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 Jul 7, 12:45 PM CST, 2 hours 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 145 PM CDT FRI JUL 7 2006 .DISCUSSION...NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DOMINATED PARTS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON AS A LOW LEVEL TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE MOVES NEAR THE COASTAL WATERS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. WILL CONTINUE A FLOOD WATCH FOR THE AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE BRO SOUNDING THIS MORNING SHOWED A PRECIP WATER OF 2.33 AND A K-INDEX OF 35. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DECREASE TONIGHT AND THEN INCREASE AGAIN BY SATURDAY AS A RESULT OF MID-LEVEL DISTURBANCES AND DAYTIME HEATING. SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...DRIER ATMOSPHERE WILL SUPPORT A RETURN TO MORE ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE WAKE OF THE UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE THAT WILL BE OVER SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS BY LATE SUNDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR THROUGH SATURDAY DUE TO CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF CLOUD COVER. TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE ABOVE NORM THE BEGINNING PART OF NEXT WEEK AS CLOUD AND SHOWERS DECREASE. && .MARINE...AT 1 PM BUOY 20 REPORTED NORTHEAST WINDS AT 8 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 10 KNOTS AND SEAS AT TWO FEET WITH A 5 SECOND PERIOD. A LOW PRESSURE TROUGH LOCATED ACROSS THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO WILL CONTINUE PRODUCING A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE MARINE AREAS THROUGH THIS WEEKEND. LIGHT TO MODERATE EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE AT TIMES WILL PREVAIL OVER THE COASTAL WATERS THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. SEAS WILL REMAIN LOW THROUGH THIS WEEKEND. && .AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS WITH LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS AND MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES ARE OCCURRING AT THE REGIONAL AIRPORTS. A LOW PRESSURE TROUGH LOCATED ACROSS THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO WILL MAINTAIN A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS THROUGH THIS WEEKEND. ANY SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS MAY REDUCE CEILINGS OR VISIBILITIES TO TEMPORARY MVFR CONDITIONS AND PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS, FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL. VFR THROUGH MVFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL OVER THE REGIONAL AIRPORTS DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... BAYVIEW/PORT ISABEL 77 90 77 91 79 / 10 40 10 20 10 BROWNSVILLE 76 92 77 92 78 / 10 50 10 20 10 HARLINGEN 75 93 75 94 77 / 10 50 10 20 10 MCALLEN 77 95 77 97 78 / 20 50 20 20 10 RIO GRANDE CITY 77 96 77 98 79 / 20 50 20 20 10 SOUTH PADRE ISLAND 78 90 78 90 80 / 10 40 10 20 10 && .BRO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...FFA ALL DEEP S TX ZNS THRU 9 PM. && THIS PRODUCT IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON OUR INTERNET WEB PAGE AT: HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/BRO SYNOPTIC/GRIDS...65 MARINE/AVIATION/MESO...63
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 1240 PM CDT FRI JUL 7 2006 TXZ248>257-081100- ZAPATA-JIM HOGG-BROOKS-KENEDY-STARR-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY- INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 1240 PM CDT FRI JUL 7 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE OVER PORTIONS OF THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY. SOME SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH MAY RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLOODING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY THROUGH 9 PM. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE OVER PORTIONS OF THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY THROUGH THIS WEEKEND. SOME SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH MAY RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLOODING. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH...TURN AROUND DONT DROWN. . .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. MARTIN
The Brownsville radar (KBRO), 27 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:11 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Extensive flash flooding of streets was reported in Brownsville by law enforcement and emergency management officials.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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