Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 15, 2003, 1:58 PM CDT for Cameron 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, 1:58 PM CDT (18:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 2003, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Cameron County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Brownsville Intl, TX (KBRO), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 28 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
- 3746 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 542 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -7 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 151902 FFWBRO TXC061-152200- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 158 PM CDT SUN JUN 15 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CAMERON COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS * UNTIL 500 PM CDT * AT 150 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS ALL OF CAMERON COUNTY...AND FORMING TO THE SOUTHWEST OF CAMERON COUNTY IN ADJACENT MEXICO. MOVEMENT IS EAST AT 15 MPH. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED FROM 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR ARE FALLING FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS. * 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...PORT ISABEL...SAN BENITO...LA FERIA...HARLINGEN...SANTA ROSA...RIO HONDO...RANCHO VIEJO...LOS FRESNOS...LAGUNA VISTA... LAGUNA HEIGHTS AND COMBES. * ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE DURING THE AFTERNOON. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL 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 FLOODING. 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 2626 9724 2591 9717 2598 9785 2631 9783 $$ 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, 11:55 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Kenedy | 3 hr |
| 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, 2:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Cameron | 50 min |
| Jun 15, 2:30 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | BRO | 60 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.