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Flash Flood Watch 8, NWS Brownsville, TX

May 23, 20158 counties in Texas

NWS Brownsville, TX issued this flash flood watch at May 23, 2015, 4:39 AM CDT for 8 counties in Texas. It took effect at May 24, 2015, 12:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 23, 2015, 4:39 AM CDT (09:39 UTC)
In effect from: May 24, 2015, 12:00 AM CDT
Expired: May 24, 2015, 10:39 AM CDT
In force: 11 hr
Issued by: NWS Brownsville, TX
Flood severity: None

Counties Brooks County, TX, Cameron County, TX, Hidalgo County, TX, Jim Hogg County, TX, Kenedy County, TX, Starr County, TX, Willacy County, TX, Zapata County, TX

The radar

The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:42 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 flash flood watch 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 flash flood watch went out at May 23, 4:00 AM CDT, 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 23, 4:00 AM CDT, 39 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 23, 4:00 AM CDT	Rip Current Statement	BRO	Kenedy	68 hr
May 23, 4:13 AM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	BRO		60 hr
May 23, 12:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BRO	Brooks	65 min
May 23, 12:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BRO	Hidalgo	36 min
May 23, 1:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BRO	Brooks, Hidalgo	56 min
May 23, 1:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BRO	Brooks	62 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in Texas, 2015 Every flash flood watch 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.