Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings in 2017
Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 29, 2017, 1:43 AM CDT for Brooks County, Hidalgo County, Starr County, Texas. It was in force for 92 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 29, 2017, 1:43 AM CDT (06:43 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 2017, 3:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 92 min
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Brooks County, TX, Hidalgo County, TX, Starr County, TX
The radar
The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 1:53 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Rio Grande City, TX | RIO GRANDE CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTS FLOODING ON EMBASSY STREET....LA LOMA...AND AT THE INTERSECTION OF MAIN AND WASHINGTON. DEPTH OF WATER UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME. |
| May 29, 2:07 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Falfurrias, TX | FALFURRIAS FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTS FLOODING ON NOBLE STREET AND AT THE INTERSECTION OF ST MARYS AND BENNETT. WATER DEPTH ON NOBLE STREET 18 INCHES. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Brownsville Intl, TX (KBRO), launched 00:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 141 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
- 3968 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -71 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 659 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 2.9
The text
As transmitted.
205
WGUS54 KBRO 290643
FFWBRO
TXC047-215-427-290815-
/O.NEW.KBRO.FF.W.0006.170529T0643Z-170529T0815Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Brownsville TX
143 AM CDT MON MAY 29 2017
The National Weather Service in Brownsville has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Northwestern Hidalgo County in Deep South Texas...
Eastern Starr County in Deep South Texas...
Brooks County in Deep South Texas...
* Until 315 AM CDT
* At 142 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Three to five inches of rain
have already fallen. Flash flooding is expected to begin shortly.
* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Rio Grande City, Falfurrias, Sullivan City, Encino, Garciasville,
Rachal, Mccook, La Grulla, Puerto Rico and La Victoria.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Please report flooding to your local law enforcement agency when you
can do so safely.
A Flash Flood Warning means that flooding is imminent or occurring.
If you are in the warned area move to higher ground immediately.
Residents living along streams and creeks should take immediate
precautions to protect life and property.
&&
LAT...LON 2726 9799 2677 9799 2626 9858 2624 9867
2637 9880 2635 9890 2639 9893 2637 9895
2638 9895 2678 9842 2726 9843
$$
TOMASELLI1 follow-up statement
169
WGUS74 KBRO 290808
FFSBRO
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Brownsville TX
308 AM CDT MON MAY 29 2017
TXC047-215-427-290818-
/O.EXP.KBRO.FF.W.0006.000000T0000Z-170529T0815Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Hidalgo TX-Starr TX-Brooks TX-
308 AM CDT MON MAY 29 2017
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN HIDALGO...EASTERN STARR
AND BROOKS COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 315 AM CDT...
The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a
threat. Please continue to heed any remaining road closures.
LAT...LON 2726 9799 2677 9799 2626 9858 2624 9867
2637 9880 2635 9890 2639 9893 2637 9895
2638 9895 2678 9842 2726 9843
$$
TOMASELLIThe office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 10:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Zapata | 62 min |
| May 28, 11:14 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Zapata | 91 min |
| May 28, 11:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Jim Hogg, Zapata | 65 min |
| May 28, 11:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Jim Hogg, Starr, Zapata | 64 min |
| May 28, 11:49 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Zapata | 86 min |
| May 29, 12:16 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Jim Hogg, Starr | 89 min |
| May 29, 12:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Brooks, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Starr | 52 min |
| May 29, 12:37 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Jim Hogg, Starr, Zapata | 83 min |
| May 29, 12:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Brooks, Jim Hogg, Kenedy | 62 min |
| May 29, 1:03 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Brooks, Starr | 87 min |
| May 29, 1:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Brooks, Hidalgo, Kenedy, Starr, Willacy | 59 min |
| May 29, 1:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Starr | 48 min |
| May 29, 1:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Brooks, Kenedy | 62 min |
| May 29, 2:08 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Willacy | 52 min |
| May 29, 2:24 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Hidalgo | 36 min |
| May 29, 2:35 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | BRO | 85 min | |
| May 29, 2:45 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Cameron, Hidalgo, Willacy | 90 min |
| May 29, 2:47 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Kenedy | 43 min |
| May 29, 2:53 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Cameron | 52 min |
| May 29, 3:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Willacy | 38 min |
| May 29, 3:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Hidalgo | 46 min |
| May 29, 3:41 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Cameron, Hidalgo, Willacy | 64 min |
| May 29, 3:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Cameron | 64 min |
| May 29, 3:55 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | BRO | 95 min | |
| May 29, 4:37 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Cameron | 53 min |
| May 29, 4:40 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Cameron | 50 min |
| May 29, 5:27 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | BRO | 63 min | |
| May 29, 9:15 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory for Winds | BRO | 3 hr |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.