Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2014

Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Brownsville, TX

May 28, 2014Cameron County, Texas

NWS Brownsville, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 28, 2014, 5:01 PM CDT for Cameron County, Texas. It was in force for 89 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
May 28, 2014, 5:01 PM CDT (22:01 UTC)
Expired
May 28, 2014, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
89 min
Issued by
NWS Brownsville, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Cameron County, TX

The radar

The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 14 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:03 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 28, 5:16 PM CDTHEAVY RAIN 2Brownsville, TXTWO FEET OF STANDING WATER REPORTED IN BROWNSVILLE VIA POLICE SCANNER.
May 28, 5:30 PM CDTFLASH FLOODBrownsville, TXONE FOOT OF WATER ON ROAD AT EAST MADISON AND 7TH STREET.
May 28, 6:22 PM CDTFLASH FLOODBrownsville, TXSTREETS AROUND PALM BLVD IN DOWNTOWN BROWNSVILLE WITH AS MUCH AS 18 INCHES OF RUNNING WATER. TRASH CANS FLOATING DOWN THE ROADWAY. WATER WAS RECEEDING QUICKLY AS OF 620 PM.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Brownsville Intl, TX (KBRO), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 17 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, Brownsville Intl, TX at 12:00Z on 2014-05-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1349 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Brownsville Intl, TX at 12:00Z on 2014-05-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 162 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1349 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-86 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
665 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
162 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
203 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
6.6

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

105 
WGUS54 KBRO 282201
FFWBRO
TXC061-282330-
/O.NEW.KBRO.FF.W.0003.140528T2201Z-140528T2330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
501 PM CDT WED MAY 28 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IN...
  SOUTHERN CAMERON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...OLMITO...SAN BENITO...BROWNSVILLE.

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 459 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS INDICATED  
  TORRENTIAL RAIN OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR FROM SLOW MOVING         
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES    
  OF OVER 2 INCHES TOTAL IN BROWNSVILLE.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR.

  OTHER LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...BROWNSVILLE
  SOUTH PADRE ISLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...CARRICITOS...LA
  PALOMA...LAS RUSIAS...LOS FRESNOS...LOS INDIOS...RANCHO VIEJO...
  RANGERVILLE...REID HOPE KING...SAN PEDRO...SOUTH POINT AND VILLA   
  PANCHO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND
ARROYOS...SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS NOW TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.
DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS...OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN
DEPTH... BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE.

THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING FLOOD! MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN
AUTOMOBILES. STAY HOME. IF TRAVELING...DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS
OR STREAMS. WHEN NEARING A FLOOD AREA...TURN AROUND AND DRIVE TO
HIGHER TERRAIN.

DON'T BECOME A STATISTIC. TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN!

&&

LAT...LON 2584 9743 2587 9747 2588 9753 2593 9755
      2593 9758 2602 9767 2601 9774 2603 9779
      2605 9780 2604 9781 2605 9786 2621 9781
      2604 9729 2591 9732 2592 9735 2591 9736
      2587 9735 2584 9736

$$

55
1 follow-up statement
958 
WGUS74 KBRO 282329
FFSBRO

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
629 PM CDT WED MAY 28 2014

TXC061-282344-
/O.EXP.KBRO.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140528T2330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CAMERON TX-
629 PM CDT WED MAY 28 2014

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN CAMERON
COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 630 PM CDT...

EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. WATER LEVELS HAVE RECEDED OR
WERE BEGINNING TO RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS
BEEN OBSERVED...PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DON'T BECOME A STATISTIC. TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN!

&&

LAT...LON 2584 9743 2587 9747 2588 9753 2593 9755
      2593 9758 2602 9767 2601 9774 2603 9779
      2605 9780 2604 9781 2605 9786 2621 9781
      2604 9729 2591 9732 2592 9735 2591 9736
      2587 9735 2584 9736

$$

55

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 27, 7:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROBrooks, Kenedy50 min
May 27, 7:47 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBROBrooks, Kenedy58 min
May 27, 7:51 PM CDTTornado WarningBROBrooks, Kenedy24 min
May 27, 8:12 PM CDTTornado WarningBROBrooks, Kenedy48 min
May 27, 8:49 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBROBrooks56 min
May 28, 2:25 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningBRO65 min
May 28, 3:00 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningBRO60 min
May 28, 3:23 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBROHidalgo, Starr67 min
May 28, 3:30 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningBRO60 min
May 28, 3:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROCameron64 min
May 28, 3:51 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningBRO54 min
May 28, 4:00 PM CDTTornado WarningBROCameron30 min
May 28, 4:08 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningBROHidalgo, Starr82 min
May 28, 4:13 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBROHidalgo62 min
May 28, 4:21 PM CDTTornado WarningBROCameron24 min
May 28, 4:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROCameron39 min
May 28, 4:42 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBROCameron93 min
May 28, 4:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROCameron31 min
May 28, 6:28 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBROCameron62 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, 2014Every flash flood warning in 2014

Sources

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