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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this flash flood warning at Sep 26, 2014, 5:25 PM CDT for Starr County, Texas. It was in force for 95 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
- Sep 26, 2014, 5:25 PM CDT (22:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 26, 2014, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 95 min
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Starr County, TX
The radar
The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:25 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, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 153 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
- 906 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 742 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
645
WGUS54 KBRO 262225
FFWBRO
TXC427-270000-
/O.NEW.KBRO.FF.W.0013.140926T2225Z-140927T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
525 PM CDT FRI SEP 26 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL STARR COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS...
THIS INCLUDES RIO GRANDE CITY.
* UNTIL 700 PM CDT
* AT 524 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS THAT HAVE PRODUCED UP TO FOUR
INCHES OF RAINFALL SINCE 400 PM OVER CENTRAL STARR COUNTY. HEAVY
RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING OVER RIO GRANDE CITY. ALL OF THIS
RAINFALL IS FALLING INTO THE LOS OLMOS CREEK AND THIS CREEK IS
EXPECTED TO LEAVE ITS BANKS AND THREATEN PROPERTY IN THE RIO GRANDE
CITY AREA.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 83...HIGHWAY 755...RIO
GRANDE CITY...AND THE LOS OLMOS CREEK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
LOW WATER CROSSINGS ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT
ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES
AWAY.
DON'T BECOME A STATISTIC. TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN!
&&
LAT...LON 2657 9883 2662 9875 2655 9871 2649 9877
2642 9879 2640 9880 2635 9879 2635 9880
2637 9881 2643 9884
$$
JGG2 follow-up statements
642
WGUS74 KBRO 262249
FFSBRO
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
549 PM CDT FRI SEP 26 2014
TXC427-270000-
/O.CON.KBRO.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140927T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
STARR TX-
549 PM CDT FRI SEP 26 2014
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL STARR COUNTY
UNTIL 700 PM CDT...
AT 546 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED STREET
FLOODING WAS OCCURRING IN RIO GRANDE CITY. RADAR CONTINUES TO
INDICATE HEAVY RAINFALL FALLING IN RIO GRANDE CITY...WITH MODERATE
TO HEAVY RAINFALL OCCURRING IN CENTRAL STARR COUNTY WHERE AS MUCH AS
FOUR TO NEARLY FIVE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 400 PM. RAINFALL
IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST 630 PM AND FLOODING WILL
WORSEN.
THE LOS OLMOS CREEK...RUNNING THROUGH THE EASTERN HALF OF THE CITY
IS EXPECTED TO LEAVE ITS BANKS AND THREATEN PROPERTY AND POSSIBLY
CROSS HIGHWAY 755 AND HIGHWAY 83.
LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. THOSE ALONG THE LOS OLMOS
CREEK SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. TRAVELERS IN THE
AREA SHOULD BE VERY ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF WATER COVERING
STREETS AND HIGHWAYS.
LOW WATER CROSSINGS ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT
ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES
AWAY.
DON'T BECOME A STATISTIC. TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN!
&&
LAT...LON 2657 9883 2662 9875 2655 9871 2649 9877
2642 9879 2640 9880 2635 9879 2635 9880
2637 9881 2643 9884
$$
JGG307
WGUS74 KBRO 262355
FFSBRO
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
655 PM CDT FRI SEP 26 2014
TXC427-270010-
/O.EXP.KBRO.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140927T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
STARR TX-
655 PM CDT FRI SEP 26 2014
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL STARR
COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 700 PM CDT...
THE IMMEDIATE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING APPEARS TO HAVE ENDED BUT THE
FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN REPLACED BY A FLOOD ADVISORY THROUGH
EARLY THIS EVENING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DON'T BECOME A STATISTIC. TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN!
&&
LAT...LON 2657 9883 2662 9875 2655 9871 2649 9877
2642 9879 2640 9880 2635 9879 2635 9880
2637 9881 2643 9884
$$
JGGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 26, 4:44 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Starr | 61 min |
| Sep 26, 6:54 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Starr | 96 min |
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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.