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Flash Flood Watch 3, NWS Brownsville, TX

July 6, 20068 counties in Texas

NWS Brownsville, TX issued this flash flood watch at Jul 6, 2006, 5:06 AM CDT for 8 counties in Texas. It took effect at Jul 6, 2006, 9:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 6, 2006, 5:06 AM CDT (10:06 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 6, 2006, 9:00 AM CDT
Expired: Jul 6, 2006, 6:41 PM CDT
In force: 10 hr
Issued by: NWS Brownsville, TX
Flood severity: None

Counties Brooks County, TX, Cameron County, TX, Hidalgo County, TX, Jim Hogg County, TX, Kenedy County, TX, Starr County, TX, Willacy County, TX, Zapata County, TX

The radar

The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Brownsville, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood watch went out at Jul 6, 4:36 AM CDT, 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 6, 4:36 AM CDT, 30 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 6, 5:00 AM CDT, 6 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
500 AM CDT THU JUL 6 2006

TXZ248>257-071100-
ZAPATA-JIM HOGG-BROOKS-KENEDY-STARR-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY-
INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON-
500 AM CDT THU JUL 6 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR DEEP SOUTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

MORE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED BY AFTERNOON...BRINGING
FLOODING RAINS TO MANY SATURATED AREAS OF THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY. A
FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY FROM
9 AM UNTIL 9 PM. RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN
THIS AIRMASS...CREATING THE CHANCE FOR DANGEROUS FLASH FLOODING.
REMEMBER...NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH.
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
THE RISK OF FLOODING WILL CONTINUE...ALONG WITH ISOLATED SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO REPORT ANY FLASH FLOODING OR ANY SEVERE
WEATHER THAT THEY OBSERVE TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
BROWNSVILLE.

PHILO

The office that day

Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 6, 10:57 AM CDT	Marine Weather Statement	BRO		2 hr
Jul 6, 1:41 PM CDT	Marine Weather Statement	BRO		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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.