1 flash 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 17, 6:51 PM CST, 3 hours 24 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 751 PM CDT SUN SEP 17 2006 .DISCUSSION...THE 00Z KBRO SOUNDING SHOWS A PRECIP WATER AROUND 2 INCHES. A COLD FRONT OVER CENTRAL TEXAS IS STILL MOVING SOUTHEAST THIS EVENING. A 500MB VORTICITY MAX IS ALSO MOVING SOUTHEAST OUT OF MEXICO SPARKING THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. CURRENTLY... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST OVER MEXICO AND ARE BEGINNING TO NEAR THE WESTERN COUNTIES OF THE CWA. THE NORTHERN COUNTIES ARE CURRENTLY INCLUDED IN A MESOSCALE DISCUSSION FROM SPC VALID UNTIL 830PM CDT. THE MAIN THREAT IN THIS DISCUSSION IS THE POTENTIAL FOR VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. THE GFS/NAM/RUC MODELS ALL INDICATE PRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP OVER DEEP SOUTH TEXAS OVERNIGHT. THE CURRENT FORECAST SHOWS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN MAINLY FOR THE WESTERN COUNTIES NOW WITH A BETTER CHANCE OVER THE CWA LATER TONIGHT SO NO UPDATES WILL BE NEEDED. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON MONDAY. SATELLITE TRENDS AND MODEL GUIDANCE BOTH INDICATE THAT THE FRONT SHOULD BE MOVING THROUGH THE AREA AROUND TUESDAY MORNING. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ON TUESDAY. DRIER AIR BEHIND THE FRONT SHOULD KEEP THINGS RELATIVELY DRY THURSDAY AND FRIDAY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS RETURNING AGAIN FOR NEXT WEEKEND. WITH INCREASED CLOUD COVER AND SHOWERS ON TUESDAY...HIGH TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE BELOW NORMAL WITH TEMPS RETURNING TO ABOVE NORMAL THE REST OF THE WEEK. && .MARINE...AT 6 PM BUOY020 CONTINUED TO REPORT SOUTH SOUTHEAST WINDS AT 15 TO 20 KTS AND SEAS OF 4 FEET. WILL KEEP SMALL CRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION FOR THE COASTAL WATERS THROUGH THIS EVENING. A COLD FRONT HAS BEGUN MOVING THROUGH TEXAS...AND IS EXPECTED TO REACH THE COASTAL WATERS TUESDAY MORNING. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT AND INTO MONDAY AS THE FRONT ENTERS THE REGION. WINDS WILL SHIFT NORTH AROUND 12Z TUE...WITH CONTINUED VIGOROUS CONVECTION EXPECTED TUE. MARINERS SHOULD MONITOR WEATHER FORECASTS AND CURRENT CONVECTION BEFORE ENTERING THE ADJ GULF WATERS OF DEEP S TX MON AND TUE. && .AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN THE GENERAL RULE THROUGH THE NEXT 24 HOURS WITH TEMPO IFR DUE TO ANY SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY OVRNGT INTO TUESDAY. WINDS WILL BE FROM THE SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 KNOTS EARLY...DECREASING AS THE FRONT APPROACHES. && .BRO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && THIS PRODUCT IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON OUR INTERNET WEB PAGE AT: HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/BRO SYNOPTIC/GRIDS....68/KL MARINE/AVIATION...58/JP HMT/MESOSCALE.....MARTINEZ
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 1100 PM CDT SUN SEP 17 2006 TXZ248>257-181100- ZAPATA-JIM HOGG-BROOKS-KENEDY-STARR-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY- INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 1100 PM CDT SUN SEP 17 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE SOME URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING WITHIN THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL PORTIONS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS TONIGHT...MAINLY WITHIN JIM HOGG AND ZAPATA COUNTY. NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST ACROSS DEEP SOUTH TEXAS FOR MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. SOME OF THE HEAVIER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING IN THE FORM OR PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND IN LOW LYING AREAS WITH POOR DRAINING. NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO REPORT ANY FLOODING OBSERVED WITHIN ZAPATA AND JIM HOGG COUNTY TONIGHT...ANY ANYWHERE ELSE IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS MONDAY AND TUESDAY. TOMASELLI
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 185 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:13 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Zapata County Sheriff's Office reported flash flooding of Highway 16 with water covering the roadway and hindering passage of traffic.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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