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Flash Flood Watch 7, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this flash flood watch at Sep 24, 2006, 1:45 AM CDT for 8 counties in Texas. It took effect at Sep 24, 2006, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 24, 2006, 1:45 AM CDT (06:45 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 24, 2006, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Sep 25, 2006, 12:35 AM CDT
- In force
- 12 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 06:43 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 00:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 120 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
- 3959 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 762 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 4.1
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 Sep 23, 8:15 PM CDT, 5 hours 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 23, 8:15 PM CDT, 5 hours 30 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 23, 5:00 AM CDT, 20 hours 45 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 500 AM CDT SAT SEP 23 2006 TXZ248>257-241100- ZAPATA-JIM HOGG-BROOKS-KENEDY-STARR-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY- INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 500 AM CDT SAT SEP 23 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE GULF WATERS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS THROUGH NOON...AND ALL MARINE AREAS THROUGH 8 PM. THESE WIND AND SEA CONDITIONS WILL ALSO PRODUCE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY FOR THE BEACHES OF SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND BOCA CHICA. OTHERWISE...NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY STRONG THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WITH HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY. ROADWAY PONDING AND FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS OF THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY CAN BE EXPECTED GENERALLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES MAY BE NEEDED FOR THE MARINE AREAS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS THROUGH TUESDAY...AS STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED PRIOR TO COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 KNOTS LATE SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY. A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ESPECIALLY DURING LOW TIDES IS ANTICIPATED FOR THE BEACHES OF SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND BOCA CHICA THROUGH THE PERIOD. MARINERS SHOULD BE AWARE THAT SEAS AND WINDS WILL ALWAYS BE HIGHER THAN FORECAST IN AND NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED. PHILO
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 24, 1:32 AM CDT | Marine Weather Statement | BRO | 11 hr | |
| Sep 24, 4:05 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Zapata | 85 min |
| Sep 24, 4:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Zapata | 64 min |
| Sep 24, 4:24 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Brooks, Kenedy | 96 min |
| Sep 24, 4:53 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | BRO | 97 min | |
| Sep 24, 5:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Starr, Zapata | 63 min |
| Sep 24, 5:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Starr | 60 min |
| Sep 24, 5:48 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Hidalgo, Kenedy, Willacy | 57 min |
| Sep 24, 6:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Hidalgo | 28 min |
| Sep 24, 6:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Cameron, Hidalgo, Willacy | 47 min |
| Sep 24, 7:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Cameron, Hidalgo | 31 min |
| Sep 24, 7:57 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | BRO | 2 hr | |
| Sep 24, 11:44 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Hidalgo | 2 hr |
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.