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Coastal Flood Statement 2, NWS Brownsville, TX

September 19, 2010Kenedy County, Texas

NWS Brownsville, TX issued this coastal flood statement at Sep 19, 2010, 9:52 AM CDT for Kenedy County, Texas. It was in force for 33 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 19, 2010, 9:52 AM CDT (14:52 UTC)
Expired
Sep 20, 2010, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
33 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 14:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 94 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 2010-09-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1929 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 2010-09-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -11 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1929 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
504 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
86 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Sep 19, 9:43 AM CDT, 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 19, 9:43 AM CDT, 9 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 19, 7:59 AM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
759 AM CDT SUN SEP 19 2010

TXZ248>257-201300-
ZAPATA-JIM HOGG-BROOKS-KENEDY-STARR-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY-
INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON-
759 AM CDT SUN SEP 19 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR DEEP SOUTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

TRAINING OF HEAVY RAINS CONTINUES OVER DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. THE
HEAVIEST RAINS ARE EXPECTED FOR CAMERON AND WILLACY COUNTY.
RAINFALL RATE OF 1.5 INCHES PER HOUR WILL CONTINUE IN THE HEAVIEST
SHOWERS. FLOODING OF ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS WILL CONTINUE.

THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES TODAY AND
TONIGHT.

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

HEAVY RAINS ARE STILL POSSIBLE ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

GMZ130-132-135-150-155-170-175-201300-
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-
759 AM CDT SUN SEP 19 2010

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

TRAINING OF HEAVY RAINS CONTINUES OVER DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. THE
HEAVIEST RAINS ARE EXPECTED FOR CAMERON AND WILLACY COUNTY.
RAINFALL RATE OF 1.5 INCHES PER HOUR WILL CONTINUE IN THE HEAVIEST
SHOWERS. FLOODING OF ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS WILL CONTINUE.

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

HEAVY RAINS ARE STILL POSSIBLE ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 19, 9:01 AM CDT, 51 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 19, 1:47 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBROHidalgo118 min
Sep 19, 3:43 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBROCameron, Hidalgo2 hr
Sep 19, 4:20 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningBROCameron115 min
Sep 19, 5:17 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBROCameron, Hidalgo, Kenedy, Willacy118 min
Sep 19, 6:00 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningBROCameron2 hr
Sep 19, 8:03 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningBROCameron117 min
Sep 19, 8:32 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBROBrooks, Cameron, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Kenedy, Starr and 1 more88 min
Sep 19, 9:23 AM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryBRO7 hr
Sep 19, 4:53 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBROCameron12 hr
Sep 19, 5:05 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBROZapata3 hr

Nearby

Coastal Flood Statements in Texas, 2010Every coastal flood statement in 2010

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.