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Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Brownsville, TX

May 14, 2016Brooks County, Texas

NWS Brownsville, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 14, 2016, 3:49 PM CDT for Brooks County, Texas. It was in force for 116 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
May 14, 2016, 3:49 PM CDT (20:49 UTC)
Expired
May 14, 2016, 5:45 PM CDT
In force
116 min
Issued by
NWS Brownsville, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Brooks County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 123 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 2016-05-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1239 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 2016-05-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -40 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1239 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-87 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
707 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
5 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-20 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

385 
WGUS54 KBRO 142049
FFWBRO
TXC047-142245-
/O.NEW.KBRO.FF.W.0006.160514T2049Z-160514T2245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
349 PM CDT SAT MAY 14 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE  HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT

* AT 348 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
  ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  FALFURRIAS...ENCINO...LA COLONIA PARK...FALFURRIAS FIRE STATION...
  FALFURRIAS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL...PLEASANT PARK...HIDALGO CITY PARK AND
  CANTU ADDITION.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 2726 9814 2692 9805 2691 9840 2695 9842
      2705 9842 2705 9847 2714 9847 2714 9849
      2724 9849 2724 9851 2725 9851 2725 9853
      2726 9853

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 14, 12:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROZapata42 min
May 14, 12:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROZapata46 min
May 14, 1:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROZapata44 min
May 14, 1:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROJim Hogg52 min
May 14, 1:30 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBROJim Hogg, Zapata90 min
May 14, 1:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROBrooks40 min
May 14, 1:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROJim Hogg48 min
May 14, 2:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROBrooks38 min
May 14, 2:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROBrooks52 min
May 14, 2:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROJim Hogg52 min
May 14, 2:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROZapata47 min
May 14, 2:42 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBROBrooks, Jim Hogg93 min
May 14, 3:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROBrooks41 min
May 14, 3:21 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBROZapata114 min
May 14, 3:37 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBROBrooks, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Starr113 min
May 14, 3:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROBrooks61 min
May 14, 4:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROBrooks, Hidalgo41 min
May 14, 4:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROHidalgo51 min
May 14, 4:43 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningBROBrooks, Hidalgo, Kenedy2 hr
May 14, 5:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROHidalgo, Willacy48 min
May 14, 5:45 PM CDTTornado WarningBROHidalgo, Willacy21 min
May 14, 5:55 PM CDTTornado WarningBROCameron, Hidalgo23 min
May 14, 5:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROHidalgo32 min
May 14, 6:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBROHidalgo43 min
May 14, 6:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROStarr56 min
May 14, 6:28 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBROHidalgo92 min
May 14, 6:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementBROHidalgo46 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.