Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS Brownsville, TX

000 
WGUS74 KBRO 251929
FFSBRO

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
229 PM CDT FRI MAY 25 2007

TXC061-489-251945-
WILLACY TX-CAMERON TX-
229 PM CDT FRI MAY 25 2007

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN CAMERON AND WESTERN WILLACY COUNTIES...

AT 223 PM 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
AND LYFORD

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 2621 9781 2620 9746 2660 9772 2661 9798

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TOMASELLI

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
1130 AM CDT FRI MAY 25 2007

.DISCUSSION...HAVE ISSUED A QUICK UPDATE TO POST A FFA FOR
TXZ250-251-253>257 AS THE SOUTHERN END OF THE MCS OVER THE CRP CWA
HAS BUILT SLOWLY SOUTHWARDS DOWN THE COASTLINE INTO THE ELEVATED
PWATS AND CAPES CLOSER TO BRO.
&&

.MARINE...BUOY 42020 REPORTED EAST-SOUTHEAST WINDS NEAR 16 KNOTS
GUSTING TO NEAR 18 KNOTS WITH SEAS SLIGHTLY OVER 6 FEET WITH A
PERIOD OF 8 SECONDS AT 08 CDT/13 UTC. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN
EFFECT FROM 20 TO 60 NAUTICAL MILES OFFSHORE FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT
DUE TO ROUGH SEAS. THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED
SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT IF THE UNFAVORABLE MARINE CONDITIONS
PERSIST. MODERATE WINDS AND SEAS ARE FORECAST SUNDAY THROUGH EARLY
NEXT WEEK AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT WEAKENS OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO.
&&

.AVIATION...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT TO
AIRPORT OPERATIONS TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING. CONDITIONS WILL BE
MORE FAVORABLE FOR PILOTS TONIGHT...WITH A THREAT FOR PRECIPITATION
EXPECTED SATURDAY.
&&

.BRO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR TXZ250-251-253>257 UNTIL 7 PM THIS EVENING.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY GMZ170-175 THROUGH 7 AM SATURDAY MORNING.
&&

SYNOPTIC/GRIDS...60
MARINE/AVIATION...66
MESO...ABBOTT

THIS PRODUCT IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON OUR INTERNET WEB PAGE AT:
HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/BRO

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
1105 AM CDT FRI MAY 25 2007

TXZ248>257-261100-
ZAPATA-JIM HOGG-BROOKS-KENEDY-STARR-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY-
INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON-
1105 AM CDT FRI MAY 25 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR DEEP SOUTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...REST OF TODAY AND TONIGHT.

AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL RESULT
IN PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS AND FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS
TODAY...ESPECIALLY WHERE MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS OCCURRED LAST
NIGHT. ACCORDINGLY...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED FOR
BROOKS...CAMERON...WILLACY... HIDALGO...AND KENEDY COUNTIES UNTIL 7
PM FRIDAY EVENING. ALSO...THERE IS A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT
TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT FROM 20 TO 60 MILES OFFSHORE DUE TO ROUGH
SEAS. AND...THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE BEACHES
OF SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND BOCA CHICA. NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS
EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED SATURDAY THROUGH
SATURDAY NIGHT IF THE ROUGH SEAS PERSIST. A MODERATE TO HIGH RISK OF
RIP CURRENTS AT THE LOCAL BEACHES WOULD LIKELY ACCOMPANY THE ROUGH
SEAS. AND...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST THROUGH MUCH OF
THE PERIOD. NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED.

TOMASELLI/SPEECE