Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this flash flood warning at Mar 14, 2004, 6:30 PM CST for Kenedy County, Texas. It was in force for 90 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
- Mar 14, 2004, 6:30 PM CST (00:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 14, 2004, 8:00 PM CST
- In force
- 90 min
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Kenedy County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:31 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
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 88 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
- 18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 644 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -66 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 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 150031 FFWBRO TXC261-150200- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 630 PM CST SUN MAR 14 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... KENEDY COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS * UNTIL 800 PM CST * AT 624 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. INDIVIDUAL STORMS WITHIN THE BAND OF SHOWERS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING RAINFALL AT A RATE OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR ACROSS NORTHERN AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF KENEDY 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...BORDER PATROL. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. LAT...LON 2719 9744 2673 9746 2662 9795 2720 9796 $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS74 KBRO 150159 FFSBRO TXC261-150500- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 800 PM CST SUN MAR 14 2004 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR KENEDY COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... RADAR INDICATES THAT RAINFALL INTENSITY WAS DECREASING OVER KENEDY COUNTY. THE THREAT OF EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SO THAT THEY MAY TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION. LAT...LON 2719 9744 2673 9746 2662 9795 2720 9796 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 4:30 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Cameron, Hidalgo, Willacy | 2 hr |
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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.