1 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 Oct 29, 2:33 AM CST, 5 hours 27 minutes earlier.
DEEP SOUTH TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 233 AM CST TUE OCT 29 2002 .SHORT TERM...DWPTS IN THE 60S TRAPPED JUST NORTH OF A STATIONARY FRONT NOW EXTENDING FM JUST NORTH OF THE RIO GRANDE VLY TO NRN KENEDY TO CRP AND N OVR NEARSHORE GULF WATERS TO GLS. SVR TSTMS W/HVY RAFL NOW LOCATED ALONG THIS BOUNDARY...FM NRN KENEDY TO CRP AND NE OVR NEARSHORE GULF WATERS. SMWCRP IN EFFECT FOR BAYS AND WATERS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS AND ALL OFFSHORE AND NEARSHORE WATERS TO 60 NM UNTIL 2 AM. SE FLOW...SE OF THE STATIONARY FRONT...WITH NW FLOW NW OF THE FRONT CAUSING EXTREME LLVL CONVERGENCE THIS AM. ONLY PATCHY SHRAS IN EXTREME NRN KENEDY FOR BRO CWA. WEAK SOUTHERLY SFC FLOW OVR RIO GRANDE VLY WITH AREAS OF FG AND LOW CLOUDS. DWPTS 78 DEG F OVR VLY NOW...WITH 57 AT DRT/LRD. BRO AND HRL REACHED 88 DEG F MON...WITH MFES HIGH AT 87. LITTLE RAFL IN RIO GRANDE VLY MON...WITH HRL RECEIVING 0.01 INCH AND BRO A TRACE FM MRNG SHRAS MON. XPCT SHRAS TO BE CONFINED TO HIDALGO/KENEDY COUNTIES THIS MRNG...AS PVA AND H7 OMEGA MVS QUICKLY NE INIT THRU 6H. ALL OF THE SHORT WAVE ENERGY MVG THRU CENTRAL TX HAS TRANSLATED NE TO NRN AR ATTM...WITH S/W ENERGY IN SRN STREAM CONFINED TO CENTRAL AND EASTERN GULF OF MEX INIT THRU THIS PM...ASSOCIATED WITH SVR CONVECTION NOW TO OUR NE. SUM CONVECTION HAS MOVED INTO KENEDY COUNTY AND ADJ GULF WATERS. POS TILTED UPPER TROF OVR NRN CONUS DRAWS UPPER JET AND S/W ENERGY NORTH TO THE MS AND THEN OH VLY WITH TIME. COLD AIR CONFINED TO NRN CONUS UNTIL CUT OFF UPPER LOW OVR ROCKIES GET PICKED UP BY BROAD MEAN CENTERED OVR EASTERN ONTARIO AND DRAGS COLD AIR SOUTH INTO CENTRAL CONUS AND EVENTUALLY THROUGH THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY. TEMPS WILL SLOWLY FALL THU THRU SUN...AS CAA BEGINS. LATEST MRF SHOWS A GLANCING BLOW OF COLD AIR NOW...WITH A SUN AM LOW 11 DEG F HIER THAN PREVIOUS RUN (NOW 57 IN BRO SUN AM...WITH PREVIOUS PROG OF 46 DEG F THEN). .MARINE...SEAS 4 FEET OFFSHORE WITH SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY OFFSHORE THE COASTAL BEND ENCROACHING ON NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF THE MARINE ZONES THIS MORNING. HAVE ISSUED MWS TO COVER CONVECTION OVER THE NORTHERN LAGUNA MADRE AND OFFSHORE FOR NOW. LIGHT TO MODERATE SOUTHEAST FLOW TO PREVAIL TODAY AND BACK TO THE EAST WEDNESDAY AS A FRONTAL BOUNDARY MOVES INTO CENTRAL TX. WIND SHIFT EXPECTED EARLY THURSDAY AS THE FRONT MOVES OFFSHORE THE LOWER TX COAST WED NIGHT. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES MAY BE REQUIRED THURSDAY. PRELIMINARY NUMBERS FOR COORDINATION PURPOSES ONLY... BRO EE 084/068 083/067 076 20/10/20/20/40 HRL EE 085/066 083/066 076 20/10/20/20/40 MFE EE 084/069 084/065 075 20/10/20/30/50 RGC EB 084/066 085/064 073 10/10/20/30/50 SPI EE 079/070 078/068 075 20/10/20/20/40 SYNOPTIC...PHILO (58) / AVIATION-MARINE-MESO...CASTILLO (61) INTERNET ADDRESS...WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/BRO .BRO...NONE.
TXZ248>257-301200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 430 AM CST TUE OCT 29 2002 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE... EXPECT SOME FLOODING IN KENEDY COUNTY TODAY...AS A LARGE AREA OF THE COUNTY RECEIVED FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL OVERNIGHT. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED TODAY AND TONIGHT. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THURSDAY. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE. ALSO...COLD AIR WILL BEGIN ENTERING THE REGION ON THURSDAY...ON THE HEALS OF A STRONG NORTH WIND. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES MAY BE NEEDED FOR THE COASTAL WATERS THURSDAY...AS WINDS INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 KNOTS AND SEAS BUILD TO 8 TO 10 FEET.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Prolonged rains caused flooding of low areas near San Benito. These floodwaters entered numerous homes in the area and prompted the evacuation of the Green Valley Acres subdivision.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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