Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this flash flood warning at Apr 5, 2004, 2:48 AM CDT for Cameron County, Texas. It was in force for 102 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
- Apr 5, 2004, 2:48 AM CDT (07:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 5, 2004, 4:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 102 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), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 7.8 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
- 1789 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 653 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 130 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.8
- Supercell composite
- 4.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS54 KBRO 050749 FFWBRO TXC061-050930- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 248 AM CDT MON APR 5 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CAMERON COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS * UNTIL 430 AM CDT * AT 243 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR OVER 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. FARM TO MARKET ROAD 106 BETWEEN RIO HONDO AND HARLINGEN WAS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING. 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. TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN BROWNSVILLE. LAT...LON 2628 9738 2592 9741 2608 9784 2633 9784 $$ CASTILLO
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS74 KBRO 050933 FFSBRO TXC061-051000- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 433 AM CDT MON APR 5 2004 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR CAMERON COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED... PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. LAT...LON 2628 9741 2593 9736 2608 9784 2633 9783 $$ CASTILLO
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 7:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Brooks | 105 min |
| Apr 4, 7:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Zapata | 66 min |
| Apr 4, 7:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Brooks | 57 min |
| Apr 4, 7:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Zapata | 3 hr |
| Apr 4, 8:10 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Brooks, Jim Hogg | 3 hr |
| Apr 4, 8:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Jim Hogg | 61 min |
| Apr 4, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Brooks | 45 min |
| Apr 4, 8:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BRO | Jim Hogg | 41 min |
| Apr 4, 9:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BRO | Brooks, Jim Hogg | 41 min |
| Apr 4, 9:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Brooks | 31 min |
| Apr 4, 9:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Brooks, Kenedy | 45 min |
| Apr 4, 10:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Kenedy | 58 min |
| Apr 4, 11:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Brooks, Kenedy | 3 hr |
| Apr 4, 11:20 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | BRO | 85 min | |
| Apr 4, 11:20 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | BRO | 85 min | |
| Apr 5, 12:08 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Starr | 3 hr |
| Apr 5, 12:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Kenedy | 60 min |
| Apr 5, 12:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Starr | 45 min |
| Apr 5, 12:58 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | BRO | 2 hr | |
| Apr 5, 12:58 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | BRO | 2 hr | |
| Apr 5, 1:00 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BRO | Starr | 45 min |
| Apr 5, 1:03 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Hidalgo | 3 hr |
| Apr 5, 6:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Cameron | 59 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.