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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 25, 2007, 11:03 AM CDT for Willacy County, Texas. It was in force for 57 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 25, 2007, 11:03 AM CDT (16:03 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2007, 12:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Willacy County, TX
The radar
The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:02 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, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 67 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
- 1468 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -51 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 646 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 208 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS54 KBRO 251603 FFWBRO TXC489-251700- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 1103 AM CDT FRI MAY 25 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... WESTERN WILLACY COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF RAYMONDVILLE... * UNTIL NOON CDT * AT 1056 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LYFORD EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN BROWNSVILLE. LAT...LON 2634 9783 2632 9764 2658 9772 2659 9796 $$ TOMASELLI
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS74 KBRO 251631 FFSBRO FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 1131 AM CDT FRI MAY 25 2007 TXC489-251700- WILLACY TX- 1131 AM CDT FRI MAY 25 2007 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT FOR WESTERN WILLACY COUNTY... AT 1125 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO RAYMONDVILLE DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. LAT...LON 2634 9783 2632 9764 2658 9772 2659 9796 $$ TOMASELLI
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 12:01 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Hidalgo, Willacy | 89 min |
| May 25, 10:43 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Cameron | 62 min |
| May 25, 11:02 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | BRO | Brooks, Cameron, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Kenedy, Starr and 2 more | 32 hr |
| May 25, 11:22 AM CDT | Marine Weather Statement | BRO | 98 min | |
| May 25, 11:23 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Kenedy | 67 min |
| May 25, 12:17 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | BRO | 58 min | |
| May 25, 12:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Kenedy | 62 min |
| May 25, 1:21 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Cameron, Willacy | 84 min |
| May 25, 1:32 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Kenedy | 88 min |
| May 25, 1:46 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Hidalgo | 59 min |
| May 25, 2:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Cameron, Hidalgo, Willacy | 115 min |
| May 25, 4:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Cameron | 95 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.