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Flash Flood Warning 25, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this flash flood warning at Sep 19, 2003, 7:00 AM CDT for Kenedy County, Willacy 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
- Sep 19, 2003, 7:00 AM CDT (12:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 19, 2003, 10:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Kenedy County, TX, Willacy County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Brownsville Intl, TX (KBRO), launched 12:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 78 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
- 535 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 629 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 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 191206 FFWBRO TXC261-489-191500- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 700 AM CDT FRI SEP 19 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN WILLACY COUNTY SOUTHEASTERN KENEDY COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS * UNTIL 1000 AM CDT * AT 7 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING WEST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT FROM ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN WITHIN THE WARNED AREA SINCE 6 AM. * RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...PORT MANSFIELD. 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 2668 9746 2645 9741 2646 9765 2669 9769 $$ SPEECE
1 follow-up statement
000
WGUS74 KBRO 191400
FFSBRO
TXC215-191500-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
900 AM CDT FRI SEP 19 2003
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1000 AM CDT FOR NORTHERN
HIDALGO COUNTY...
AT 900 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN
AREA OF HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BROWNSVILLE DOPPLER
RADAR ESTIMATED THAT UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED DURING
THE LAST 3 HOURS IN THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL OF UP TO AN INCH PER
HOUR IS STILL CONTINUING BUT RAIN RATES ARE EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF
DURING THE NEXT HOUR OR SO.
HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING TO OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ALONG
SMALL STREAMS AND NEAR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL
EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...SAN MANUEL.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS
AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND ARROYOS...AS
WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
LAT...LON 2677 9802 2660 9804 2660 9798 2644 9803
2649 9846 2677 9832
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 19, 6:55 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Hidalgo | 3 hr |
| Sep 19, 8:19 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Cameron, Willacy | 3 hr |
| Sep 19, 10:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Hidalgo | 2 hr |
| Sep 19, 10:55 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Cameron, Willacy | 2 hr |
| Sep 19, 4:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Cameron, Willacy | 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.