1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Jul 16, 2:15 AM CST, 3 hours 15 minutes earlier.
DEEP SOUTH TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION...COR TO TEXT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 315 AM CDT TUE JUL 16 2002 SHORT TERM...BRO 88D RADAR IMAGES INDICATE CONVECTION ALONG THE MEXICAN COAST ON THE PRECIPICE OF REACHING THE LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY EARLY THIS MORNING. ONE HOUR RADAR PRECIP ESTIMATES RAINFALL RATES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF TWO TO THREE INCHES OFFSHORE THE MEXICAN COAST. THEREFORE...FFA WARRANTED TODAY FOR THE ENTIRE CWA ESPECIALLY WESTERN PORTIONS WHERE RAINS FROM YESTERDAY HAVE SATURATED DRY GROUNDS. BELIEVE CONVECTION WILL TREND WESTWARD OVER THE CWA TODAY WITH HIGHER POPS EAST INITIALLY AND HIGHER WEST TONIGHT. COLD CLOUD TOPS ON IR SAT IMAGES INDICATE CONVECTION OFFSHORE MEXICAN COAST PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL AS RRQ OF 200MB JET STREAK OVER NORTHEAST TX AIDS UPPER LEVEL DIFFLUENCE OVER THE EXTREME WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO. RUC 1000-500MB STREAM ANALYSIS BRINGS TROPICAL MCS ALONG THE MEXICAN COAST NORTHWARD. WILL MAINTAIN LIKELY CATEGORY POPS TODAY WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. 700MB RIDGE OVER THE NORTHERN GULF COAST SHOULD BUILD WESTWARD WEDNESDAY BRINGING AN END TO THIS HEAVY RAINFALL EVENT AS THE INVERTED 700MB TROUGH OVER SOUTHWEST TX WEAKENS. WILL KEEP SLIGHT CHANCE POPS FOR WEDNESDAY AS PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES SHOULD DIMINISH WITH DRIER AIR ADVECTING ACROSS THE CWA ABOVE 700MB. EXTENDED...WILL CONTINUE DRYING TREND THURSDAY AS 500MB RIDGE OVER THE NORTHERN GULF COAST BUILDS WESTWARD OVER SOUTH TX. ZONAL FLOW ACROSS DEEP SOUTH TX SHOULD KEEP THE REST OF THE PERIOD RELATIVELY DRY WITH A FEW SEABREEZE SHOWERS DEVELOPING DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. MARINE...A MODERATE TO STRONG ONSHORE FLOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT AS HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE CENTRAL GULF INTERACTS WITH LOW PRESSURE OVER NORTHERN MEXICO. A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE OVER NORTHERN MEXICO WILL GENERATE NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE LOWER TEXAS WATERS THROUGH TONIGHT. RAIN CHANCES WILL DECREASE THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK...AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE REGION. SYNOPTIC...CASTILLO.61 AVIATION-MARINE-MESO...PHILO.58 INTERNET ADDRESS...WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/BRO PRELIMINARY NUMBERS... BRO TB 090/078 094/077 094 70/40/20/10/10 HRL TB 091/079 095/078 096 70/40/20/10/10 MFE TB 092/077 096/077 097 60/50/10/20/05 RGC TB 093/076 098/076 099 60/50/10/20/05 SPI TB 088/082 089/082 090 70/40/20/10/10 .BRO...FFA FOR TXZ248>257 UNTIL 00Z/SCA FOR GMZ150-155-170-175-.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Law enforcement officials reported flash flooding over Highway 16 near Escobas.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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