1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Brownsville, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 28, 1:05 PM CST, 1 hour 1 minute earlier.
DEEP SOUTH TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION...COR TO ADD ONE WORD FCSTS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 205 PM CDT FRI JUN 28 2002 VIS SAT SHOWS AN IMPRESSIVE MARINE MCS APPROACHING THE CWA FROM THE SE...THIS LOOKS TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH A VORT MAX ORBITING A 300 MB CENTER RESOLVABLE IN WV IMAGERY OVER SOUTHERN TAMAULIPAS. CURRENTLY HAVE A MWS COVERING THIS FEATURE UNTIL 23Z. VIS LOOP ALSO SHOWS AN OUTFLOW BNDRY SAGGING SOUTHWARD INTO THE NORTHERN PERIPHERY OF THE CWA. ANOTHER WEAK VORT TO THE W OF THE CWA IS SETTING OFF TSRA OVER NORTHERN NUEVO LEON AND COAHUILA. BETWEEN ALL OF THIS...MUCH OF THE CWA IS SITUATED IN A NARROW RIDGE OF SUBSIDENT AIR. THIS COULD EXPLAIN WHY BRO IS NOW AT 93...WHEN THE AM SOUNDING HAS A CONVECTIVE TEMP OF 85. WITH MOIST UNSTABLE TROPICAL AIR MASS OVERHEAD...FEEL THE STAGE IS SET FOR AN ACTIVE PM AND EARLY EVENING. WV LOOP SUGGESTS SUBSIDENT RIDGE IS SHIFTING WESTWARD OUT OF THE CWA. WITH OUTFLOW BNDRY APPROACHING FROM THE N AND MCS APPROACHING FROM THE SE...FEEL WIDESPREAD DEEP CONVECTION IS POSSIBLE OVER MUCH OF THE CWA...ESPECIALLY OVER THE COASTAL COUNTIES. ON RADAR LOOP...DEEP CONVECTION IS ALREADY BEGINNING TO FIRE OVER THE NORTHEASTERN CWA. ALL THE MODEL GUIDANCE IS IN GENERAL AGREEMENT THAT THIS MOIST PATTERN WILL CONTINUE. AN H5 CUTOFF/INVERTED TROF IS PROGGED TO REMAIN FAVORABLE SITUATED TO THE WEST AND SOUTH OF THE CWA THRU DAY 7. NCEP ENSEMBLES SUPPORT THIS SOLUTION AS WELL. SAT LOOKS VERY WET...WITH MOS GUIDANCE HANGING AROUND THE 70 PERCENT LEVEL. MOS GUIDANCE LOOKS PRETTY CONSISTENT TEMPWISE...WITH STAY WITHIN THE ENVELOPE OF CONSENSUS. FEEL MODELS ARE GENERALLY UNDERDONE WITH THE QPF AMOUNTS...AS CONVECTIVE SYSTEMS HAVE PROVEN TO PRODUCE MORE RAIN THAN PROGGED. WILL KEEP POPS IN THE FCST THRU DAY 7. MARINE...BOY020 REPORTS IN WITH 6 FT SEAS...AND WINDS FROM 140 AT 10G14. A BROAD AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER NORTHWEST MEXICO...AND A HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE OVER THE GULF...INCREASES THE PRESSURE GRADIENT. EXPECT ROUGH WEATHER FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS DUE TO CONVERGING BNDRY IN THE NORTHERN WATERS AND MCS APPROACHING FROM THE SE. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE OVER THE LOWER TEXAS COAST WILL ENHANCE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY THROUGH THE WEEKEND. WINDS AND SEAS WILL BE HIGHER NEAR ANY THUNDERSTORM...WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL LIKELY. WWIII MODEL SUGGESTS SE FETCH WILL BE MAINTAINED INTO THE COASTAL WATERS. WINDS OVER THAT FETCH ARE PROGGED TO GRADUALLY SUBSIDE WITH TIME AS H5 CUTOFF TO THE W GRADUALLY WEAKENS WITH TIME. BRO TE 078/090 077/093 078 50/70/30/20/10 HRL TE 077/092 076/095 076 50/70/30/20/10 MFE TE 076/095 077/097 077 40/70/20/20/20 RGC EE 076/098 075/100 075 30/40/30/30/30 SPI EE 080/086 079/087 079 50/40/30/20/20 SYNOPTIC...MCELROY AVIATION-MARINE-MESO...MCGUIRE INTERNET ADDRESS...WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/BRO .BRO...NONE.
TXZ248>257-281845- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 937 AM CDT FRI JUN 28 2002 ...NEEDED RAINFALL SCHEDULED FOR THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS... AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE CENTERED JUST OFFSHORE OF THE TEXAS COASTLINE WILL GENERATE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY OVER THE DEEP SOUTH TEXAS THIS WEEKEND. LATE THIS MORNING...MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORMS ACTIVITY WAS LOCATED ALONG AND JUST OFF THE LOWER TEXAS COASTLINE. THIS THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL PRIMARILY AFFECT THE LOWER TEXAS GULF WATERS AND THE COASTAL COUNTIES OF CAMERON... WILLACY AND KENEDY THROUGH THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. AS THE DAY PROGRESSES...THE THREAT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD FURTHER WEST OVER HIDALGO...BROOKS...JIM HOGG...STARR AND ZAPATA COUNTIES...AS DAYTIME HEATING ASSISTS IN THE LIFTING PROCESS. THE ATMOSPHERE OVER THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY IS VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE. ALTHOUGH WIDESPREAD SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TODAY... ISOLATED INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAINS... FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING AND BRIEF WIND GUSTS FROM 35 TO 45 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. THE THREAT OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY...AS THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH SLOWLY DRIFTS WEST INTO CENTRAL TEXAS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. PHILO PHILO
TXZ248>257-281845- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 955 AM CDT FRI JUN 28 2002 ...NEEDED RAINFALL SCHEDULED FOR THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS... AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE CENTERED JUST OFFSHORE OF THE TEXAS COASTLINE WILL GENERATE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY OVER THE DEEP SOUTH TEXAS THIS WEEKEND. LATE THIS MORNING...MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS LOCATED ALONG AND JUST OFF THE LOWER TEXAS COASTLINE. THIS THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL PRIMARILY AFFECT THE LOWER TEXAS GULF WATERS AND THE COASTAL COUNTIES OF CAMERON...WILLACY AND KENEDY THROUGH THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. AS THE DAY PROGRESSES...THE THREAT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD FURTHER WEST OVER HIDALGO...BROOKS...JIM HOGG...STARR AND ZAPATA COUNTIES...AS DAYTIME HEATING ASSISTS IN THE LIFTING PROCESS. THE ATMOSPHERE OVER THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY IS VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE. ALTHOUGH WIDESPREAD SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TODAY... ISOLATED INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAINS... FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING AND BRIEF WIND GUSTS FROM 35 TO 45 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. THE THREAT OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY...AS THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH SLOWLY DRIFTS WEST INTO CENTRAL TEXAS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. PHILO PHILO
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
1023 AM CDT FRI JUN 28 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1023 AM 3 E FALFURRIAS TX FLOOD
06/28/02 BROOKS REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT
OFFICIAL.
WATER OVER
HIGHWAY 285The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 109 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:08 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Intense thunderstorms dropped up to 5 inches of rain over northeast Brooks county. The rain produced flash flooding along and over State Highway 295 5 miles east of Falfurrias.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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