Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this flash flood warning at Aug 31, 2003, 5:46 PM CDT for Starr 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
- Aug 31, 2003, 5:46 PM CDT (22:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 31, 2003, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Starr County, TX
The radar
The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 155 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Brownsville Intl, TX (KBRO), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 158 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
- 2299 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 660 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 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 312252 FFWBRO TXC427-010200- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 546 PM CDT SUN AUG 31 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... STARR COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS * UNTIL 900 PM CDT * AT 536 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER WESTERN AND NORTHERN STARR COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DRIFT EAST AT 10 MPH...DUMPING 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL OVER STARR COUNTY. * RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...FALCON DAM...EL SAUZ...ROMA...RIO GRANDE CITY...LA GLORIA AND GARCIASVILLE. RAINFALL RUNOFF WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR CREEKS. REPORT ANY FLOODING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS...WHO WILL CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE WITH THESE REPORTS. LAT...LON 2676 9845 2619 9875 2650 9921 2659 9915 $$ PHILO
5 follow-up statements
000 WGUS74 KBRO 312309 FFSBRO TXC247-427-010130- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 602 PM CDT SUN AUG 31 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR JIM HOGG COUNTY UNTIL 830 PM CDT... ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR STARR COUNTY UNTIL 900 PM CDT... THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE INTO WESTERN AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAVE BEEN RECEIVED IN PORTIONS OF JIM HOGG AND STARR COUNTIES. AREAS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THESE AREAS TONIGHT...WITH MEAN AREAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. DEVELOPMENT AND MOVEMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS INTO BROOKS AND HIDALGO COUNTIES MAY REQUIRE FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS IN THESE AREAS TONIGHT. REMEMBER...NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION LISTEN TO YOUR LOCAL NOAA WEATHER RADIO BROADCAST. $$ PHILO
000 WGUS74 KBRO 312332 FFSBRO TXC047-247-427-010130- FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 629 PM CDT SUN AUG 31 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR JIM HOGG COUNTY UNTIL 830 PM CDT... ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR STARR COUNTY UNTIL 900 PM CDT... ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR BROOKS COUNTY UNTIL 930 PM CDT... THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE INTO WESTERN AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAVE BEEN RECEIVED IN PORTIONS OF JIM HOGG AND STARR COUNTIES. AREAS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THESE AREAS TONIGHT...WITH MEAN AREAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. DEVELOPMENT AND MOVEMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS INTO HIDALGO COUNTY MAY REQUIRE A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IN THAT AREA SOON. REMEMBER...NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION LISTEN TO YOUR LOCAL NOAA WEATHER RADIO BROADCAST. $$ PHILO
000 WGUS74 KBRO 010013 FFSBRO TXC047-247-427-010200- FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 710 PM CDT SUN AUG 31 2003 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FOR JIM HOGG COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELED... ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR STARR COUNTY UNTIL 900 PM CDT... ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR BROOKS COUNTY UNTIL 930 PM CDT... ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR HIDALGO COUNTY UNTIL 1000 PM CDT... THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE INTO WESTERN AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAVE BEEN RECEIVED IN PORTIONS OF BROOKS... STARR AND HIDALGO COUNTIES. AREAS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THESE AREAS TONIGHT...WITH MEAN AREAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. DEVELOPMENT AND MOVEMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS INTO OTHER AREAS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS MAY NECESSITATE WARNINGS LATER. REMEMBER...NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION LISTEN TO YOUR LOCAL NOAA WEATHER RADIO BROADCAST. $$ PHILO
000 WGUS74 KBRO 010042 FFSBRO TXC047-247-427-010201- FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 741 PM CDT SUN AUG 31 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR STARR COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELED... ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR BROOKS COUNTY UNTIL 930 PM CDT... ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR HIDALGO COUNTY UNTIL 1000 PM CDT... THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE INTO CENTRAL PORTIONS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAVE BEEN RECEIVED IN PORTIONS OF BROOKS...STARR AND HIDALGO COUNTIES. AREAS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THESE AREAS TONIGHT...WITH MEAN AREAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. DEVELOPMENT AND MOVEMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS INTO OTHER AREAS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS MAY NECESSITATE WARNINGS LATER. REMEMBER...NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION LISTEN TO YOUR LOCAL NOAA WEATHER RADIO BROADCAST. $$ PHILO
000 WGUS74 KBRO 010103 FFSBRO TXC047-247-427-010300- FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 800 PM CDT SUN AUG 31 2003 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR BROOKS COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELED... ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR HIDALGO COUNTY UNTIL 1000 PM CDT... THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAVE DECREASED IN INTENSITY NOW AND MOVED INTO HIDALGO COUNTY. ALL OTHER PREVIOUS FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS FOR JIM HOGG...BROOKS...AND STARR HAVE BEEN CANCELED. AREAS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS HIDALGO COUNTY...WITH MEAN AREAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES...AND LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. DEVELOPMENT AND MOVEMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS INTO OTHER AREAS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS MAY NECESSITATE WARNINGS LATER. REMEMBER...NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION LISTEN TO YOUR LOCAL NOAA WEATHER RADIO BROADCAST. $$ PHILO
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31, 5:20 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Jim Hogg | 3 hr |
| Aug 31, 6:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Brooks | 3 hr |
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.