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Coastal Flood Statement 1, NWS Brownsville, TX

May 20, 2009Kenedy County, Texas

NWS Brownsville, TX issued this coastal flood statement at May 20, 2009, 4:04 PM CDT for Kenedy County, Texas. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 20, 2009, 4:04 PM CDT (21:04 UTC)
Expired
May 21, 2009, 12:00 AM CDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Brownsville, TX

County Kenedy County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:04 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 coastal flood statement 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 coastal flood statement went out at May 20, 2:02 PM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 20, 2:02 PM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 20, 3:04 PM CDT, 1 hour before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
304 PM CDT WED MAY 20 2009

GMZ130-132-135-150-155-170-175-TXZ248>257-211100-
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-
304 PM CDT WED MAY 20 2009

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE BEACHES OF SOUTH PADRE
ISLAND AND BOCA CHICA DUE TO LONG PERIOD SWELLS FROM THE EAST.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

THE HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE LOCAL BEACHES WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS THE ROUGH SWELLS PERSIST. A SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED THURSDAY AND FRIDAY BETWEEN 20 AND 60
NAUTICAL MILES OFFSHORE DUE TO THESE SWELLS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

TOMASELLI

Nearby

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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.