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River Flood Warning 1, NWS Brownsville, TX

July 29, 2020Cameron County, Texas

NWS Brownsville, TX issued this river flood warning at Jul 29, 2020, 10:57 AM CDT for Cameron County, Texas. It took effect at Jul 29, 2020, 2:05 PM CDT. It was in force for 42 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 29, 2020, 10:57 AM CDT (15:57 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 29, 2020, 2:05 PM CDT
Expired: Jul 31, 2020, 8:29 AM CDT
In force: 42 hr
Issued by: NWS Brownsville, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Cameron County, TX

The radar

The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Rio Grande near San Benito (SBNT2).

Action stage: 44 ft
Minor stage: 55 ft
Moderate stage: 56 ft
Major stage: 58 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood warning 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 river flood warning went out at Jul 28, 6:40 PM CDT, 16 hours 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 28, 6:40 PM CDT, 16 hours 17 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 29, 9:55 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BRO	Brooks, Cameron, Willacy	50 min
Jul 29, 11:11 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BRO	Brooks, Kenedy	49 min
Jul 29, 11:17 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	BRO		58 min
Jul 29, 11:26 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	BRO		34 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Texas, 2020 Every river flood warning 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.