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Flash Flood Warning 22, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this flash flood warning at Sep 15, 2002, 1:20 PM CDT for Starr County, Texas. It was in force for 115 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 15, 2002, 1:20 PM CDT (18:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 15, 2002, 3:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 115 min
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Starr County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Brownsville Intl, TX (KBRO), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 154 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2284 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 621 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS54 KBRO 151820 FFWBRO TXC427-152015- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 115 PM CDT SUN SEP 15 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... STARR COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS * UNTIL 315 PM CDT * AT 110 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS HAD DROPPED ABOUT ONE AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN OVER SECTIONS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN STARR COUNTY...DURING THE PAST HOUR. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE NORTH ACROSS THE COUNTY OUT OF MEXICO AND DUMP ADDITIONAL RAIN IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. STORMS ARE MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. * 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...RIO GRANDE CITY AND GARCIASVILLE. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND ARROYOS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. 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 2617 9902 2604 9887 2675 9837 2677 9894 $$ SIERRA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 15, 2:04 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Kenedy, Willacy | 116 min |
| Sep 15, 2:14 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Kenedy, Willacy | 106 min |
| Sep 15, 3:27 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Starr | 58 min |
| Sep 15, 3:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Hidalgo | 64 min |
| Sep 15, 4:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BRO | Cameron, Willacy | 38 min |
| Sep 15, 4:16 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | BRO | 44 min | |
| Sep 15, 4:16 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | BRO | 44 min | |
| Sep 15, 4:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Starr | 55 min |
| Sep 15, 5:09 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | BRO | 51 min | |
| Sep 15, 5:10 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Hidalgo | 110 min |
Nearby
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Sources
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.