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 Apr 25, 7:56 PM CST, 1 hour 32 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 856 PM CDT TUE APR 25 2006 .UPDATE...WILL MAKE THIS DISCUSSION BRIEF DUE TO ONGOING SEVERE WX OVER THE WESTERN CWA. THIS ACTIVITY APPEARS TO BE FIRING IN THE MORE UNSTABLE AIRMASS IN PLACE OVER THE WESTERN AREAS AS INDICATED BY LAMP THETA-E FIELDS. HOWEVER...THE 00Z BRO SOUNDING SHOWS A DECENT CAPE OF AROUND 2500 J/KG...BUT WITH SOME CIN OF 356 J/KG AND AN LI OF -4.9. WITH THE LOSS OF THE AFTERNOON HEATING...BELIEVE THAT THE AIRMASS WILL GRADUALLY STABILIZE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. HOWEVER...BRO AND CRP RADAR INDICATES THAT THE ACTIVITY OVER THE WESTERN CWA STILL PACKS ENOUGH PUNCH TO PRODUCE ADDITION SVR WX OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS AS THE CELLS CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OVER ZAPATA...JIM HOGG AND STARR COUNTIES. WILL MAINTAIN THE MENTION OF SEVERE WX FOR THE BRO CWA THROUGH 11 PM. CURRENT ZFP WORDING LOOKS OK AT THE MOMENT. && .BRO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 252 UNTIL 04Z WEDNESDAY FOR TXZ248>257. && THIS PRODUCT IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON OUR INTERNET WEB PAGE AT: HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/BRO SYNOPTIC/GRIDS...60 MARINE/AVIATION...52 MESO...VEGA
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 735 PM CDT TUE APR 25 2006 TXZ248>257-261100- BROOKS-COASTAL CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY-HIDALGO-INLAND CAMERON- INLAND WILLACY-JIM HOGG-KENEDY-STARR-ZAPATA- 735 PM CDT TUE APR 25 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...REST OF TONIGHT. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS AND THE ADJACENT GULF WATERS UNTIL 11 PM CDT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOS...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT. MARINERS SHOULD USE CAUTION AS MIGRATING SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE PROBLEMS FOR SMALL CRAFTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MAY NEED TO BE POSTED FOR THE FAR OFFSHORE WATERS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND ROUGH SEAS. ALSO...THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER PORTIONS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS DURING THE PERIOD. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF BEING STRONG TO SEVERE... PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED THROUGH THE PERIOD. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. PHILO
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 538 PM CDT TUE APR 25 2006 TXZ248>257-260045- BROOKS-COASTAL CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY-HIDALGO-INLAND CAMERON- INLAND WILLACY-JIM HOGG-KENEDY-STARR-ZAPATA- 538 PM CDT TUE APR 25 2006 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING JUST NORTH OF THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR COUNTIES JUST NORTH OF THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY THROUGH 10 PM TONIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER DUVAL COUNTY...WITH ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT BEGINNING OVER WEBB COUNTY. A TORNADO WARNING WAS ISSUED FOR DUVAL COUNTY BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI FOR A TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM APPROACHING THE CITY OF BENAVIDES. THE AIRMASS OVER THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY IS VERY UNSTABLE NOW...WITH A WEAK COLD FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE NORTH. ANY LIFTING OF OUR ATMOSPHERE WILL RESULT IN STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT...ALONG WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF TORNADO FORMATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATION...OR LOCAL CABLE OUTLET FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. PHILO PHILO
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
645 PM CDT TUE APR 25 2006
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0637 PM HAIL 16 N SAN YGNACIO 27.26N 99.45W
04/25/2006 E0.50 INCH ZAPATA TX TRAINED SPOTTER
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TRSThe Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 143 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:28 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Jim Hogg Sheriff's Department reported flash flooding across the convergence of FM 1017 and Highway 16.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, April 2006
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: 5511349.