Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 26, 2004, 5:31 PM CDT for Kenedy 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
- Jun 26, 2004, 5:31 PM CDT (22:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 2004, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- 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), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:31 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 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 95 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
- 30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -253 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 742 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 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 262233 FFWBRO TXC261-270130- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 531 PM CDT SAT JUN 26 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CENTRAL KENEDY COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS * UNTIL 830 PM CDT * AT 531 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED FROM 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS ACCOMPANIED THESE THUNDERSTORMS. * 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...SARITA...THE BORDER PATROL OFFICE AND AREA OF HIGHWAY 77. 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. LAT...LON 2708 9749 2669 9749 2669 9792 2708 9792 $$ PHILO
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS74 KBRO 262320 FFSBRO TXC261-270000- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 620 PM CDT SAT JUN 26 2004 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL KENEDY COUNTY THROUGH 830 PM CDT HAS BEEN CANCELED... EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED... PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING...AND IF YOU ARE CONFRONTED WITH WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH...REMEMBER...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. LAT...LON 2714 9723 2663 9727 2669 9795 2716 9793 $$ PHILO
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 7:17 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Kenedy | 3 hr |
| Jun 25, 7:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Starr | 3 hr |
| Jun 25, 8:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Zapata | 3 hr |
| Jun 25, 8:54 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | BRO | 96 min | |
| Jun 25, 8:54 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | BRO | 96 min | |
| Jun 25, 9:12 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Hidalgo | 108 min |
| Jun 25, 9:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Hidalgo, Starr | 53 min |
| Jun 25, 9:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Cameron, Willacy | 3 hr |
| Jun 26, 4:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Hidalgo | 40 min |
| Jun 26, 4:24 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Hidalgo | 2 hr |
| Jun 26, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Kenedy | 46 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 2004Every flash flood warning in 2004
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.