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Flash Flood Watch 1, NWS Brownsville, TX

March 13, 2007Cameron County, Hidalgo County, Willacy County, Texas

NWS Brownsville, TX issued this flash flood watch at Mar 13, 2007, 1:30 AM CDT for Cameron County, Hidalgo County, Willacy County, Texas. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 13, 2007, 1:30 AM CDT (06:30 UTC)
Expired
Mar 13, 2007, 3:10 PM CDT
In force
14 hr
Issued by
NWS Brownsville, TX
Flood severity
None

Counties Cameron County, TX, Hidalgo County, TX, Willacy County, TX

The radar

The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Brownsville, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood watch went out at Mar 13, 1:30 AM CDT, 0 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 13, 1:30 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 12, 3:30 PM CDT, 10 hours before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
330 PM CDT MON MAR 12 2007

TXZ248>257-131100-
ZAPATA-JIM HOGG-BROOKS-KENEDY-STARR-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY-
INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON-
330 PM CDT MON MAR 12 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR DEEP SOUTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...REMAINDER OF TONIGHT

FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAINFALL WAS RECEIVED IN CAMERON COUNTY MONDAY
AFTERNOON...CREATING FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND NUMEROUS
ROADWAYS. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED EAST INTO THE ADJACENT GULF OF
MEXICO AND FLOOD WATERS WILL SLOWLY DRAIN FROM OUR REGION. MOTORISTS
SHOULD BE AWARE OF SATURATED SOILS AND THE CONTINUED CHANCE FOR
FLOODED ROADWAYS OVERNIGHT. IF YOU ARE CONFRONTED WITH WATERS OF
UNKNOWN DEPTH...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING
AS THE UPPER LOW SLOWLY MOVES EAST. MODERATE TO STRONG NORTH WINDS
IN THE WAKE OF A FRONT EARLY FRIDAY WILL BUILD SEAS WITH SMALL
CRAFT ADVISORIES POSSIBLE THROUGH SATURDAY..

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

PHILO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 12, 10:57 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningBROCameron63 min
Mar 13, 12:03 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningBROCameron, Willacy87 min
Mar 13, 1:24 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningBRO31 min
Mar 13, 3:37 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningBRO38 min

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.