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Flash Flood Watch 4, NWS Brownsville, TX

September 6, 20108 counties in Texas

NWS Brownsville, TX issued this flash flood watch at Sep 6, 2010, 5:32 AM CDT for 8 counties in Texas. It took effect at Sep 6, 2010, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 24 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 6, 2010, 5:32 AM CDT (10:32 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 6, 2010, 7:00 PM CDT
Expired
Sep 7, 2010, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
24 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 10:35 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 6, 5:09 AM CDT, 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 6, 5:09 AM CDT, 23 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 6, 5:36 AM CDTHurricane Local StatementBROBrooks, Cameron, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Starr, Willacy and 1 more28 hr
Sep 6, 5:36 AM CDTInland Tropical Storm WarningBROBrooks, Cameron, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Starr, Willacy and 1 more28 hr
Sep 6, 5:36 AM CDTTropical Storm WarningBROKenedy28 hr
Sep 6, 5:36 AM CDTTropical Storm WarningBRO28 hr
Sep 6, 12:21 PM CDTHurricane WatchBROKenedy12 hr
Sep 6, 4:07 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBROStarr53 min
Sep 6, 6:37 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBROCameron, Willacy83 min

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.