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Coastal Flood Statement 21, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this coastal flood statement at Nov 6, 2020, 2:36 PM CST for Kenedy County, Texas. It took effect at Nov 6, 2020, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 6, 2020, 2:36 PM CST (20:36 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 6, 2020, 6:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Nov 7, 2020, 9:00 AM CST
- In force
- 15 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 20:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 94 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
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -258 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1004 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -35 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
390 WHUS44 KBRO 062036 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 236 PM CST Fri Nov 6 2020 TXZ256-257-351-070445- /O.NEW.KBRO.CF.S.0021.201107T0000Z-201107T1200Z/ Coastal Willacy-Coastal Cameron-Coastal Kenedy- 236 PM CST Fri Nov 6 2020 * WHAT...Isolated minor coastal flooding expected. * WHERE...Coastal Kenedy, Coastal Cameron and Coastal Willacy Counties. * WHEN...From 6 PM CST this evening through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Wave run-up may approach the dunes along narrow beaches. Beach equipment, such as umbrellas and chairs, could be moved by waves. Vehicles driving along narrow beaches may experience higher water levels. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Do not drive through flooded roadways. && $$ Castillo
2 follow-up statements
499 WHUS44 KBRO 070407 CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Brownsville TX 1007 PM CST Fri Nov 6 2020 TXZ256-257-351-071200- /O.CON.KBRO.CF.S.0021.000000T0000Z-201107T1200Z/ Coastal Willacy-Coastal Cameron-Coastal Kenedy- 1007 PM CST Fri Nov 6 2020 * WHAT...Isolated minor coastal flooding expected. * WHERE...Coastal Kenedy, Coastal Cameron and Coastal Willacy Counties. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Wave run-up may approach the dunes along narrow beaches. Beach equipment, such as umbrellas and chairs, could be moved by waves. Vehicles driving along narrow beaches may experience higher water levels. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Do not drive through flooded roadways. && $$
185 WHUS44 KBRO 070913 AAA CFWBRO Coastal Hazard Message...UPDATED National Weather Service Brownsville TX 313 AM CST Sat Nov 7 2020 TXZ256-257-351-071500- /O.EXT.KBRO.CF.S.0021.000000T0000Z-201107T1500Z/ Coastal Willacy-Coastal Cameron-Coastal Kenedy- 313 AM CST Sat Nov 7 2020 * WHAT...Isolated minor coastal flooding expected. * WHERE...Coastal Kenedy, Coastal Cameron and Coastal Willacy Counties. * WHEN...Until 9 AM CST this morning. * IMPACTS...Wave run-up may approach the dunes along narrow beaches. Beach equipment, such as umbrellas and chairs, could be moved by waves. Vehicles driving along narrow beaches may experience higher water levels. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Do not drive through flooded roadways. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 6, 2:34 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | BRO | 13 hr |
Nearby
Coastal Flood Statements in Texas, 2020Every coastal flood statement in 2020
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.