATE ISOLATED SHOWERS AND TSTMS SAT BEFORE UPPER RIDGE
BECOMES THE MAIN FEATURE ACROSS THE AREA SUNDAY AND THE BEGINNING
NEXT WEEK WITH DRYING COMMENCING IN THE LOWER TROPOSPHERE.
TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO BE INFLUENCED BY PCPN AND CLOUD COVER THRU
SATURDAY. SOME BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS WILL BE APPARENT ON SATURDAY.
EXPECT HIGH TEMPERATURES TO REBOUND INTO THE 90S MOST AREAS...EXCEPT
ALONG THE COAST.

EXTENDED..MID AND UPPER LVL RIDGE WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA THROUGH
MIDWEEK. RIDGE BEGINS TO ERODE SOME BY THU-FRI AND THIS WILL ALLOW
PBL MOISTURE TO RECOVERY QUICKLY ACROSS THE REGION. OUR REGION
WILL BEGIN TO SEE CHCS OF SHRA/TSRA INCREASING BY THE END OF NEXT
WEEK.

MARINE...WINDS OFFSHORE HAVE BACKED TO A MODERATE TO STRONG EASTERLY
FLOW WITH BOY020 INDICATING EAST WINDS AT 16 TO 21 KNOTS AND 9
FOOTERS. WILL KEEP SCA CONDITIONS OFFSHORE AND OVER THE LAGUNA. THE
PRESSURE GRADIENT WEAKENS ACROSS THE LOWER TEXAS COAST BY MIDNIGHT.
WINDS AND SEAS SHOULD GRADUALLY DECREASE FURTHER THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

PUBLIC-SYNOPTIC...CORDERO
AVIATION-MARINE...PHILO (58)/ CASTILLO (61)
WACO...CAMPBELL
MESO...VEGA

INTERNET ADDRESS...WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/BRO

.BRO...SCA FOR GMZ130-150-155-170-175

Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 2001Every flash flood warning in 2001

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.