Flash Flood Warning 12, NWS Brownsville, TX

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WGUS74 KBRO 050613
FFSBRO
TXC215-427-050900-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
110 AM CDT MON APR 5 2004

...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE UNTIL 300 AM FOR STARR COUNTY AND 
UNTIL 400 AM FOR HIDALGO COUNTY...

AT 104 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 
DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED AREAS WITH RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO FOUR 
INCHES PER HOUR.

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...
FALCON DAM...EL SAUZ...ROMA...SAN MANUEL...MCCOOK...WESLACO...SAN
JUAN...PHARR...MISSION...MERCEDES...MCALLEN AND EDINBURG.

LOCAL OFFICIALS REPORTED ROAD FLOODING IN ROMA.

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.

LAT...LON 2678 9801 2662 9803 2661 9797 2646 9801
          2644 9788 2607 9788 2604 9813 2628 9860
          2625 9867 2639 9882 2641 9907 2658 9917
          2668 9902 2679 9896 2679 9834 2679 9823

$$

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
830 PM CST SUN APR 4 2004

.SHORT TERM...A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM LOCATED OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN
UNITED STATES AND AN EASTWARD PROPAGATING LOW PRESSURE TROUGH HAS
RESULTED IN ABUNDANT MOISTURE AND AN UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE OVER DEEP
SOUTH TEXAS. SEVERE WEATHER HAS OCCURRED TONIGHT OVER ZAPATA, JIM
HOGG AND BROOKS COUNTIES. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN
EFFECT FOR BROOKS, JIM HOGG, ZAPATA, MOST OF KENEDY AND STARR,
NORTHERN HIDALGO AND WESTERN WILLACY COUNTIES UNTIL 11 PM CDT.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER PORTIONS OF
DEEP SOUTH TEXAS AND THE ADJACENT MARINE AREAS THROUGH TUESDAY. THE
FORECAST PACKAGE HAS BEEN UPDATED TO REFLECT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH.
&&

.LONG TERM...DRIER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE AREA THE MIDDLE
OF THE WEEK.  A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL MOVE THROUGH DEEP SOUTH TEXAS
THURSDAY. THE CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE
OVER THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY ASSOCIATED WITH THE FRONTAL
BOUNDARY.  WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHEAST THURSDAY EVENING ONCE
THE FRONT PASSES.
&&

.MARINE...AT 7 PM BUOY 020 REPORTED EAST WINDS AT 19 KNOTS WITH
GUSTS TO 23 KNOTS AND SEAS AT 5 FEET WITH A 7 SECOND PERIOD.  A
FRONTAL BOUNDARY LOCATED NORTH OF THE COASTAL WATERS OF DEEP SOUTH
TEXAS AND A LOW PRESSURE TROUGH MOVING ACROSS TEXAS WILL GENERATE
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE MARINE AREAS THROUGH TUESDAY.
WINDS AND SEAS WILL INCREASE OVER THE COASTAL WATERS MONDAY.
MODERATE SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL PREVAIL OVER THE MARINE AREAS THROUGH
TUESDAY.  WINDS AND SEAS WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL MOVE ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS THURSDAY
RESULTING IN A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.  WINDS WILL
SHIFT TO THE NORTHEAST OVER THE MARINE AREAS THURSDAY.
&&

.AVIATION...VFR TO MVFR CONDITIONS ARE BEING REPORTED AT THE
REGIONAL AIRPORTS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. MODERATE EAST TO SOUTHEAST
WINDS WILL PREVAIL OVER DEEP SOUTH TEXAS THE NEXT FEW DAYS. SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE OVER PORTIONS OF THE CWA THE NEXT 24
HOURS. GUSTY WINDS FREQUENT LIGHTENING AND HEAVY RAIN MAY OCCUR IN
OR NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.  VFR TO IFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE
REGIONAL AERODROMES THROUGH MONDAY.
&&

.BRO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
     SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 04Z MONDAY
     TXZ248-249-252-250-253-251-254. &&

58/63/MARTINEZ

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
1229 AM CDT MON APR 5 2004

TXZ248>257-051100-
BROOKS-COASTAL CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY-HIDALGO-INLAND CAMERON-
INLAND WILLACY-JIM HOGG-KENEDY-STARR-ZAPATA-
1229 AM CDT MON APR 5 2004

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR DEEP SOUTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...REST OF TONIGHT.

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH THE NIGHT ACROSS DEEP SOUTH TEXAS AS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH
INTERACTS WITH MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR OVER THE REGION. THE CHANCES
FOR HEAVY RAIN AND SEVERE WEATHER WILL CONTINUE ACROSS DEEP SOUTH
TEXAS TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

THE ATMOSPHERE OVER DEEP SOUTH TEXAS IS FORECAST TO REMAIN MOIST AND
UNSTABLE FOR MUCH OF THE UPCOMING WEEK. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
REMAIN IN THE EXTENDED FORECAST AS A CONSEQUENCE. THUNDERSTORM
CHANCES WILL BE GREATEST IN THE NORTHERN COUNTIES MONDAY AND TUESDAY.
DEVELOPMENT OF ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE
MONDAY AND TUESDAY. AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT MAY TRIGGER ANOTHER
ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND SPOTTERS ARE URGED TO MONITOR WEATHER
CONDITIONS CLOSELY TONIGHT.

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
756 PM CDT SUN APR 04 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0755 PM     HAIL             FALFURRIAS              27.22N 98.14W
04/04/2004  1.50 INCH        BROOKS             TX   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
855 PM CDT SUN APR 04 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0838 PM     HAIL             HEBBRONVILLE            27.32N 98.69W
04/04/2004  0.75 INCH        JIM HOGG           TX   EMERGENCY MNGR

            PENNY SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY EMERGENCY MANAGER.

&&

XXX

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
924 PM CDT SUN APR 04 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0910 PM     HAIL             FALFURRIAS              27.22N 98.14W
04/04/2004  1.75 INCH        BROOKS             TX   EMERGENCY MNGR

            NICKEL TO GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL, STRONG GUSTY WINDS, VERY
            HEAVY RAIN, AND WINDOWS KNOCKED OUT OF DPS VEHICLES
            REPORTED BY EMERGENCY MANAGER.

&&

XXX

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
1100 PM CDT SUN APR 4 2004

TXZ248>254-050430-
BROOKS-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY-JIM HOGG-KENEDY-STARR-ZAPATA-
1100 PM CDT SUN APR 4 2004

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY HAS
EXPIRED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ALLOWED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH ISSUED EARLIER TONIGHT TO EXPIRE AT 1100 PM.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER MANY AREAS OF
THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY. NORTHERN KENEDY COUNTY STILL HAS SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH TOWARD THE ADJACENT GULF OF MEXICO.
MARINERS OVER THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE LOWER TEXAS GULF WATERS
SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...AS
OUTFLOWS MOVE FROM THE COLLAPSING THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE ADJACENT
GULF..

PHILO