Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 49, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this flash flood warning at Sep 3, 2004, 5:02 PM CDT for Hidalgo County, Texas. It was in force for 88 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
- Sep 3, 2004, 5:02 PM CDT (22:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 3, 2004, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 88 min
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Hidalgo County, TX
The radar
The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:02 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
Brownsville Intl, TX (KBRO), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 115 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
- 505 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 740 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS54 KBRO 032204 FFWBRO TXC215-032330- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 502 PM CDT FRI SEP 3 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... WESTERN HIDALGO COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS * UNTIL 630 PM CDT * AT 502 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED NEARLY 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS BEEN RECEIVED NEAR SULLIVAN CITY. * RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...SULLIVAN CITY...PENITAS AND LA JOYA. 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. REMEMBER...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. LAT...LON 2637 9835 2617 9846 2616 9864 2646 9850 $$ PHILO
3 follow-up statements
000 WGUS74 KBRO 032221 CCA FFSBRO TXC215-427-032330- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 514 PM CDT FRI SEP 3 2004 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR WESTERN HIDALGO AND ADJACENT SOUTHEASTERN STARR COUNTIES... AT 514 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED NEARLY 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM JUST EAST OF RIO GRANDE CITY TO JUST EAST OF SULLIVAN CITY. THIS AREA HAS ALREADY BEEN SATURATED BY PREVIOUS RAINS THIS WEEK...AND ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING TO OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND NEAR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... SULLIVAN CITY...GARCIASVILLE...PENITAS...PALMVIEW AND LA JOYA. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM. REMEMBER...WHEN CONFRONTED WITH WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. LAT...LON 2645 9833 2607 9833 2607 9875 2645 9875 $$ PHILO
000 WGUS74 KBRO 032258 AAA FFSBRO TXC215-427-032330- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 555 PM CDT FRI SEP 3 2004 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS FOR WESTERN HIDALGO AND ADJACENT SOUTHEASTERN STARR COUNTIES HAVE BEEN CANCELED... AT 555 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS SOUTHERN STARR AND HIDALGO COUNTIES HAVE DECREASED AND MOVED NORTHEAST. THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS FOR WESTERN HIDALGO AND ADJACENT SOUTHEASTERN STARR COUNTIES HAVE BEEN CANCELED. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT FOR HIDALGO...STARR...JIM HOGG AND ZAPATA AND ZAPATA COUNTIES...AS SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT CONTINUES JUST SOUTH OF THIS REGION...IN ADJACENT MEXICO. 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. REMEMBER...WHEN CONFRONTED WITH WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. LAT...LON 2645 9833 2607 9833 2607 9875 2645 9875 $$ PHILO
000 WGUS74 KBRO 032302 CCA FFSBRO TXC215-427-032330- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 555 PM CDT FRI SEP 3 2004 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS FOR WESTERN HIDALGO AND ADJACENT SOUTHEASTERN STARR COUNTIES HAVE BEEN CANCELED... AT 555 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS SOUTHERN STARR AND HIDALGO COUNTIES HAVE DECREASED AND MOVED NORTHEAST. THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS FOR WESTERN HIDALGO AND ADJACENT SOUTHEASTERN STARR COUNTIES HAVE BEEN CANCELED. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT FOR HIDALGO...STARR...JIM HOGG AND ZAPATA COUNTIES...AS SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT CONTINUES JUST SOUTH OF THIS REGION...IN ADJACENT MEXICO. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM. REMEMBER...WHEN CONFRONTED WITH WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. LAT...LON 2645 9833 2607 9833 2607 9875 2645 9875 $$ PHILO
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 4:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Starr | 114 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.