Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this flash flood warning at Apr 18, 2016, 7:21 PM CDT for Starr County, Texas. It was in force for 114 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
- Apr 18, 2016, 7:21 PM CDT (00:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 18, 2016, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 114 min
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Starr County, TX
The radar
The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:23 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, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 140 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
- 1260 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 947 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 308 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 4.3
The text
As transmitted.
738
WGUS54 KBRO 190021
FFWBRO
TXC427-190215-
/O.NEW.KBRO.FF.W.0003.160419T0021Z-160419T0215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
721 PM CDT MON APR 18 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL STARR COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS...
* UNTIL 915 PM CDT
* AT 720 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
RIO GRANDE CITY...SULLIVAN CITY...GARCIASVILLE...LA GRULLA...GRULLA
MIDDLE SCHOOL...LA PUERTA...SANTA CRUZ...STARR COUNTY MEMORIAL
HOSPITAL...LOS ALVAREZ AND LAS LOMAS.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. 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.
&&
LAT...LON 2626 9868 2627 9872 2628 9870 2629 9871
2630 9875 2631 9875 2631 9874 2633 9875
2633 9879 2637 9880 2635 9890 2637 9890
2638 9892 2663 9875 2663 9841 2626 9859
2625 9862 2626 9862 2624 9864 2624 9867
$$
CASTILLO1 follow-up statement
607
WGUS74 KBRO 190207
FFSBRO
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
907 PM CDT MON APR 18 2016
TXC427-190217-
/O.EXP.KBRO.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160419T0215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
STARR TX-
907 PM CDT MON APR 18 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CENTRAL STARR COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
915 PM CDT...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A
THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 2626 9868 2627 9872 2628 9870 2629 9871
2630 9875 2631 9875 2631 9874 2633 9875
2633 9879 2637 9880 2635 9890 2637 9890
2638 9892 2663 9875 2663 9841 2626 9859
2625 9862 2626 9862 2624 9864 2624 9867
$$
CASTILLOThe office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 18, 7:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Starr | 32 min |
| Apr 18, 7:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Hidalgo | 47 min |
| Apr 18, 7:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Hidalgo, Starr | 59 min |
| Apr 18, 7:56 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Hidalgo | 94 min |
| Apr 18, 8:07 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | BRO | 113 min | |
| Apr 18, 8:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Cameron | 57 min |
| Apr 18, 8:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Willacy | 41 min |
| Apr 18, 8:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Cameron | 1 min |
| Apr 18, 8:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Cameron | 45 min |
| Apr 18, 8:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Hidalgo | 49 min |
| Apr 18, 9:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Zapata | 47 min |
| Apr 18, 9:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Cameron | 46 min |
| Apr 18, 9:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Zapata | 56 min |
| Apr 18, 9:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Cameron | 40 min |
| Apr 18, 9:57 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Cameron | 93 min |
| Apr 18, 10:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Zapata | 40 min |
| Apr 18, 10:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Cameron | 31 min |
| Apr 18, 10:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Zapata | 38 min |
| Apr 18, 10:22 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Cameron | 83 min |
| Apr 18, 10:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Cameron | 2 hr |
| Apr 18, 10:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Cameron | 44 min |
| Apr 18, 11:22 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | BRO | 53 min | |
| Apr 18, 11:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Zapata | 34 min |
| Apr 19, 1:19 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Cameron | 41 min |
| Apr 19, 2:08 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | BRO | 37 min |
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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.