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Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 30, 2007, 5:21 PM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 84 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
- Jun 30, 2007, 5:21 PM CDT (22:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 30, 2007, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 84 min
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Brooks County, TX, Hidalgo County, TX, Jim Hogg County, TX, Starr County, TX
The radar
The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:23 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 5:45 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Mcallen, TX | SKYWARN SPOTTER REPORTED STREET FLOODING IN NORTH MCALLEN ON WARE ROAD. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Brownsville Intl, TX (KBRO), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 142 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
- 2582 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 577 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -61 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS54 KBRO 302222 FFWBRO TXC047-215-247-427-302345- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 521 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN BROOKS COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS... NORTHWESTERN HIDALGO COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MCCOOK... EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN JIM HOGG COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS... NORTHEASTERN STARR COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS... * UNTIL 645 PM CDT * AT 517 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTH AROUND 20 MPH. * THE STORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTIES. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN REDEVELOPING TO THE SOUTH...WITH CONTINUED RAINFALL EXPECTED IN THESE REGION. 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. 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 2641 9831 2650 9858 2703 9843 2701 9816 $$ JS
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS74 KBRO 302344 FFSBRO FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 640 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 2007 TXC047-215-247-427-302350- JIM HOGG TX-BROOKS TX-STARR TX-HIDALGO TX- 640 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 2007 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 645 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN HIDALGO...NORTHEASTERN STARR...SOUTHWESTERN BROOKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN JIM HOGG COUNTIES... THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IN THESE REGIONS IS DECREASING IN INTENSITY...WITH FLASH FLOODING CURRENTLY NO LONGER A THREAT. THUS THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 645. THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CENTRAL HIDALGO COUNTY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 800 PM. LAT...LON 2641 9831 2650 9858 2703 9843 2701 9816 $$ JS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 9:29 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Zapata | 61 min |
| Jun 30, 5:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Hidalgo | 2 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 2007Every flash flood warning in 2007
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.