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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Brownsville, TX

May 27, 2007Brooks County, Jim Hogg County, Texas

NWS Brownsville, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 27, 2007, 5:46 PM CDT for Brooks County, Jim Hogg County, Texas. It was in force for 59 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
May 27, 2007, 5:46 PM CDT (22:46 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 2007, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Brownsville, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Brooks County, TX, Jim Hogg County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 27, 6:54 PM CDTFLASH FLOOD11 S Concepcion, TXSPOTTER REPORTED OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE PAST HOUR AND RURAL ROADS UNDER WATER.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 135 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 2007-05-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2018 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 2007-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 30 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
2018 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
535 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
31 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS54 KBRO 272246
FFWBRO
TXC047-247-272345-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
546 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN BROOKS COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS...
  NORTHEASTERN JIM HOGG COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF HEBBRONVILLE...

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT

* AT 540 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.

* THE STORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED 
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

LAT...LON 2699 9878 2701 9802 2727 9800 2728 9843
      2739 9848 2739 9879

$$

BC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 27, 5:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROBrooks13 min
May 27, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROJim Hogg26 min
May 27, 5:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROBrooks27 min
May 27, 5:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROBrooks48 min
May 27, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROStarr60 min
May 27, 6:36 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningBROBrooks, Jim Hogg69 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.