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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this flash flood warning at Aug 29, 2014, 4:52 AM CDT for Kenedy County, Texas. It was in force for 98 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
- Aug 29, 2014, 4:52 AM CDT (09:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 29, 2014, 6:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 98 min
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Kenedy County, TX
The radar
The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:51 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 00:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 99 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
- 2236 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1091 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
877
WGUS54 KBRO 290952
FFWBRO
TXC261-291130-
/O.NEW.KBRO.FF.W.0009.140829T0952Z-140829T1130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
452 AM CDT FRI AUG 29 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN KENEDY COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS...
* UNTIL 630 AM CDT
* AT 451 AM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED A LARGE AREA OF THREE
TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN SINCE 200 AM IN SOUTHERN KENEDY COUNTY. LOCAL
MAXIMUMS NEAR NORIAS ARE AS HIGH AS SIX TO SEVEN INCHES OF RAIN.
THIS WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT WATER RISES IN SOUTHERN KENEDY COUNTY
AND MAY RESULT IN DANGEROUS FLOWING WATER OVER HIGHWAY 77 NEAR
NORIAS AND ARMSTRONG.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE NORIAS AND HIGHWAY 77.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 2662 9744 2675 9797 2697 9797 2685 9755
2682 9753 2684 9751 2682 9752 2679 9749
2682 9745 2678 9746 2680 9747 2679 9747
2677 9746 2677 9747 2675 9745
$$
JGG2 follow-up statements
384
WGUS74 KBRO 291104
FFSBRO
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
604 AM CDT FRI AUG 29 2014
TXC261-291130-
/O.CON.KBRO.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140829T1130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
KENEDY TX-
604 AM CDT FRI AUG 29 2014
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN KENEDY COUNTY
UNTIL 630 AM CDT...
AT 603 AM CDT...THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS ENDED FOR NOW OVER KENEDY
COUNTY. HOWEVER RADAR INDICATES FOUR TO SEVEN INCHES OF RAINFALL
FELL BETWEEN 330 AND 600 AM AND FLASH FLOODING REMAINS POSSIBLE.
RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...NORIAS AND HIGHWAY 77.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING FLOOD! MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN
AUTOMOBILES. STAY HOME. IF TRAVELING...DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS
OR STREAMS. WHEN NEARING A FLOOD AREA...TURN AROUND AND DRIVE TO
HIGHER TERRAIN.
&&
LAT...LON 2662 9744 2675 9797 2697 9797 2685 9755
2682 9753 2684 9751 2682 9752 2679 9749
2682 9745 2678 9746 2680 9747 2679 9747
2677 9746 2677 9747 2675 9745
$$
JGG117
WGUS74 KBRO 291123
FFSBRO
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
623 AM CDT FRI AUG 29 2014
TXC261-291138-
/O.EXP.KBRO.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140829T1130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
KENEDY TX-
623 AM CDT FRI AUG 29 2014
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN KENEDY
COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 630 AM CDT...
EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. 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 2662 9744 2675 9797 2697 9797 2685 9755
2682 9753 2684 9751 2682 9752 2679 9749
2682 9745 2678 9746 2680 9747 2679 9747
2677 9746 2677 9747 2675 9745
$$
JGGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 12:33 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Willacy | 57 min |
| Aug 29, 3:23 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Kenedy | 82 min |
| Aug 29, 4:26 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Kenedy | 94 min |
| Aug 29, 5:35 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | BRO | 55 min | |
| Aug 29, 5:45 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Brooks, Kenedy | 90 min |
| Aug 29, 6:25 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | BRO | 95 min | |
| Aug 29, 4:53 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Hidalgo | 67 min |
| Aug 29, 5:45 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Hidalgo | 60 min |
| Aug 29, 6:40 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Cameron, Hidalgo | 65 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.