Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 34, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this flash flood warning at Sep 21, 2003, 1:30 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
- Sep 21, 2003, 1:30 PM CDT (18:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 21, 2003, 4:30 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 nearest sounding before it
Brownsville Intl, TX (KBRO), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 160 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
- 1577 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 569 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 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 211834
FFWBRO
TXC427-212130-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
130 PM CDT SUN SEP 21 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
STARR COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS
* UNTIL 430 PM CDT
* AT 115 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED STREET AND YARD FLOODING IN
THE CITY OF ROMA. RISING WATER LEVELS WERE ALSO REPORTED IN LOS
MORENOS CREEK.
* MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL AT UP TO ONE INCH PER
HOUR ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 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.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO THREE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE
DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS IN THE WARNED AREA.
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.
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 2678 9837 2626 9864 2643 9907 2657 9917
2667 9900 2679 9895
$$1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS74 KBRO 212130 FFSBRO TXC427-212200- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 429 PM CDT SUN SEP 21 2003 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR STARR COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED... PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. LAT...LON 2677 9837 2625 9866 2645 9910 2677 9892 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 7:40 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Cameron | 110 min |
| Sep 21, 9:15 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Cameron, Kenedy, Willacy | 2 hr |
| Sep 21, 2:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Hidalgo | 108 min |
| Sep 21, 4:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Kenedy, Willacy | 90 min |
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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.