1 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 Oct 10, 1:30 PM CST, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.
DEEP SOUTH TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 230 PM CDT THU OCT 10 2002 SHORT TERM...DRIER AIR IS PUSHING INTO THE REGION TODAY AS INDICATED ON WATER VAPOR IMAGERY AS WELL AS A DROP IN PWATS IN BRO SOUNDINGS FROM 2.20 IN AT 00Z TO 1.78 IN AT 12Z. THE UPPER AND MID LEVEL FLOW IS BECOMING MORE WESTERLY AND IS EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE DRY AND NORTHERLY AS A HIGH BUILDS OVER N. MEXICO. AT THE SURFACE...NORTH TO NORTHEASTERLY FLOW WILL CONTINUE UNTIL HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN TONIGHT/FRIDAY. RECENT RAINS...LIGHT WINDS AND HIGH PRESSURE MAY LEAD TO FOG FRI AM. ON THE WEEKEND...AN UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL DROP SOUTHEAST FROM CANADA INTO THE GREAT LAKES REGION WITH A CANADIAN SURFACE LOW EXTENDING A COLD FRONT AS FAR SOUTH AS TEXAS. THE AVN AND ETA HAVE DISCREPANCIES IN THE MOISTURE AND PLACEMENT OF THE FRONT AT 60HRS WITH THE DRIER ETA FURTHER NORTH WITH THE FRONT AT 00Z ON SUN. NONETHELESS...WILL CONTINUE WITH FRONTAL PASSAGE EARLY ON SUNDAY AND LET NEXT SHIFT EVALUATE NEW MODELS AND DELAY FRONT IF NECESSARY. MARINE...SHOWERS ARE ENDING OVER THE LOWER TEXAS GULF WATERS...AS AN UPPER TROUGH MOVES EAST. BUOY020 SHOWS A WEAK NE FLOW OFFSHORE WITH SEAS DOWN TO 2 FEET. HIGH PRESSURE IS EXPECTED OVER THE MARINE AREAS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS FOR THE NEXT TWO DAYS...RESULTING IN WEAK EAST AND SOUTHEAST WINDS AND LOW SEAS THROUGH SATURDAY. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE WATERS SUNDAY MORNING...PRODUCING ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. STRONG WINDS AND HIGH SEAS WILL REQUIRE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY. .UPDATED NUMBERS... BRO UU 070/085 067/087 067 00/00/00/00/00 HRL UU 070/086 066/087 067 00/00/00/00/00 MFE UU 068/087 065/088 064 00/00/00/00/00 RGC UU 068/089 063/090 063 00/00/00/00/00 SPI UU 073/085 070/086 070 00/00/00/00/00 SYNOPTIC...63/AVIATION-MARINE-MESO...58 INTERNET ADDRESS...WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/BRO .BRO...NONE.
TXZ248>257-111000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 412 PM CDT THU OCT 10 2002 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE... .NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED TONIGHT. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY ON SUNDAY. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT. STRONG WINDS AND COOLER TEMPERATURES CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED SUNDAY AFTERNOON WITH NEAR RECORD LOW TEMPERATURES POSSIBLE MONDAY MORNING AND TUESDAY MORNING.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Intense prolonged rainfall over the Rio Grande watershed produced flooding of lowlands along the Rio Grande in Zapata county. Peak rises along the river of 10 to 13 feet were noticed by weather spotters in San Ygnacio.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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