Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Brownsville, TX

Issued

Aug 21, 2016, 7:47 AM CDT (12:47 UTC)

Expired

Aug 21, 2016, 9:15 AM CDT

In force

88 min

Issued by

NWS Brownsville, TX

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

Counties Jim Hogg County, TX, Zapata County, TX

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 194 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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848 
WGUS54 KBRO 211247
FFWBRO
TXC247-505-211415-
/O.NEW.KBRO.FF.W.0013.160821T1247Z-160821T1415Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
747 AM CDT SUN AUG 21 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN ZAPATA COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS...
  WEST CENTRAL JIM HOGG COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS...

* UNTIL 915 AM CDT

* AT 744 AM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED HEAVY RAIN
  ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 4 AND 8 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
  ALREADY FALLEN ALONG SR 16 BETWEEN ZAPATA AND ESCOBAS AND NEAR
  RANDADO AS ESTIMATED BY RADAR. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING
  AND THERE WERE WATER RESCUES REPORTED IN ZAPATA EARLIER THIS
  MORNING.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  ZAPATA...BUSTAMANTE...MEDINA...ZAPATA MIDDLE SCHOOL...LAS PALMAS...
  ESCOBAS...ZAPATA HIGH SCHOOL...FALCON LAKE ESTATES...ZAPATA COUNTY
  PUBLIC LIBRARY AND FALCON SHORES.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA FROM THUNDERSTORMS REDEVELOPING OVER HARD HIT AREAS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DRIVERS ARE URGED TO AVOID SR 16 BETWEEN ZAPATA AND ESCOBAS UNTIL
THE WATERS FULLY RECEDE. THOSE IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS INCLUDING NEAR
MEDINA ADDITION SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW THAT DAYBREAK IS
HERE. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.

REMAIN ALERT FOR FLOODING EVEN IN LOCATIONS NOT RECEIVING RAIN.
ARROYOS...STREAMS...AND RIVERS CAN BECOME RAGING KILLER CURRENTS IN A
MATTER OF MINUTES...EVEN FROM DISTANT RAINFALL.

PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU
CAN DO SO SAFELY.

&&

LAT...LON 2722 9894 2704 9873 2674 9923 2676 9924
      2679 9924 2682 9926 2685 9927 2686 9929
      2687 9932 2688 9933 2689 9933 2690 9932
      2692 9933 2693 9938

$$

52/BSG

922 
WGUS74 KBRO 211343
FFSBRO

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
843 AM CDT SUN AUG 21 2016

TXC247-505-211415-
/O.CON.KBRO.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160821T1415Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ZAPATA TX-JIM HOGG TX-
843 AM CDT SUN AUG 21 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 AM CDT FOR
SOUTHERN ZAPATA AND WEST CENTRAL JIM HOGG COUNTIES...

AT 839 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS CENTRAL ZAPATA COUNTY INCLUDING SR 16 BETWEEN
ZAPATA AND ESCOBAS AND HIGHWAY 83 BETWEEN ZAPATA AND SAN YGNACIO.
FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY CONTINUING IN SOME OF THESE AREAS.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
ZAPATA...BUSTAMANTE...MEDINA...ZAPATA MIDDLE SCHOOL...LAS PALMAS...
ESCOBAS...ZAPATA HIGH SCHOOL...FALCON LAKE ESTATES...ZAPATA COUNTY
PUBLIC LIBRARY AND FALCON SHORES.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA ON TOP OF THE 1 INCH THAT HAS FALLEN SINCE 730 AM. IN
TOTAL...AN ESTIMATED 4 TO 8 INCHES HAS FALLEN IN THE WARNED AREA.
THE RAIN BANDS ARE GRADUALLY SHIFTING NORTHWEST AND THE WARNING WILL
LIKELY BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 915 AM.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU
CAN DO SO SAFELY. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES TO SR 16 AND HIGHWAY 83 OUT
OF ZAPATA CITY UNTIL THE RAINS TAPER OFF AND FLOODING SUBSIDES.

&&

LAT...LON 2722 9894 2704 9873 2674 9923 2676 9924
      2679 9924 2682 9926 2685 9927 2686 9929
      2687 9932 2688 9933 2689 9933 2690 9932
      2692 9933 2693 9938

$$

52/BSG

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