Flash Flood Warning 23, NWS Brownsville, TX

Issued

Nov 16, 2001, 7:50 AM CST (13:50 UTC)

Expired

Nov 16, 2001, 11:00 AM CST

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Brownsville, TX

Area

Whole counties

Counties Jim Hogg County, TX, Zapata County, TX

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000 
WGUS54 KBRO 161350
FFWBRO
TXC247-505-161700-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
750 AM CST FRI NOV 16 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  JIM HOGG COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS
  ZAPATA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS

* UNTIL 11 AM CST

* AT 733 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED    
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL NEAR HEBBRONVILLE...MOVING  
  SLOWLY SOUTH AT 5 MPH. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT RAINFALL RATES 
  FROM 2 TO 3 INCHES AN HOUR HAVE ALREADY FALLEN OVER EXTREME        
  NORTHERN JIM HOGG COUNTY.  THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL IS NOW FALLING    
  OVER THE MESQUITE CREEK AREA JUST NORTHEAST OF THE CITY OF         
  HEBBRONVILLE WHICH COULD FLOOD THE HIGHWAY 16 AREA.  

  IN ADDITION...HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO BUILDING 
  SOUTH INTO THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF ZAPATA COUNTY.  AS A RESULT... 
  FLASH FLOODING WILL LIKELY OCCUR IN THIS AREA THROUGH 11 AM THIS 
  MORNING AFFECTING THE SAN YGNACIO...LA PERLA...AGUILARES AND       
  MIRANDO CITY AREAS.  SOME CREEKS THAT WILL ALSO BE AFFECTED BY     
  THIS RAINFALL WILL BE DOLORES CREEK...ARROYO BURRO AND LAS OVEJAS  
  CREEK.    

* 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...HEBBRONVILLE...SAN YGNACIO...SAN PERLA....      
  AGUILARES AND MIRANDO CITY.

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.

$$

LAT...LON 2737 9855 2727 9936 2678 9928 2681 9846

SPEECE/GUERRERO

000 
WGUS74 KBRO 161559
FFSBRO
TXC047-247-505-161700-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
953 AM CST FRI NOV 16 2001

...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS IN EFFECT FOR BROOKS...JIM HOGG AND ZAPATA
COUNTIES...

AT 10 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN BROWNSVILLE
INDICATED THAT WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE CONTINUING TO
PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER ZAPATA...JIM HOGG...AND BROOKS
COUNTIES. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING SLOWLY TO THE SOUTH AND HAVE A
HISTORY OF PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES AN HOUR IN THE
WARNED COUNTIES...NEAR THE CITIES AND TOWNS OF SAN YGNACIO...
HEBBRONVILLE...ZAPATA AND FALFURRIAS.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT.  KNOW YOUR
LOCATION IN RELATION TO STREAMS...RIVERS OR CREEKS THAT CAN BECOME
KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS.  DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH RISING
WATER.  DO NOT CROSS AREAS WHERE WATER IS FLOWING...EVEN ON FOOT.
RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY SWEEP YOU OFF YOUR FEET.

$$

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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.