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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 11, 2015, 9:32 PM CDT for Starr County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr. 10 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 11, 2015, 9:32 PM CDT (02:32 UTC)
- Expired
- May 12, 2015, 12:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Emergency
- Flash flood emergency
- Flood severity
- None
County Starr County, TX
The radar
The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:32 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 9:55 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Rio Grande City, TX | STARR COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTS 6 INCHES OF WATER ON CROCKETT STREET IN RIO GRANDE CITY. ALSO RESIDENCE ON CHAPOTITO ROAD HAS 5 TO 6 INCHES OF WATER INSIDE THE BUILDING. |
| May 11, 10:26 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Rio Grande City, TX | STARR COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTS JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER AT INTERSECTION OF BRITTON AVENUE AND HIGHWAY 83 HAS 6 INCHES OF WATER IN BUILDING. |
| May 11, 10:28 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Rio Grande City, TX | STARR COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTS 3 FEET OF WATER ON HIGHWAY 83 NEAR ALVAREZ ROAD. |
| May 11, 10:42 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Rio Grande City, TX | STARR COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTS 6 TO 8 INCHES OF WATER ON HIGHWAY 83 IN RIO GRANDE CITY IN FRONT OF WALMART. |
| May 11, 11:09 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | La Casita, TX | LA CASITA FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTS WIDESPREAD 3 TO 4 FEET OF WATER ON HIGHWAY 83 BETWEEN LA CASITA AND RIO GRANDE CITY. WATER UP TO THE ENGINE ON FIRE DEPARTMENT VEHICLE. |
| May 11, 11:15 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 S Las Lomas, TX | CAR WAS REPORTED FLOATING IN 3 TO 4 FEET OF MOVING WATER IN THE LAS LOMAS AREA. WATER RESCUE WAS IN PROGRESS. |
| May 11, 11:15 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 S Las Lomas, TX | ROAD WAS REPORTED CLOSED AT THE INTERSECTION OF US 83 AND EMBASSY STREET IN THE LAS LOMAS AREA. |
| May 11, 11:15 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 W Las Lomas, TX | 3 FEET OF WATER WAS REPORTED IN FRONT OF WALMART IN THE LAS LOMAS AREA ALONG HIGHWAY 83. |
| May 12, 12:25 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 E Rio Grande City, TX | FAMILY RESCUED FROM HOME AMID AROUND 4 FEET OF RUSHING WATER FLOWING DOWN THE STREET EN ROUTE TO THE LOS OLMOS CREEK. |
| May 12, 12:30 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 E Rio Grande City, TX | SEVERAL SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS WITH WATER 3 TO 6 INCHES DEEP IN HOMES IN SOUTHEASTERN STARR COUNTY. |
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 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 145 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
- 3756 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 641 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
838
WGUS54 KBRO 120232
FFWBRO
TXC427-120530-
/O.NEW.KBRO.FF.W.0013.150512T0232Z-150512T0530Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
932 PM CDT MON MAY 11 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
STARR COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS...
* UNTIL 1230 AM CDT
* AT 932 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
RIO GRANDE CITY...EL SAUZ...LA ROSITA...STARR COUNTY SHERIFFS
OFFICE...RIO GRANDE CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT...RIO GRANDE CITY
LIBRARY...RINGGOLD MIDDLE SCHOOL...ROMA CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT...
SULLIVAN CITY...LA GRULLA...ESCOBARES...GARCIASVILLE...RIO GRANDE
CITY--ROMA...SANTA CRUZ...NORTH ESCOBARES...LOS ALVAREZ...SAN
ISIDRO...ALTO BONITO...ROMA PARK AND RIO GRANDE CITY MUNICIPAL
AIRPORT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 2669 9883 2678 9832 2626 9859 2625 9862
2626 9862 2624 9867 2626 9868 2627 9872
2628 9870 2629 9871 2630 9875 2631 9874
2633 9875 2633 9879 2637 9880 2635 9890
2639 9893 2637 9895 2640 9896 2639 9901
$$
TOMASELLI3 follow-up statements
392
WGUS74 KBRO 120343
FFSBRO
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
1043 PM CDT MON MAY 11 2015
TXC427-120530-
/O.CON.KBRO.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-150512T0530Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
STARR TX-
1043 PM CDT MON MAY 11 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM CDT FOR
STARR COUNTY...
AT 1039 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED HEAVY RAIN AND
FLOODING IN RIO GRANDE CITY DUE TO A THUNDERSTORM. 3 TO 5 INCHES OF
RAIN OVER RIO GRANDE CITY HAS PRODUCED UP TO 12 INCHES OF WATER OVER
HIGHWAY 83. FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS
SITUATION. TRAVEL IN THE AREA IS HIGHLY DISCOURAGED.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
RIO GRANDE CITY...EL SAUZ...LA ROSITA...STARR COUNTY SHERIFFS
OFFICE...RIO GRANDE CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT...RIO GRANDE CITY LIBRARY...
RINGGOLD MIDDLE SCHOOL...ROMA CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT...SULLIVAN
CITY...LA GRULLA...ESCOBARES...GARCIASVILLE...RIO GRANDE
CITY--ROMA...SANTA CRUZ...NORTH ESCOBARES...LOS ALVAREZ...SAN
ISIDRO...ALTO BONITO...ROMA PARK AND RIO GRANDE CITY MUNICIPAL
AIRPORT.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 2669 9883 2678 9832 2626 9859 2625 9862
2626 9862 2624 9867 2626 9868 2627 9872
2628 9870 2629 9871 2630 9875 2631 9874
2633 9875 2633 9879 2637 9880 2635 9890
2639 9893 2637 9895 2640 9896 2639 9901
$$
GB634
WGUS74 KBRO 120414
FFSBRO
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
1114 PM CDT MON MAY 11 2015
TXC427-120530-
/O.CON.KBRO.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-150512T0530Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
STARR TX-
1114 PM CDT MON MAY 11 2015
...FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR SOUTHEASTERN STARR COUNTY...
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM CDT FOR
STARR COUNTY...
AT 1112 PM CDT...THREE TO FOUR FEET OF WATER WAS REPORTED ACROSS
HIGHWAY 83 FROM BETWEEN RIO GRANDE AND LA CASITA. RADAR ESTIMATES UP
TO FIVE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 900 PM IN SOUTHEASTERN STARR
COUNTY. HEAVY RAINFALL IS REDEVELOPING. SIGNIFICANT AND LIFE
THREATENING FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURING OR IMMINENT.
THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR RIO GRANDE
CITY...GARCIASVILLE...LA CASITA...AND HIGHWAY 83 BETWEEN RIO GRANDE
CITY AND THE STARR/HIDALGO COUNTY LINE. SEEK HIGHER GROUND NOW!
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... RIO GRANDE
CITY...EL SAUZ...LA ROSITA...SULLIVAN CITY...LA
GRULLA...ESCOBARES...GARCIASVILLE...SANTA CRUZ...NORTH
ESCOBARES...LOS ALVAREZ...SAN ISIDRO...ALTO BONITO...ROMA PARK AND
RIO GRANDE CITY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE
THREATENING SITUATION. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL UNLESS YOU ARE
FLEEING AN AREA SUBJECT TO FLOODING OR UNDER AN EVACUATION ORDER.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 2669 9883 2678 9832 2626 9859 2625 9862
2626 9862 2624 9867 2626 9868 2627 9872
2628 9870 2629 9871 2630 9875 2631 9874
2633 9875 2633 9879 2637 9880 2635 9890
2639 9893 2637 9895 2640 9896 2639 9901
$$
JGG/GB670
WGUS74 KBRO 120451
FFSBRO
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
1151 PM CDT MON MAY 11 2015
TXC427-120530-
/O.CON.KBRO.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-150512T0530Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
STARR TX-
1151 PM CDT MON MAY 11 2015
...THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR SOUTHEASTERN STARR COUNTY...
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM CDT FOR
STARR COUNTY...
AT 1147 PM CDT...WATER RESCUES WERE OCCURRING IN SOUTHEASTERN STARR
COUNTY...INCLUDING RIO GRANDE CITY. INDIVIDUALS HAVE BEEN RESCUED
FROM THEIR HOMES AND VEHICLES. OVER TWO FEET OF WATER IS OVER
HIGHWAY 83 IN SOUTHEASTERN STARR COUNTY. WATER HAS ENTERED HOMES AND
BUSINESSES THROUGHOUT THE AREA. FIVE TO SIX INCHES OF RAIN HAS
FALLEN AND ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
IF YOU ARE TRAPPED BY FLOOD WATERS AND NEED HELP. CALL 9 1 1.
THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR RIO GRANDE
CITY...GARCIASVILLE...LA CASITA...AND HIGHWAY 83 BETWEEN RIO GRANDE
CITY AND THE STARR/HIDALGO COUNTY LINE.!
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... RIO GRANDE
CITY...EL SAUZ...LA ROSITA...SULLIVAN CITY...LA
GRULLA...ESCOBARES...GARCIASVILLE...SANTA CRUZ...NORTH
ESCOBARES...LOS ALVAREZ...SAN ISIDRO...ALTO BONITO...ROMA PARK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE
THREATENING SITUATION. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL UNLESS YOU ARE
FLEEING AN AREA SUBJECT TO FLOODING OR UNDER AN EVACUATION ORDER.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 2669 9883 2678 9832 2626 9859 2625 9862
2626 9862 2624 9867 2626 9868 2627 9872
2628 9870 2629 9871 2630 9875 2631 9874
2633 9875 2633 9879 2637 9880 2635 9890
2639 9893 2637 9895 2640 9896 2639 9901
$$
JGGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 7:18 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Brooks | 117 min |
| May 11, 7:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Brooks | 44 min |
| May 11, 7:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Brooks | 2 hr |
| May 11, 8:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Hidalgo, Starr | 23 min |
| May 11, 8:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Hidalgo | 33 min |
| May 11, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Brooks | 30 min |
| May 11, 8:50 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Brooks, Hidalgo, Starr | 115 min |
| May 11, 8:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Brooks, Hidalgo | 64 min |
| May 11, 9:05 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Starr | 115 min |
| May 11, 9:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Starr | 61 min |
| May 11, 9:23 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Brooks | 112 min |
| May 11, 9:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Hidalgo | 41 min |
| May 11, 9:48 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Hidalgo | 3 hr |
| May 11, 9:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Starr | 41 min |
| May 11, 10:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Starr | 45 min |
| May 11, 10:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Hidalgo | 38 min |
| May 11, 11:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Hidalgo | 49 min |
| May 11, 11:48 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Hidalgo | 3 hr |
| May 12, 12:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Hidalgo | 51 min |
| May 12, 12:24 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Starr | 3 hr |
| May 12, 12:50 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Hidalgo | 115 min |
| May 12, 12:56 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Starr | 49 min |
| May 12, 12:58 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Hidalgo | 47 min |
| May 12, 1:11 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Brooks, Jim Hogg | 3 hr |
| May 12, 1:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Cameron, Hidalgo | 47 min |
| May 12, 1:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Cameron, Willacy | 39 min |
| May 12, 1:40 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Cameron, Willacy | 2 hr |
| May 12, 2:00 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | BRO | 2 hr | |
| May 12, 2:07 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Brooks | 113 min |
| May 12, 2:22 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Brooks | 38 min |
| May 12, 2:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Cameron | 65 min |
| May 12, 3:35 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | BRO | 85 min | |
| May 12, 3:41 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Hidalgo, Starr | 6 hr |
| May 12, 3:49 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | BRO | Brooks | 6 hr |
| May 12, 4:58 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | BRO | 62 min | |
| May 12, 5:56 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Kenedy, Willacy | 2 hr |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.