Flash Flood Warning 95, NWS Brownsville, TX

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WGUS74 KBRO 251934
FFSBRO

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
234 PM CDT WED JUL 25 2007

TXC047-252000-
BROOKS TX-
234 PM CDT WED JUL 25 2007

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CDT FOR
NORTHERN BROOKS COUNTY...

AT 233 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FALFURRIAS...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH.

THIS THUNDERSTORM WITH EXCESSIVE RAIN WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY.

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 2700 9839 2691 9805 2755 9785 2761 9820

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JS

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
1209 PM CDT WED JUL 25 2007

.DISCUSSION...QUICK UPDATE WILL BE ISSUED FOR EXPANSION OF THE
FLASH FLOOD WATCH...ADDED BROOKS COUNTY.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION...ISSUED 1027 AM CDT WED JUL 25 2007...UPPER LOW
OVER SOUTH TEXAS THIS MORNING IS HELPING TO KICK OFF SOME
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE NORTHERN COUNTIES. IN
ADDITION...SHOWERS CONTINUE MOVING OVER THE COASTAL WATERS. THIS
MORNINGS SOUNDING SHOWS A PWAT OF 1.92 INCHES. FLASH FLOOD WATCH
REMAINS POSTED FOR THE WESTERN COUNTIES THROUGH TONIGHT DUE TO
RECENT RAINFALL AND EXPECTED HEAVY RAINFALL TODAY. NO UPDATES TO
THE FORECAST ARE PLANNED THIS MORNING.

MARINE...OFFSHORE BUOY 20 AT 7 AM REPORTED SOUTHEAST WINDS AT 10
KNOTS WITH SEAS AT 2 FEET AND A 4 SECOND PERIOD. WIND AND SEAS
REMAIN LIGHT AND LOW THIS MORNING ACROSS THE WESTERN GULF. FORECAST
INDICATE THAT THE PRESSURE GRADIENT SHOULD BEGIN TO TIGHTEN LATER
TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY AS A MID LEVEL LOW OVER THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS
COMBINES WITH AN APPROACHING TROPICAL WAVE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN GULF
AND A WEAK SURFACE RIDGE ACROSS THE GULF SOUTH STATES. WINDS AND
SEAS INCREASE TO MODERATE LEVELS...STAYING BELOW SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY CONDITIONS...THURSDAY AND THEN LOWER SLIGHTLY BY SATURDAY.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE BEGINNING TO INCREASE JUST SOUTHEAST
OF THE LOWER TEXAS COASTAL WATERS AS THE LEADING EDGE OF A TROPICAL
WAVE TRACKS WEST TO NORTHWEST. A LARGER AREA OF DISTURBED WEATHER
OVER THE BAY OF CAMPECHE...ALSO MOVING IN A GENERAL NORTHERLY
DIRECTION...WILL BE CLOSELY MONITORED FOR TROPICAL DEVELOPMENT.

AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS WITH PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES ACROSS THE
COASTAL COUNTIES AND THE LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND OVERCAST
CONDITIONS IN THE WESTERN COUNTIES CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH MIDDAY.
CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES WILL TEMPORARILY LOWER TO MVFR CONDITIONS
AS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS INCREASE IN AREAL COVERAGE THIS
AFTERNOON...PERSISTING ACROSS THE WESTERN HALF OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS
THROUGH THE EVENING.  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO
BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD ON THURSDAY WITH LOWERING CEILINGS SPREADING
EAST TO WEST AS TROPICAL MOISTURE DEEPENS THROUGHOUT DEEP SOUTH
TEXAS.

&&

.BRO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT FOR TXZ248>250-252.
GM...NONE.

SYNOPTIC/GRIDS....68/KL
MARINE/AVIATION...59/GB
HMT/MESOSCALE.....CAMPBELL

THIS PRODUCT IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT:
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BROWNSVILLE

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
1245 PM CDT WED JUL 25 2007

TXZ248>257-261100-
ZAPATA-JIM HOGG-BROOKS-KENEDY-STARR-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY-
INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON-
1245 PM CDT WED JUL 25 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR DEEP SOUTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE SOUTH TO
NORTH ACROSS PORTIONS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. SOME OF THE SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL THAT COULD RESULT
IN THE FLOODING OF CREEKS...STREAMS...ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS. A
FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ZAPATA...STARR...BROOKS
AND JIM HOGG COUNTIES THROUGH THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THERE REMAINS A GOOD CHANCE FOR SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT
THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. SOME OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY
PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL THAT COULD RESULT IN THE FLOODING OF
CREEKS...STREAMS...ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH
MAY BE NEEDED FOR ALL OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

GB