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Flash Flood Warning 29, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this flash flood warning at Sep 19, 2003, 4:55 PM CDT for Cameron 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 counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 19, 2003, 4:55 PM CDT (21:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 19, 2003, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Cameron County, TX, Willacy County, TX
The radar
The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 48 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 192159
FFWBRO
TXC061-489-200100-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
455 PM CDT FRI SEP 19 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CAMERON COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS
WILLACY COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS
* UNTIL 800 PM CDT
* AT 455 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
HEAVY RAINFALL OF CLOSE TO ONE INCH PER HOUR CONTINUES ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED TWO TO THREE INCHES OF
RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED DURING THE PAST THREE HOURS IN EASTERN
CAMERON AND WILLACY COUNTIES.
* HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM
THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME
LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...RAYMONDVILLE...
SAN BENITO...LA FERIA...HARLINGEN...BROWNSVILLE...LYFORD...
SEBASTIAN...SANTA ROSA...RIO HONDO...RANCHO VIEJO...LOS FRESNOS AND
COMBES.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.
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.
$$
LAT...LON 2658 9746 2627 9736 2609 9731 2606 9721
2597 9719 2588 9744 2604 9765 2608 9783
2645 9785 2648 9798 2659 97942 follow-up statements
000 WGUS74 KBRO 192326 FFSBRO TXC061-489-200100- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 625 PM CDT FRI SEP 19 2003 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR CAMERON AND WILLACY COUNTIES... AT 620 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT RAINFALL RATES OF HALF AN INCH TO AN INCH PER HOUR WERE FALLING OVER WESTERN AND CENTRAL PORTIONS OF CAMERON AND WILLACY COUNTIES. HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING TO OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND NEAR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... RAYMONDVILLE...SAN BENITO...LA FERIA...HARLINGEN...LYFORD...SEBASTIAN...SANTA ROSA...RIO HONDO... RANCHO VIEJO...LOS FRESNOS...COMBES AND SAN PERLITA. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND. LAT...LON 2657 9747 2589 9739 2608 9784 2657 9787 $$ CASTILLO
000 WGUS74 KBRO 200102 FFSBRO TXC489-200130- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 801 PM CDT FRI SEP 19 2003 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR WILLACY COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED... PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. LAT...LON 2658 9747 2637 9746 2638 9783 2659 9794 $$ CASTILLO
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, 7:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Kenedy, Willacy | 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 |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 2003Every flash flood warning in 2003
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.