Flash Flood Warning 28, NWS Brownsville, TX

000 
WGUS74 KBRO 150339
FFSBRO

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
1039 PM CDT SUN SEP 14 2008

TXC061-150415-
/O.CON.KBRO.FF.W.0028.000000T0000Z-080915T0415Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CAMERON-
1039 PM CDT SUN SEP 14 2008

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN CAMERON
COUNTY UNTIL 1115 PM CDT...

LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...
  PORT ISABEL AND HIGHWAY 48.

AT 1034 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
RAINFALL RATES OF THREE INCHES PER HOUR FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE 
WARNED AREA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE DRIFTING SLOWLY INTO ADJACENT 
MEXICO AND THIS FLOOD WARNING WILL LIKELY BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 
1115 PM CDT.

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT CROSS FLOODED 
ROADWAYS OR STREAMS. IF NEARING A FLOOD AREA...TURN AROUND AND DRIVE 
TO HIGHER TERRAIN. NIGHTTIME DRIVING IS ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS WHEN 
HEAVY...FLOODING RAINS ARE EXPERIENCED. SLOW DOWN AND ANTICIPATE 
ROADWAY PONDING OR FLOODED ROADWAYS.

DONT BECOME A STATISTIC. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN

&&

LAT...LON 2596 9716 2595 9730 2593 9730 2593 9734
      2592 9735 2592 9737 2588 9737 2585 9744
      2618 9737 2617 9731 2611 9729 2609 9722
      2606 9722 2607 9719 2615 9719 2604 9717

$$

58

000 
WGUS74 KBRO 150422
FFSBRO

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
1122 PM CDT SUN SEP 14 2008

TXC061-150431-
/O.EXP.KBRO.FF.W.0028.000000T0000Z-080915T0415Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CAMERON-
1122 PM CDT SUN SEP 14 2008

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED IN SOUTHEASTERN CAMERON
COUNTY...

DONT BECOME A STATISTIC. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN


&&

LAT...LON 2596 9716 2595 9730 2593 9730 2593 9734
      2592 9735 2592 9737 2588 9737 2585 9744
      2618 9737 2617 9731 2611 9729 2609 9722
      2606 9722 2607 9719 2615 9719 2604 9717

$$

54

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
435 PM CDT SUN SEP 14 2008

.DISCUSSION...HAVE GONE AHEAD AND POSTED THE FFA FOR THE ENTIRE
CWA FROM THE LATEST KBRO RADAR TRENDS SHOWING AN INCREASE OF THE
TRAINING POTENTIAL AND SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE CONV CELLS. NO OTHER
CHANGES NEEDED TO THE CURRENT FORECAST PACKAGE.
&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1250 PM CDT SUN SEP 14 2008/

DISCUSSION...TROPICAL MSTR AND SHRTWV ENERGY BEING ADVECTED TO THE
RGV AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING WEAK CF SCHEDULED FOR VERY SLOW FROPA
STARTING IN THE NRN RGV ZNS THIS EVENING AND BISECTING VLY BY 1 PM
MONDAY.

ATTM...AN INVERTED SFC TROUGH EXTENDS FM THE GULF WATERS OF TAMPICO,
MEXICO TO BAFFIN BAY. SHRAS/+TSRAS ARE STARTING TO FIRE JUST SOUTH
AND NORTH OF BRO...AND ALONG THE SEA BREEZE CONVERGENCE ZONE.
ALSO...SHRAS/+TSRAS WERE FORMING 50 TO 55 NM SOUTH OF THE SPI
JETTIES WITH A NORTHWEST MVMT AT 20 KTS.

BRO U/A FM 14.1200Z IS MOIST AND UNSTABLE...WITH PWATS AT 2.06
INCHES AND LIS OF -8.7 WITH SOUTHERLY FLOW FROM THE SFC TO H7. XPCT
INCREASING SHRAS/+TSRAS THRU THE AFTERNOON WITH FLOODING RAINS BY
THIS EVENING AND MONDAY.

NAM12 BEST BET FOR THIS SHALLOW COOL AIR ENTRY EVENT. HAVE FOLLOWED
THIS MDL FOR MASS FIELDS...BUT AM CONCERNED THAT THE VALLEY MAY OR
MAY NOT CLEAR AFTER MONDAY. THIS POSSIBILITY OF CLEARING WILL CHANGE
TEMPS MARKEDLY WILL STAY WITH CLOUDY NAM12 WHICH IS IN AGREEMENT IN
THE MEAN RH FIELD WITH GFS.

MARINE...SWELLS CONTINUE TO RICOCHET AROUND THE GULF KEEPING SEAS
IN THE OFFSHORE WATERS CHAOTIC EVEN AS THEY SUBSIDE FROM IKE.
EXPECT WAVE HEIGHTS TO FLUCTUATE BETWEEN 5 AND 6 FEET INTO THE
EVENING.  COLD FRONT/SURFACE BOUNDARY BACKS INTO THE COASTAL WATERS
EARLY MONDAY INTO TUESDAY WILL IMPOSE NORTHERLY WIND WAVES ON TOP OF
DECLINING SWELLS KEEPING SEAS ROUGH THROUGH MID WEEK.  SIGNIFICANT
MOISTURE POOLING AHEAD AND ALONG STALLING FRONT WILL PRODUCE
NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE COASTAL WATERS
ESPECIALLY LATE MONDAY AND TUESDAY.  SMALL CRAFT EXERCISE CAUTION
CONTINUED TODAY AND TONIGHT.  MAY NEED TO POST ADVISORY MONDAY AS
GRADIENT TIGHTENS AND SEAS RESPOND TO NORTHERLY FLOW.  MARINE
CONDITIONS SHOULD IMPROVE LATE WEEK AS THE SURFACE BOUNDARY WASHES
OUT.

AVIATION...TSRA FIRING ALONG AND AHEAD OF SURFACE BOUNDARY
LRD-ALI-CRP AT 18Z.  EXPECT ISOLATED TO SCT TSRA VCNTY TERMINALS
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON BECOMING MORE NUMEROUS AFTER 06Z.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
BAYVIEW/PORT ISABEL  75  85  71  83 /  30  60  30  20
BROWNSVILLE          75  86  69  83 /  30  60  30  30
HARLINGEN            75  86  71  83 /  30  50  30  20
MCALLEN              75  86  68  84 /  30  60  30  20
RIO GRANDE CITY      75  86  67  85 /  40  60  30  20
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND   76  84  72  82 /  30  60  30  30

&&

.BRO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH
MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR TXZ248>257.
&&

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

58/51/MARTINEZ

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
615 PM CDT SUN SEP 14 2008

GMZ130-132-135-150-155-170-175-TXZ248>257-151100-
LAGUNA MADRE FROM THE PORT OF BROWNSVILLE TO THE ARROYO COLORADO-
LAGUNA MADRE FROM THE ARROYO COLORADO TO 5 NM NORTH OF PORT
MANSFIELD TX-
LAGUNA MADRE FROM 5 NM NORTH OF PORT MANSFIELD TO BAFFIN BAY TX-
COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT MANSFIELD TO THE RIO GRANDE OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT MANSFIELD OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM PORT MANSFIELD TO THE RIO GRANDE EXTENDING FROM 20 TO
60 NM-
WATERS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT MANSFIELD EXTENDING FROM 20 TO
60 NM-ZAPATA-JIM HOGG-BROOKS-KENEDY-STARR-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY-
INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON-
615 PM CDT SUN SEP 14 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR DEEP SOUTH TEXAS...THE GULF
OF MEXICO AND THE LAGUNA MADRE.

.DAY ONE...THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE FLOODING
IN AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE...IN LOW-LYING AREAS...AND IN AREAS
STILL SATURATED FROM PREVIOUS RAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY MONDAY
MORNING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF DEEP SOUTH
TEXAS THROUGH TOMORROW AFTERNOON. ALSO...THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP
CURRENTS AT THE BEACHES OF SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND BOCA CHICA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH POSSIBLE
FLOODING WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY
MAY BE NEEDED FOR THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS
MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND ROUGH SEAS IN
THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT. A MODERATE TO HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT
THE LOCAL BEACHES IS POSSIBLE THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTERS SHOULD REPORT ANY FLOODING TONIGHT OR MONDAY TO
LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OR THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
BROWNSVILLE.

PHILO/SPEECE

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
458 PM CDT SUN SEP 14 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0456 PM     FLOOD            5 ESE ROMA              26.39N 98.93W
09/14/2008                   STARR              TX   EMERGENCY MNGR

            6 INCHES OF WATER COVERING HIGHWAY 83 NEAR LA ROSITA.

&&

TSPEECE