Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Brownsville, TX

Issued

Apr 18, 2016, 10:45 PM CDT (03:45 UTC)

Expired

Apr 19, 2016, 12:45 AM CDT

In force

2 hr

Issued by

NWS Brownsville, TX

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

County Cameron County, TX

The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 6 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

643 
WGUS54 KBRO 190345
FFWBRO
TXC061-190545-
/O.NEW.KBRO.FF.W.0004.160419T0345Z-160419T0545Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
1045 PM CDT MON APR 18 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE  HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL CAMERON COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS...

* UNTIL 1245 AM CDT

* AT 1044 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...
  LOS FRESNOS...RANCHO VIEJO...LAURELES...DOWNTOWN BROWNSVILLE...CAMERON
  PARK...SOUTHMOST...OLMITO...BROWNSVILLE...LINCOLN PARK AND SAMS
  MEMORIAL STADIUM.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

&&

LAT...LON 2586 9741 2584 9741 2585 9745 2588 9746
      2588 9750 2590 9750 2589 9752 2592 9753
      2594 9758 2596 9758 2599 9763 2600 9762
      2601 9764 2610 9762 2614 9731 2592 9734
      2593 9734 2591 9737 2589 9736 2584 9737

$$

CASTILLO

718 
WGUS74 KBRO 190501
FFSBRO

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
1201 AM CDT TUE APR 19 2016

TXC061-190545-
/O.CON.KBRO.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160419T0545Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CAMERON TX-
1201 AM CDT TUE APR 19 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 AM CDT FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL CAMERON COUNTY...

AT 1155 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED AREAS OF FLASH
FLOODING IN THE CITY OF BROWNSVILLE. FROM TWO TO THREE INCHES OF
RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE BROWNSVILLE AREA. FLASH FLOODING
IS OCCURRING IN SECTIONS OF THE CITY.

BROWNSVILLE POLICE REPORTED WATER COVERING NUMEROUS ROADS WITH CARS
BEING STUCK IN FLOOD WATERS...INCLUDING PORTIONS OF PALM BLVD...
BOCA CHICA BLVD...ALTON GLOOR AND EXPRESSWAY 77. 

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
BROWNSVILLE...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

&&

LAT...LON 2586 9741 2584 9741 2585 9745 2588 9746
      2588 9750 2590 9750 2589 9752 2592 9753
      2594 9758 2596 9758 2599 9763 2600 9762
      2601 9764 2610 9762 2614 9731 2592 9734
      2593 9734 2591 9737 2589 9736 2584 9737

$$

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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.