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Coastal Flood Statement 1, NWS Brownsville, TX

March 16, 2026Cameron County, Kenedy County, Willacy County, Texas

NWS Brownsville, TX issued this coastal flood statement at Mar 16, 2026, 2:29 PM CDT for Cameron County, Kenedy County, Willacy County, Texas. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 16, 2026, 2:29 PM CDT (19:29 UTC)
Expired
Mar 17, 2026, 5:00 AM CDT
In force
15 hr
Issued by
NWS Brownsville, TX

Counties Cameron County, TX, Kenedy County, TX, Willacy County, TX

The radar

The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Mar 15, 6:24 PM CDT, 20 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 15, 6:24 PM CDT, 20 hours 5 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 16, 4:54 PM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryBRO14 hr

Nearby

Coastal Flood Statements in Texas, 2026Every coastal flood statement in 2026

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.