Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 28, 2003, 5:02 PM CDT for Brooks 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 counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 28, 2003, 5:02 PM CDT (22:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 28, 2003, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Brooks County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 116 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
- 2905 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 656 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -24 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 282206 FFWBRO TXC047-290100- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 502 PM CDT MON JUL 28 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHERN BROOKS COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS * UNTIL 800 PM CDT * AT 455 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS NORTHWESTERN BROOKS COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE DRIFTING SLOWLY NORTHWEST. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED NEARLY 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS BEEN RECEIVED ALREADY IN THIS AREA. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT HOUR. * 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...FALFURRIAS. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. $$ PHILO
3 follow-up statements
000 WGUS74 KBRO 282232 FFSBRO TXC047-290100- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 526 PM CDT MON JUL 28 2003 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN BROOKS COUNTY... AT 525 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS NORTHERN BROOKS COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAINFALL OVER NORTHERN BROOKS COUNTY...15 MILES WEST OF FALFURRIAS. SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING TO OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND NEAR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... FALFURRIAS. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND ARROYOS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. REMEMBER...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. $$ PHILO
000 WGUS74 KBRO 282341 FFSBRO TXC047-290100- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 640 PM CDT MON JUL 28 2003 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN BROOKS COUNTY... AT 639 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED LINGERING SHOWERS OVER NORTHERN BROOKS COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED 5 TO 8 INCHES OF RAINFALL OVER NORTHERN BROOKS COUNTY...10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FALFURRIAS...WITH A LARGE AREA OF OF NORTHERN BROOKS COUNTY RECEIVING 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAINFALL. 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...FALFURRIAS. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND ARROYOS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. REMEMBER...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. LAT...LON 2734 9806 2695 9806 2698 9837 2734 9849 $$ PHILO
000 WGUS74 KBRO 282343 CCA FFSBRO TXC047-290100- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 640 PM CDT MON JUL 28 2003 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN BROOKS COUNTY... AT 639 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED LINGERING SHOWERS OVER NORTHERN BROOKS COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED 5 TO 8 INCHES OF RAINFALL OVER NORTHERN BROOKS COUNTY...10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FALFURRIAS...WITH A LARGE AREA OF NORTHERN BROOKS COUNTY RECEIVING 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAINFALL. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING TO OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND NEAR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...FALFURRIAS. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND ARROYOS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. REMEMBER...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. LAT...LON 2734 9806 2695 9806 2698 9837 2734 9849 $$ PHILO
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 4:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Brooks | 38 min |
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.