Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 66, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this flash flood warning at Oct 26, 2003, 1:08 AM CST for Cameron County, Texas. It was in force for 112 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 26, 2003, 1:08 AM CST (07:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 26, 2003, 3:00 AM CST
- In force
- 112 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), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:08 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 00:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 35 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
- 1759 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 797 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS54 KBRO 260709 FFWBRO TXC061-260900- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 108 AM CST SUN OCT 26 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CAMERON COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS * UNTIL 300 AM CST * AT 103 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL RATES OF TWO INCHES PER HOUR OVER WESTERN CAMERON COUNTY. * 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...SAN BENITO...LA FERIA...HARLINGEN...SANTA ROSA...RIO HONDO...RANCHO VIEJO...LOS FRESNOS AND COMBES. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH 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 2628 9738 2589 9740 2610 9782 2633 9784 $$ CASTILLO
3 follow-up statements
000 WGUS74 KBRO 260801 FFSBRO TXC061-260900- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 201 AM CST SUN OCT 26 2003 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 300 AM CST FOR CAMERON COUNTY... AT 158 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL TWO TO THREE INCHES PER HOUR OVER WESTERN CAMERON COUNTY. SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING TO OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND NEAR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... SAN BENITO...HARLINGEN...BROWNSVILLE...RIO HONDO...RANCHO VIEJO...LOS FRESNOS...COMBES AND BAYVIEW. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. LAT...LON 2630 9738 2588 9742 2611 9782 2630 9781 $$ CASTILLO
000 WGUS74 KBRO 260853 FFSBRO TXC061-261000- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 252 AM CST SUN OCT 26 2003 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 400 AM CST FOR EASTERN CAMERON COUNTY... AT 250 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL RATES OF TWO INCHES PER HOUR OVER EASTERN CAMERON COUNTY. SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN 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...BROWNSVILLE...RANCHO VIEJO...LOS FRESNOS AND BAYVIEW. 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 2621 9733 2588 9739 2598 9759 2627 9753 $$ CASTILLO
000 WGUS74 KBRO 260945 FFSBRO TXC061-261000- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 345 AM CST SUN OCT 26 2003 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN CAMERON COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED... PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. LAT...LON 2629 9736 2600 9723 2600 9759 2627 9755 $$ CASTILLO
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 25, 11:25 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Hidalgo | 2 hr |
| Oct 25, 11:48 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Hidalgo, Starr | 72 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.