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Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jun 30, 2012, 5:03 PM CDT for Starr County, Zapata County, Texas. It was in force for 87 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 30, 2012, 5:03 PM CDT (22:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 30, 2012, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 87 min
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Starr County, TX, Zapata County, TX
The radar
The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 183 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Brownsville Intl, TX (KBRO), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 186 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2903 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 784 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
716
WGUS54 KBRO 302203
FFWBRO
TXC427-505-302330-
/O.NEW.KBRO.FF.W.0010.120630T2203Z-120630T2330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
503 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL STARR COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF FALCON DAM.
SOUTH CENTRAL ZAPATA COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF FALCON.
* UNTIL 630 PM CDT
* AT 502 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS
INDICATED TORRENTIAL RAIN OF THREE TO FOUR INCHES PER HOUR HAS
FALLEN NEAR FALCON DAM SINCE 400 PM. LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS WATER
IS BEGINNING TO CROSS HIGHWAY 83 NEAR LOPENO AND WORSENING OF THESE
CONDITIONS IS EXPECTED.
OTHER LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...FALCON
HEIGHTS...FRONTON...LOPENO...NEW FALCON...SALINENO AND HIGHWAY 83.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DON'T BECOME A STATISTIC. TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN!
&&
LAT...LON 2677 9910 2672 9890 2640 9908 2640 9910
2643 9912 2647 9910 2649 9910 2652 9913
2653 9916 2654 9918 2661 9918 2663 9919
$$
JGG2 follow-up statements
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WGUS74 KBRO 302228
FFSBRO
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
528 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 2012
TXC427-505-302330-
/O.CON.KBRO.FF.W.0010.000000T0000Z-120630T2330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
STARR TX-ZAPATA TX-
528 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 2012
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL ZAPATA AND
WEST CENTRAL STARR COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM CDT...
AT 527 PM...RADAR CONTINUES TO INDICATE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL NEAR THE
FALCON AND FALCON DAM AREAS. SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE
NEAR THE FALCON DAM STATE PARK AND HIGHWAY 83. THIS IS A DANGEROUS
SITUATION...TRAVEL SHOULD BE AVOIDED IN THE AREA IF AT ALL POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...
FALCON DAM.
FALCON.
LAT...LON 2677 9910 2672 9890 2640 9908 2640 9910
2643 9912 2647 9910 2649 9910 2652 9913
2653 9916 2654 9918 2661 9918 2663 9919
$$
JGG061
WGUS74 KBRO 302327
FFSBRO
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
627 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 2012
TXC427-505-302342-
/O.EXP.KBRO.FF.W.0010.000000T0000Z-120630T2330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
STARR TX-ZAPATA TX-
627 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 2012
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
ZAPATA AND WEST CENTRAL STARR COUNTIES WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT
630 PM CDT...
THE WARNING HAS BEEN REPLACED BY A NEW FLASH FLOOD WARNING UNTIL 830
PM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DON'T BECOME A STATISTIC. TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN!
&&
LAT...LON 2677 9910 2672 9890 2640 9908 2640 9910
2643 9912 2647 9910 2649 9910 2652 9913
2653 9916 2654 9918 2661 9918 2663 9919
$$
JGGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 10:00 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | BRO | 6 hr | |
| Jun 30, 11:48 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | BRO | 57 min | |
| Jun 30, 12:42 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | BRO | 48 min | |
| Jun 30, 2:09 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Cameron | 66 min |
| Jun 30, 2:26 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Cameron, Hidalgo | 94 min |
| Jun 30, 2:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Zapata | 100 min |
| Jun 30, 3:51 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Cameron | 84 min |
| Jun 30, 3:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Zapata | 22 min |
| Jun 30, 4:22 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Starr, Zapata | 113 min |
| Jun 30, 4:37 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Cameron | 3 hr |
| Jun 30, 5:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Zapata | 110 min |
| Jun 30, 6:26 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Starr, Zapata | 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.