Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 29, 2003, 5:51 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 outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 29, 2003, 5:51 PM CDT (22:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 29, 2003, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Brooks County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 120 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
- 3017 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 604 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 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 292255 FFWBRO TXC047-300200- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 551 PM CDT TUE JUL 29 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CENTRAL BROOKS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS * UNTIL 900 PM CDT * AT 550 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS CENTRAL BROOKS COUNTY...DRIFTING SLOWLY NORTH. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS BEEN RECEIVED IN THIS AREA. THIS AREA WAS INUNDATED WITH 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAINFALL YESTERDAY...AND LITTLE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS NEEDED TO CREATE FLOODING. * RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...FALFURRIAS AND ENCINO. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. 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. 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. LAT...LON 2686 9839 2687 9807 2732 9812 2731 9840 $$ PHILO
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS74 KBRO 300006 FFSBRO TXC047-300100- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 705 PM CDT TUE JUL 29 2003 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR BROOKS COUNTY UNTIL 9 PM CDT HAS BEEN CANCELED... EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR BROOKS COUNTY UNTIL 9 PM CDT HAS BEEN CANCELED. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAVE MOVED NORTH AND WEST OF BROOKS COUNTY NOW. SOME LINGERING SHOWERS WILL ONLY BRING LIGHT RAINS TO THE PREVIOUSLY WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED FROM 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL WAS RECEIVED IN A LARGE AREA OF BROOKS COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS AREA WAS INUNDATED WITH 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAINFALL YESTERDAY...AND THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL HAS CAUSED SOME FLOODING TO OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND NEAR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO...OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. LAT...LON 2726 9806 2685 9806 2684 9841 2728 9845 $$ PHILO
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 5:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Brooks | 55 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.