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 Sep 22, 3:15 PM CST, 15 minutes earlier.
DEEP SOUTH TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
415 PM CDT SUN SEP 22 2002
TONIGHT THRU WED...AT 1125 AM CDT CONVECTION IN EXTREME OUTER BANDS
OF H. ISIDORE BEING DETECTED ON LOCAL RADAR ABOUT 100 NM E OF
THISTA. INDIVIDUAL CELLS WERE MOVG SW AT 25 MPH. PER VISIBLE SAT
IMAGERY...STATE IS CLOUD-FREE EXCEPT FOR SE TX AHD OF E-W FRONT ACRS
MIDDLE OF STATE. AS SFC HIGH WORKS SOUTH TONIGHT...LOW LEVEL NE FLOW
WILL ADVECT MOISTURE TWD DPSOTEX WHICH WILL INTERACT WITH OUTER BAND
OF CONVECTION APCHG CWA FROM THE GULF...AS COLD FRONT MOVES THRU
AREA BY TMRW NIGHT. AT PRESENT THIS BAND IS MOVG NW AT 8 MPH AND IS
LIKELY TO BEGIN AFFECTING COASTAL WATERS OFF SOUTH PADRE ISLAND THIS
EVENING. WILL BACK OFF ON POPS AND CLOUD COVER SOME FOR TONIGHT THRU
TUE...GIVEN DEPTH OF CURRENT NORTHERLY FLOW PER VWP PLOT AND
ANTICIPATING SUBSIDENT REGIME OVER DPSOTEX AHD OF H. ISIDORE. WILL
INCR WINDS A NOTCH...GIVEN THE TIGHTER SPGF CREATED BY SFC OVER
STATE AND STORM TO THE SE. 22/12Z AVN RUN HAS STORM TRACK TO RIGHT
OF 22/15Z TPC FCST...SO WILL EXTRAPOLATE FROM THIS MODEL OUTPUT FOR
WED FCST.
THU THRU SUN...BASED ON CURRENT TPC TRACK...MOST OF H. ISIDORES
IMPACT OVER DPSOTEX WILL OCCUR ON THU...SO WILL MAKE FRI FCST MORE
OPTIMISTIC...CLEARING ON SAT AND WARMER FOR WEEKEND.
.MARINE...SURFACE WINDS OVER THE LOWER TX COASTAL AREAS HAVE
INCREASED GREATLY THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS RESULTING IN SCA
CONDITIONS OVER THE BAY AND GULF WATERS. GULF SWELLS HAVE ALSO
INCREASED DRAMATICALLY INTO THE 6 TO 8 FT RANGE AS THE PGF TIGHTENS
AROUND THE FRINGES OF ISIDORE. WITH THE STEADY WSW TRACK OF ISIDORE
PREVAILING IN THE SHORT TERM...A N-NE MARINE WIND FETCH WILL
CONTINUE TO PUSH LARGER SWELL ACTIVITY TOWARDS THE LOWER TX
COASTLINE. THIS WILL REQUIRE A CONTINUANCE OF THE COASTAL FLOOD
WATCH AND THE SCA FOR THE MARINE ZONES TONIGHT AND LIKELY INTO
MONDAY. CONV BANDS ON THE OUTMOST EDGES OF ISIDORE ARE NOW WITHIN
ABOUT 100 NM OF THE COASTLINE AND ARE PUSHING W AT AROUND 5 TO 10
KTS. THE NEWEST GUIDANCE FROM NHC/TPC SHOWS A MORE N-NW TRACK IN
THE 48 TO 72 HR RANGE WHICH WILL RESULT IN CONTINUED STRONG NE
MARINE WIND FLOW. NO MAJOR CHANGES ARE ANTICIPATE FOR THE MARINE
ZONES. WILL MAINTAIN HEIGHTENED WORDING IN THE EXTENDED PORTIONS OF
THE CWF REFLECTED NHC/HPC OUTLOOK.
.PRELIMINARY NUMBERS FOR COORDINATION PURPOSES ONLY...
BRO BB 069/082 068/083 067 20/30/30/30/40
HRL BB 068/082 065/083 066 20/30/30/30/40
MFE BB 067/083 063/085 063 20/30/20/20/30
RGC BB 066/084 063/085 061 10/30/10/00/20
SPI BB 071/080 069/080 069 20/30/30/30/50
SYNOPTIC...59
AVIATION-MARINE-MESO...60
INTERNET ADDRESS...WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/BRO
.BRO....COASTAL FLOOD WATCH THROUGH MON FOR TXZ251-256-257
SCA TONIGHT FOR GMZ150-155-170-175.The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Hurricane Isidore produced large swells over the Gulf of Mexico, which eventually led to heavy surf and coastal flooding over South Padre Island. The tides were 2-4 feet above normal high tide levels, and caused some flooding of roads in the area.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, September 2002
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5319828.