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Flash Flood Watch 4, NWS Brownsville, TX

August 25, 20084 counties in Texas

NWS Brownsville, TX issued this flash flood watch at Aug 25, 2008, 3:31 AM CDT for 4 counties in Texas. It took effect at Aug 25, 2008, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 25, 2008, 3:31 AM CDT (08:31 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 25, 2008, 10:00 AM CDT
Expired: Aug 25, 2008, 1:34 PM CDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Brownsville, TX
Flood severity: None

Counties Hidalgo County, TX, Jim Hogg County, TX, Starr County, TX, Zapata County, TX

The radar

The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 158 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:31 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 Aug 24, 1:58 PM CDT, 13 hours 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 24, 1:58 PM CDT, 13 hours 33 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 24, 8:35 AM CDT, 18 hours 56 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
835 AM CDT SUN AUG 24 2008

TXZ248>257-250915-
ZAPATA-JIM HOGG-BROOKS-KENEDY-STARR-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY-
INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON-
835 AM CDT SUN AUG 24 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR DEEP SOUTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ZAPATA...STARR...AND JIM HOGG
COUNTIES THROUGH 1 PM CDT TODAY. FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS HAVE ALREADY
BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF STARR AND ZAPATA COUNTIES TODAY...AS
HEAVY RAINS MOVED INTO THE AREA FROM ADJACENT MEXICO.  RAIN AMOUNTS
OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FOR PORTIONS OF STARR AND ZAPATA
COUNTIES...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE.  THE
SATURATED GROUNDS IN THIS REGION CANNOT HOLD WATER...WITH EXTREMELY
HIGH
RUNOFF AND FLOODING POTENTIAL.

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

THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN WILL DIMINISH EARLY IN THE WEEK...
ALTHOUGH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN IN THE FORECAST.
CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY RAIN MAY DEVELOP AGAIN TOWARD THE
END OF THE WEEK.

.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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 25, 10:38 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BRO	Cameron	82 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.