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Coastal Flood Statement 33, NWS Brownsville, TX

November 11, 2019Kenedy County, Texas

NWS Brownsville, TX issued this coastal flood statement at Nov 11, 2019, 3:57 AM CST for Kenedy County, Texas. It took effect at Nov 11, 2019, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 27 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 11, 2019, 3:57 AM CST (09:57 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 11, 2019, 6:00 PM CST
Expired
Nov 12, 2019, 9:00 PM CST
In force
27 hr
Issued by
NWS Brownsville, TX

County Kenedy County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:01 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, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 117 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, Brownsville Intl, TX at 00:00Z on 2019-11-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 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, Brownsville Intl, TX at 00:00Z on 2019-11-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 61 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
926 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
61 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
157 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this coastal flood statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Brownsville, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this coastal flood statement went out at Nov 11, 3:45 AM CST, 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 11, 3:45 AM CST, 12 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 10, 4:11 PM CST, 11 hours 46 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Brownsville TX
411 PM CST Sun Nov 10 2019

TXZ248>257-351-353-112215-
Zapata-Jim Hogg-Brooks-Inland Kenedy-Starr-Southern Hidalgo-
Inland Willacy-Inland Cameron-Coastal Willacy-Coastal Cameron-
Coastal Kenedy-Northern Hidalgo-
411 PM CST Sun Nov 10 2019

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of Deep South
Texas.

.DAY ONE...Tonight

There is a moderate risk of rip currents along the lower Texas
coast.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday

A Wind Advisory will likely be needed for mainly the coastal
counties of Deep South Texas Monday night and Tuesday with the
passage of a strong cold front.

A Wind Chill Advisory may be possible for much of Deep South
Texas and the Rio Grande Valley on Tuesday.

Minor coastal flooding will be possible around high tide cycles
from Monday night through Wednesday, especially along the southern
bays.

An elevated risk of rip currents is likely at the local beaches
from Tuesday through Thursday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will not be needed at this time.

GMZ130-132-135-150-155-170-175-112215-
Laguna Madre from the Port of Brownsville to the Arroyo Colorado-
Laguna Madre from the Arroyo Colorado To 5 NM north of Port
Mansfield TX-
Laguna Madre from 5 nm north of Port Mansfield to Baffin Bay TX-
Coastal waters from Port Mansfield to the Rio Grande out 20 nm-
Coastal waters from Baffin Bay to Port Mansfield out 20 nm-
Waters from Port Mansfield to the Rio Grande extending from 20 to
60 nm-
Waters from Baffin Bay to Port Mansfield extending from 20 to
60 nm-
411 PM CST Sun Nov 10 2019

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of The Gulf of
Mexico and The Laguna Madre.

.DAY ONE...Tonight

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday

A Gale Warning has been issued for all of the coastal waters of
Deep South Texas from 9 PM CST Monday through 6 PM CST Tuesday
due to dangerous marine conditions behind a strong cold front
Monday night.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will not be needed at this time.

Frye

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 11, 3:39 AM CSTWind AdvisoryBROBrooks, Cameron, Hidalgo, Kenedy, Willacy33 hr
Nov 11, 3:25 PM CSTWind Chill AdvisoryBROBrooks, Cameron, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Kenedy, Starr and 2 more27 hr
Nov 11, 3:37 PM CSTCoastal Flood AdvisoryBRO29 hr

Nearby

Coastal Flood Statements in Texas, 2019Every coastal flood statement in 2019

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.