Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 63, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this flash flood warning at Oct 14, 2003, 4:43 PM CDT for Cameron County, Texas. It was in force for 107 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 14, 2003, 4:43 PM CDT (21:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 14, 2003, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 107 min
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Cameron County, TX
The radar
The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:47 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, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 32 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
- 2207 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 590 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 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 142146
FFWBRO
TXC061-142330-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
443 PM CDT TUE OCT 14 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CAMERON COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS
* UNTIL 630 PM CDT
* AT 441 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN
AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR
ESTIMATED UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN IN THE LAST HALF HOUR IN
HARLINGEN.
* HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM
THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR.
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.
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 2636 9738 2605 9721 2585 9741 2606 9787
2634 9788
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WGUS74 KBRO 142300
FFSBRO
TXC061-142330-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
558 PM CDT TUE OCT 14 2003
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR CAMERON
COUNTY...
AT 557 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
AREAS OF HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR
ESTIMATED THAT UP TO ONE INCH OF RAIN PER HOUR WAS FALLING IN PARTS
OF CAMERON COUNTY.
RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS
RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING TO OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ALONG
SMALL STREAMS AND NEAR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY
EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...PORT ISABEL...SAN BENITO...LA
FERIA...HARLINGEN...BROWNSVILLE...SANTA ROSA...RIO HONDO...RANCHO
VIEJO...LOS FRESNOS...LAGUNA VISTA...LAGUNA HEIGHTS AND COMBES.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK
HIGHER GROUND.
LAT...LON 2636 9739 2603 9718 2585 9743 2603 9767
2606 9786 2635 9789 2629 9758
$$000
WGUS74 KBRO 142323
FFSBRO
TXC061-150000-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
630 PM CDT TUE OCT 14 2003
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR CAMERON COUNTY HAS
BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...
DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATES THAT RAINFALL OVER THE WARNED AREA
HAS DECREASED TO LIGHT. 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 RAINFALL
INCREASES AGAIN ANOTHER WARNING MAY BE NEEDED.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO
HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO
FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
LAT...LON 2610 9732 2625 9733 2636 9739 2629 9757
2634 9787 2607 9786 2604 9766 2584 9741
2608 9720
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 14, 12:04 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Cameron | 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.