Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2002
Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 4, 2002, 7:52 PM CDT for Brooks County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 4, 2002, 7:52 PM CDT (00:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 4, 2002, 10:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Brooks County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 125 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
- 2421 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 818 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 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 050052 FFWBRO TXC047-050345- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 749 PM CDT THU JUL 4 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CENTRAL AND WESTERN BROOKS COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS * UNTIL 1045 PM CDT * AT 746 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL 16 MILES SOUTH OF FALFURRIAS...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED FIVE TO SIX INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER CENTRAL BROOKS COUNTY. * SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. 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 2684 9844 2686 9812 2729 9818 2728 9845 MM
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS74 KBRO 050225 FFSBRO TXC047-050345- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 915 PM CDT THU JUL 4 2002 THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CENTRAL AND WESTERN BROOKS COUNTY CONTINUES UNTIL 10:45 PM... AT 9:30 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER NORTHWEST BROOKS COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED OVER 7 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER RURAL AREAS OF BROOKS COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH...AND WILL EXIT BROOKS COUNTY AFTER 10:00 PM. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR AT NIGHT. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT SINCE IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS. USE CAUTION IN AND AROUND STREAMS...CREEKS OR DRAINAGE DITCHES. TAKE THE SHORTEST PATH TO REACH HIGHER GROUND...BUT DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH RISING WATER. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS CONCERNING THIS DANGEROUS FLASH FLOOD EVENT. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 7:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Zapata | 53 min |
| Jul 4, 11:10 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Brooks | 3 hr |
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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.