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 Oct 13, 1:45 AM CST, 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 245 AM CDT MON OCT 13 2003 .SHORT TERM...AFTER LOOKING AT PROJECTED POPS/MDLS GOOD RUN TO RUN CONTINUITY AND GENERAL AGREEMENT WITH EACH OTHER/HPC PROJECTED QPF AND LOCAL SOUNDINGS...SEE NEED FOR POSTING FFA FOR ALL COUNTIES OF DEEP S TX. COORDINATED WITH CRP JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT OF OUR INTENTION. DWPTS TO THE MID 40S AT DRT BY 18Z TDY...AS FAST MVG CF APPROACHES RGV. WINDS SHIFT IN MFE BY 18Z...WITH SFC FORCING OF AMS DURING MAX HEATING. SCT TO NUM SHRAS/TSRAS PROGD BY ALL MDLS AND HPC PLACING 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH ISOHYET OVR VLY 12Z TDY THRU 12Z WED. MDLS CONSISTENT WITH ONE ANOTHER AND RUN TO RUN ON TIMING OF CF AND MSTR FIELD. MSTR REMAINS WED...WITH 40 PERCENT CHC POPS OVR VLY. THEN MID LVLS DRY OUT THU AND FRI...AS FLOW ALOFT GOES FM INIT WEST TO NW TO NE BY SAT. && .LONG TERM...SECOND SURGE OF COOLER DRIER AIR SAT...WITH LLVL MSTR SCOURED OUT BY LATE SAT PM...WITH SUNNY SUNDAY. TEMPS TO THE 50 AND 60S FOR LOWS SAT AND BEYOND...WITH MAX TEMPS FOR THE LATE WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK STRUGGLING TO THE MID AND UPPER 70S. && .MARINE...AT MIDNIGHT BUOY 020 REPORTED SOUTHEAST WINDS NEAR 15 KT WITH SEAS 2 FEET SEAS AT 5 SECONDS. RADAR DETECTED ISOLATED SHOWERS CONTINUED ALONG THE NORTH HALF OF THE LOWER TEXAS COAST. MSAS ANALYSIS INDICATES COLD FRONT APPROACHING ABILENE IN LINE WITH BAND OF LOW CLDS SEEN ON LATEST 11U-3.9U SATELLITE IMAGE. THETA E RIDGE AXIS STRETCHES FROM THE COASTAL BEND AREA TO OFFSHORE WATERS OFF SOUTH PADRE ISLAND WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE 70S ACROSS DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. EVENING RUNS OF MESOETA AND AVN AGREE ON WIND SHIFT TO NORTHWEST AROUND MID DAY ALONG NORTH END OF LOWER TEXAS COAST. ISOLATED MORNING SHOWERS WITH THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY BY MID DAY INTO TONIGHT LOOKS GOOD. SINCE AVN HAS POST FRONTAL WINDS OF 20-25 KT OVER THE MARINE AREA...WILL BUMP UP WINDS TO SCEC RANGE BY LATE AFTN AND OVERNIGHT FOR THE BAY AND OFFSHORE. WILL INCREASE SEAS LATE THIS AFTN TO 3-5 FT RANGE AND 4-6 RANGE FOR EARLY WED. A FOLLOW UP FRONT PUSHES SOUTH INTO CENTRAL TEXAS THURSDAY NIGHT OR EARLY FRIDAY...AS A 5H RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE SOUTHWEST. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED PRECIP IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS FRONT AS IT PUSHES INTO AND POSSIBLY THROUGH THE AREA ON FRIDAY. WINDS WILL AGAIN STRENGTHEN FROM THE NORTH TO NORTHEAST ON FRIDAY...AFTER HAVING HAD A BREAK ON THURSDAY...AND SEAS WILL BUILD...AND A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS POSSIBLE BY LATE FRIDAY AND INTO SATURDAY. && .AVIATION...CEILINGS IN VFR TO MVFR CATEGORY EARLY THIS MORNING MAY LIMIT FOG TO LIGHT FORMATION. PRIMARILY VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED THIS MORNING WITH MVFR CATEGORY DUE TO CLOUD COVER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH FRONTAL PASSAGE. WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS LATE MORNING LEADING TO TSRA LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH BRIEF IFR IN +RA. LIGHT SOUTH WINDS WILL SHIFT TO NORTH AND BECOME BREEZY BY AFTERNOON. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... BROWNSVILLE TE 082/063 075/065 084 70/70/40/20/10 HARLINGEN TE 082/061 077/063 085 70/70/40/20/10 MCALLEN TE 079/062 077/064 087 70/70/40/20/10 RIO GRANDE CITY TE 076/060 078/062 085 70/70/40/20/10 SOUTH PADRE ISLAND TE 080/067 074/067 080 70/70/40/20/10 .BRO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FFA TXZ 248>257 THRU 9 PM TDY (FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR ALL OF DEEP S TX). && SYNOPTIC-GRIDS...58 MARINE-AVIATION-MESO...59 THIS PRODUCT IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON OUR INTERNET WEB PAGE AT: HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/BRO
TXZ248>257-131100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 1145 PM CDT SUN OCT 12 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE..TONIGHT. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CAMERON...WILLACY...STARR...AND HIDALGO COUNTIES UNTIL 4 AM SUNDAY. THOUGH THE HEAVIEST RAIN EVENT APPEARS TO BE OVER...FLOODING IS STILL OCCURRING IN PARTS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. SOME REDEVELOPMENT OF SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT...WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF RENEWED FLOODING...SO A FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH OUR REGION EARLY WEDNESDAY WITH FLOODING RAINS A POSSIBILITY ONCE MORE. WITH MODERATE TO STRONG WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES FOR WINDS AND SEAS MAY BE NECESSARY WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. A STRONGER FRONT IS DUE FRIDAY NIGHT...BRINGING STRONG NORTH WINDS OVER THE COASTAL WATERS WITH THE NEED FOR SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT. SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash flooding of numerous roadways in and around Hebbronville was reported by the Jim Hogg county Sheriff's Office.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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