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Flash Flood Watch 2, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this flash flood watch at Sep 22, 2009, 4:01 AM CDT for 8 counties in Texas. It took effect at Sep 22, 2009, 4:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 22, 2009, 4:01 AM CDT (09:01 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 22, 2009, 4:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Sep 22, 2009, 10:23 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Brooks County, TX, Cameron County, TX, Hidalgo County, TX, Jim Hogg County, TX, Kenedy County, TX, Starr County, TX, Willacy County, TX, Zapata County, TX
The radar
The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:00 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 Sep 21, 8:04 PM CDT, 7 hours 57 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 21, 8:04 PM CDT, 7 hours 57 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 22, 4:00 AM CDT, 1 minute before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 400 AM CDT TUE SEP 22 2009 GMZ130-132-135-150-155-170-175-TXZ248>257-231100- 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- 400 AM CDT TUE SEP 22 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR DEEP SOUTH TEXAS...THE GULF OF MEXICO AND THE LAGUNA MADRE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL ACCOMPANY THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS BEGINNING AT 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. SOME STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. SOME STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS UNTIL 1 PM CDT THURSDAY...AND THEN EXCLUSIVELY FOR CAMERON...WILLACY...KENEDY ...BROOKS...AND HIDALGO COUNTY FROM 1 PM CDT TO 7 PM CDT THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS SHOULD REPORT ANY OBSERVATIONS OF LARGE HAIL... DAMAGING WINDS...AND FLOODING THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BROWNSVILLE. TOMASELLI
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Sep 22, 3:02 AM CDT, 59 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 22, 1:26 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | BRO | 64 min | |
| Sep 22, 1:50 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Jim Hogg | 55 min |
| Sep 22, 2:21 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | BRO | 2 hr | |
| Sep 22, 2:26 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Kenedy | 94 min |
| Sep 22, 2:30 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Jim Hogg | 90 min |
| Sep 22, 3:12 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Brooks, Jim Hogg | 93 min |
| Sep 22, 3:35 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Starr | 115 min |
| Sep 22, 3:36 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Kenedy, Willacy | 114 min |
| Sep 22, 4:07 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | BRO | 2 hr | |
| Sep 22, 4:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BRO | Willacy | 64 min |
| Sep 22, 5:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Cameron, Willacy | 88 min |
| Sep 22, 5:23 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Cameron, Hidalgo, Kenedy, Willacy | 82 min |
| Sep 22, 6:31 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Cameron, Hidalgo | 59 min |
| Sep 22, 6:56 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | BRO | 2 hr |
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.