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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this flash flood warning at Apr 25, 2006, 10:28 PM CDT for Jim Hogg County, Zapata County, Texas. It was in force for 2 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
- Apr 25, 2006, 10:28 PM CDT (03:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 26, 2006, 12:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Jim Hogg County, TX, Zapata County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 185 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:28 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, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 197 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
- 2996 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -86 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 754 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.1
- Supercell composite
- -0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS54 KBRO 260329
FFWBRO
TXC247-505-260530-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
1028 PM CDT TUE APR 25 2006
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL JIM HOGG COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS
ZAPATA COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ZAPATA
* UNTIL 1230 AM CDT
* AT 1024 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. THE
RAINFALL RATE WAS UP TO 4 INCHES PER HOUR.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ESCOBA...
GUERRA AND RANDADO.
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.
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.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.
LAT...LON 2672 9920 2681 9900 2681 9870 2726 9870
2726 9946 2712 9945 2697 9938
$$
541 follow-up statement
000
WGUS74 KBRO 260351
FFSBRO
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
1046 PM CDT TUE APR 25 2006
TXC247-505-260530-
JIM HOGG TX-ZAPATA TX-
1046 PM CDT TUE APR 25 2006
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1230 AM CDT FOR ZAPATA AND
CENTRAL JIM HOGG COUNTIES...
AT 1039 PM CDT...THE SHERIFFS OFFICE IN JIM HOGG COUNTY REPORTED
STANDING WATER ON FARM TO MARKET ROAD 1017 AND STATE HIGHWAY 16 IN
JIM HOGG COUNTY. THE WATER WAS CAUSING TRAFFIC SLOW DOWNS.
ADDITIONAL RAIN IS EXPECTED IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS AS
THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE OVER ZAPATA AND JIM HOGG COUNTIES.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
LAT...LON 2672 9920 2681 9900 2681 9870 2726 9870
2726 9946 2712 9945 2697 9938
$$
54The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 7:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BRO | Brooks | 31 min |
| Apr 25, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Brooks, Hidalgo, Kenedy | 36 min |
| Apr 25, 7:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Jim Hogg, Zapata | 58 min |
| Apr 25, 8:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Jim Hogg | 57 min |
| Apr 25, 8:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Jim Hogg, Starr, Zapata | 54 min |
| Apr 25, 8:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Brooks, Jim Hogg, Starr | 48 min |
| Apr 25, 9:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BRO | Brooks, Jim Hogg | 36 min |
| Apr 25, 9:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Starr | 47 min |
| Apr 25, 9:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Starr | 84 min |
| Apr 25, 10:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Starr, Zapata | 25 min |
| Apr 25, 10:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Zapata | 42 min |
| Apr 25, 11:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Jim Hogg, Starr, Zapata | 90 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.