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Flash Flood Watch 2, NWS Brownsville, TX

September 22, 20098 counties in Texas

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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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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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 22, 1:26 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningBRO64 min
Sep 22, 1:50 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBROJim Hogg55 min
Sep 22, 2:21 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningBRO2 hr
Sep 22, 2:26 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBROKenedy94 min
Sep 22, 2:30 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBROJim Hogg90 min
Sep 22, 3:12 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningBROBrooks, Jim Hogg93 min
Sep 22, 3:35 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBROStarr115 min
Sep 22, 3:36 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBROKenedy, Willacy114 min
Sep 22, 4:07 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningBRO2 hr
Sep 22, 4:11 PM CDTTornado WarningBROWillacy64 min
Sep 22, 5:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROCameron, Willacy88 min
Sep 22, 5:23 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBROCameron, Hidalgo, Kenedy, Willacy82 min
Sep 22, 6:31 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningBROCameron, Hidalgo59 min
Sep 22, 6:56 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningBRO2 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in Texas, 2009Every flash flood watch in 2009

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.