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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 15, 2003, 11:55 AM CDT for Kenedy 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
- Jun 15, 2003, 11:55 AM CDT (16:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 2003, 3:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Kenedy County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:54 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
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 85 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
- 2701 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 738 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -28 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.1
- Supercell composite
- -0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS54 KBRO 151658 FFWBRO TXC261-152000- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 1155 AM CDT SUN JUN 15 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... KENEDY COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS * UNTIL 300 PM CDT * AT 1154 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS ALL OF KENEDY COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED AROUND 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS BEEN RECEIVED DURING THE PAST HOUR. THIS AREA HAS ALREADY RECEIVED 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAINFALL DURING THE PAST FEW DAYS...AND LITTLE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS NEEDED TO CREATE FLASH FLOODING. * 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 FLOODING INCLUDE...SARITA AND HIGHWAY 77 IN KENEDY COUNTY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA THIS AFTERNOON...WITH MORE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FORECAST FOR TONIGHT. FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES... DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM... EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. LAT...LON 2724 9745 2664 9745 2667 9789 2726 9795 $$ PHILO
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS74 KBRO 151808 FFSBRO TXC261-151900- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 110 PM CDT SUN JUN 15 2003 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR KENEDY COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... EXCESS RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. LAT...LON 2724 9745 2664 9745 2667 9789 2726 9795 $$ PHILO
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 10:16 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | BRO | 44 min | |
| Jun 15, 11:00 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | BRO | 60 min | |
| Jun 15, 12:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Kenedy, Willacy | 37 min |
| Jun 15, 12:51 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Willacy | 3 hr |
| Jun 15, 1:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Cameron, Willacy | 40 min |
| Jun 15, 1:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BRO | Cameron, Willacy | 32 min |
| Jun 15, 1:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Cameron | 3 hr |
| Jun 15, 2:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Cameron | 50 min |
| Jun 15, 2:30 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | BRO | 60 min |
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.