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Flash Flood Watch 3, NWS Brownsville, TX
NWS Brownsville, TX issued this flash flood watch at Jun 3, 2021, 2:01 PM CDT for 8 counties in Texas. It took effect at Jun 3, 2021, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 3, 2021, 2:01 PM CDT (19:01 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 3, 2021, 7:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Jun 4, 2021, 3:14 AM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Brownsville, TX
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Brooks County, TX, Cameron County, TX, Hidalgo County, TX, Jim Hogg County, TX, Kenedy County, TX, Starr County, TX, Willacy County, TX, Zapata County, TX
The radar
The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Brownsville Intl, TX (KBRO), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 120 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
- 1821 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 811 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
304 WGUS64 KBRO 031901 FFABRO URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Flood Watch National Weather Service Brownsville TX 201 PM CDT Thu Jun 3 2021 .An upper level trough of low pressure across west Texas will continue to bring abundant moisture across portions of deep south Texas tonight into Friday while a frontal boundary remains stationary across south Texas. This will provide the potential for heavy rainfall across the Rio Grande Valley and northern ranchlands tonight through early Saturday morning. TXZ248>257-351-353-040315- /O.NEW.KBRO.FF.A.0003.210604T0000Z-210605T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Zapata-Jim Hogg-Brooks-Inland Kenedy-Starr-Southern Hidalgo-Inland Willacy-Inland Cameron-Coastal Willacy-Coastal Cameron-Coastal Kenedy-Northern Hidalgo- Including the cities of Brownsville, Rio Grande City, Raymondville, Weslaco, Sarita, Zapata, Edinburg, Port Mansfield, Pharr, Mission, Port Isabel, McAllen, South Padre Island, San Manuel, Laguna Heights, Falfurrias, Roma, Harlingen, Hebbronville, and Laguna Vista 201 PM CDT Thu Jun 3 2021 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... The National Weather Service in Brownsville has issued a * Flash Flood Watch for a portion of Deep South Texas, including the following areas, Brooks, Coastal Cameron, Coastal Kenedy, Coastal Willacy, Inland Cameron, Inland Kenedy, Inland Willacy, Jim Hogg, Northern Hidalgo, Southern Hidalgo, Starr and Zapata. * From 7 PM CDT this evening through Saturday morning. * Rainfall from the past week has provided saturated soils across most portions of deep south Texas. Periods of heavy rainfall from showers and thunderstorms are expected tonight through early Saturday morning. Rainfall amounts of 1 to 3 inches can be expected tonight through Friday night with isolated amounts up to 5 inches. * Low-lying and poorly-draining areas will experience flash flooding. Heavy rainfall over a short period of time will cause difficulty in driving. Motorists are urged to find alternative routes if flooding roadways are encountered. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... You should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action should Flash Flood Warnings be issued. && $$ Castillo
2 follow-up statements
633 WGUS64 KBRO 040313 FFABRO Flood Watch National Weather Service Brownsville TX 1013 PM CDT Thu Jun 3 2021 TXZ248>257-351-353-041115- /O.CON.KBRO.FF.A.0003.000000T0000Z-210605T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Zapata-Jim Hogg-Brooks-Inland Kenedy-Starr-Southern Hidalgo-Inland Willacy-Inland Cameron-Coastal Willacy-Coastal Cameron-Coastal Kenedy-Northern Hidalgo- Including the cities of Brownsville, Rio Grande City, Raymondville, Weslaco, Sarita, Zapata, Edinburg, Port Mansfield, Pharr, Mission, Port Isabel, McAllen, South Padre Island, San Manuel, Laguna Heights, Falfurrias, Roma, Harlingen, Hebbronville, and Laguna Vista 1013 PM CDT Thu Jun 3 2021 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... The Flash Flood Watch continues for * A portion of Deep South Texas, including the following areas, Brooks, Coastal Cameron, Coastal Kenedy, Coastal Willacy, Inland Cameron, Inland Kenedy, Inland Willacy, Jim Hogg, Northern Hidalgo, Southern Hidalgo, Starr and Zapata. * Through Saturday morning. * Rainfall from the past week has provided saturated soils across most portions of Deep South Texas. Periods of heavy rainfall from showers and thunderstorms are expected tonight through early Saturday morning. Rainfall amounts of 1 to 3 inches can be expected tonight through Friday night with isolated amounts up to 5 inches. * Low-lying and poorly-draining areas will experience flash flooding. Heavy rainfall over a short period of time will cause difficulty in driving. Motorists are urged to find alternative routes if flooding roadways are encountered. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... You should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action should Flash Flood Warnings be issued. && $$ Speece
968 WGUS64 KBRO 040814 FFABRO Flood Watch National Weather Service Brownsville TX 314 AM CDT Fri Jun 4 2021 TXZ248>257-351-353-040915- /O.CAN.KBRO.FF.A.0003.000000T0000Z-210605T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Zapata-Jim Hogg-Brooks-Inland Kenedy-Starr-Southern Hidalgo-Inland Willacy-Inland Cameron-Coastal Willacy-Coastal Cameron-Coastal Kenedy-Northern Hidalgo- Including the cities of Brownsville, Rio Grande City, Raymondville, Weslaco, Sarita, Zapata, Edinburg, Port Mansfield, Pharr, Mission, Port Isabel, McAllen, South Padre Island, San Manuel, Laguna Heights, Falfurrias, Roma, Harlingen, Hebbronville, and Laguna Vista 314 AM CDT Fri Jun 4 2021 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... The Flash Flood Watch for a portion of Deep South Texas, including the following areas, Brooks, Coastal Cameron, Coastal Kenedy, Coastal Willacy, Inland Cameron, Inland Kenedy, Inland Willacy, Jim Hogg, Northern Hidalgo, Southern Hidalgo, Starr and Zapata has been cancelled. The Flash Flood Watch is cancelled. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a threat. Please continue to heed remaining road closures. $$ Farris
The office that day
Everything else NWS Brownsville, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 3:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Willacy | 55 min |
| Jun 3, 3:46 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Kenedy | 3 hr |
| Jun 3, 4:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Hidalgo | 61 min |
| Jun 3, 4:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Willacy | 70 min |
| Jun 3, 4:39 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Willacy | 111 min |
| Jun 3, 4:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Hidalgo | 47 min |
| Jun 3, 5:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Starr | 33 min |
| Jun 3, 5:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Jim Hogg, Zapata | 77 min |
| Jun 3, 6:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | BRO | Starr | 77 min |
| Jun 3, 6:31 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BRO | Brooks, Jim Hogg, Starr, Zapata | 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.