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Flash Flood Warning 26, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this flash flood warning at Sep 15, 2002, 3:56 PM CDT for Hidalgo County, Texas. It was in force for 64 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, 3:56 PM CDT (20:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 15, 2002, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Hidalgo County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Brownsville Intl, TX (KBRO), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 101 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 152056 FFWBRO TXC215-152145- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 355 PM CDT SUN SEP 15 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN HIDALGO COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS * UNTIL 500 PM CDT * AT 350 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN HIDALGO COUNTY. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. HEAVIEST RAINFALL IS ALONG HIGHWAY 83...MAKING FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. RADAR INDICATES RAINFALL RATES IN THE STRONGEST STORMS ARE AROUND 2 INCHES PER HOUR. * 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...EDINBURG...EDCOUCH AND ELSA. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING. 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 OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE. LAT...LON 2627 9856 2618 9801 2641 9790 2649 9846 $$ SIERRA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 15, 1:20 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Starr | 115 min |
| 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, 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.