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Coastal Flood Statement 11, NWS Brownsville, TX

November 20, 2015Kenedy County, Texas

NWS Brownsville, TX issued this coastal flood statement at Nov 20, 2015, 10:32 AM CST for Kenedy County, Texas. It took effect at Nov 20, 2015, 11:00 AM CST. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 20, 2015, 10:32 AM CST (16:32 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 20, 2015, 11:00 AM CST
Expired
Nov 21, 2015, 1:00 AM CST
In force
14 hr
Issued by
NWS Brownsville, TX

County Kenedy County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:32 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 coastal flood statement 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 coastal flood statement went out at Nov 20, 8:38 AM CST, 1 hour 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 20, 8:38 AM CST, 1 hour 54 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 20, 8:30 AM CST, 2 hours 2 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
830 AM CST FRI NOV 20 2015

TXZ248>257-212200-
ZAPATA-JIM HOGG-BROOKS-KENEDY-STARR-HIDALGO-INLAND
WILLACY-INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON-
830 AM CST FRI NOV 20 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF DEEP SOUTH
TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE BEACHES OF SOUTH
PADRE ISLAND AND AT BOCA CHICA BEACH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

AN ELEVATED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IS LIKELY AT THE LOCAL BEACHES
THROUGH THE ENTIRE FORECAST PERIOD.

A WIND ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED FOR PORTIONS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS
AND THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY SATURDAY AFTERNOON DUE TO STRONG WINDS
BEHIND A COLD FRONT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

GMZ130-132-135-150-155-170-175-212200-
LAGUNA MADRE FROM THE PORT OF BROWNSVILLE TO THE ARROYO COLORADO-
LAGUNA MADRE FROM THE ARROYO COLORADO TO 5 NM NORTH OF PORT
MANSFIELD TX-LAGUNA MADRE FROM 5 NM NORTH OF PORT MANSFIELD TO
BAFFIN BAY TX-COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT MANSFIELD TO THE RIO GRANDE
OUT 20 NM-COASTAL WATERS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT MANSFIELD OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM PORT MANSFIELD TO THE RIO GRANDE EXTENDING FROM 20 TO 60
NM-WATERS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT MANSFIELD EXTENDING FROM 20 TO 60
NM-
830 AM CST FRI NOV 20 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE GULF OF
MEXICO AND THE LAGUNA MADRE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

A GALE WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED ALONG THE LOWER TEXAS COAST SATURDAY
THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT DUE TO STRONG NORTH WINDS AND ELEVATED SEAS
DEVELOPING IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE ON SATURDAY. SMALL
CRAFT ADVISORIES ARE LIKELY ALONG THE LOWER TEXAS COAST TUESDAY
THROUGH THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 20, 8:16 AM CSTGale WatchBRO6 hr
Nov 20, 2:43 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryBROCameron62 min
Nov 20, 2:43 PM CSTGale WarningBRO38 hr
Nov 20, 3:25 PM CSTWind AdvisoryBROBrooks, Cameron, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Kenedy, Starr and 2 more31 hr
Nov 20, 3:36 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryBROCameron84 min

Nearby

Coastal Flood Statements in Texas, 2015Every coastal flood statement in 2015

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.