Rainfall was widespread over Deep South Texas during the first part of the month as an upper level low pressure system meandered over Central Texas. 55 inches of rainfall for the month of September.
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The episode as NWS BRO wrote it up.
Rainfall was widespread over Deep South Texas during the first part of the month as an upper level low pressure system meandered over Central Texas. Port Mansfield recorded 5.55 inches of rainfall for the month of September. This brought the yearly rainfall total to 43.03 inches, setting a new yearly rainfall record since recording began in 1958. Rains which fell over the Falcon and Amistad Reservoirs increased storage levels. September 1 pea size hail was reported near Falfurrias, 2.5 inches of rain fell in Sheryland and 2 inches was reported in south Weslaco on September 1.
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 Sep 1, 6:30 PM CST, 1 hour 9 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED FORMATTING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 730 PM CDT SAT SEP 1 2007 .DISCUSSION...A HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE EXTENDING INTO THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY WILL CONTINUE PRODUCING LIGHT TO MODERATE EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OVER THE CWA THROUGH NEXT WEEK. THE WINDS WILL BECOME LIGHT AND VARIABLE TO CALM DURING THE OVERNIGHT PERIODS THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM LOCATED OVER WEST TEXAS AND NORTH MEXICO WILL MAINTAIN A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY AT TIMES FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. THE CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DECREASE OVER DEEP SOUTH TEXAS BY TUESDAY. A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL PREVAIL ACROSS THE CWA TUESDAY THROUGH NEXT WEEKEND. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE AT NEAR NORMAL VALUES THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. THE CURRENT FORECAST PACKAGE LOOKS GOOD, THEREFORE NO CHANGES ARE ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. && .MARINE...BUOY 42020 REPORTED LIGHT SE WINDS AND ONE FOOT SEAS EARLY THIS EVENING. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THE NEXT FEW DAYS AS ABUNDANT TROPICAL MOISTURE REMAINS ACROSS THE REGION AND DYNAMICS ALOFT REMAIN WEAK. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN IN CONTROL LOCALLY...BUT LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING IN THE SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS AROUND MID WEEK WILL HELP TIGHTEN THE PRESSURE GRADIENT WHICH WILL CAUSE A SLIGHT INCREASE IN WINDS AND SEAS BY WEDNESDAY. ADVISORIES ARE NOT EXPECTED. NO BIG CHANGES WILL BE NEEDED FOR THE EVENING UPDATE OF THE LOWER TEXAS COASTAL WATERS FORECAST. && .AVIATION...FLYING CONDITIONS ARE SLOWLY IMPROVING THIS EVENING AFTER ANOTHER ROUND OF AFTERNOON CONVECTION. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH AFTERNOON IN THE SHORT TERM... WITH THE HEAVIER ACTIVITY PRODUCING LOWER...MVFR TO IFR...CIGS AND VSBYS. HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL BE A THREAT TO GROUND AVIATION AS WELL. ALTHOUGH A WELL BEHAVED SEA BREEZE WOULD LIMIT THE THREAT TO ONE OR TWO HOURS IN THE AFTERNOON...ABUNDANT TROPICAL MOISTURE AND WEAK WINDS ALOFT ARE ALLOWING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TO OCCUR OVER A MUCH LARGER AREA AND TO LAST INTO THE EARLY EVENING EACH DAY. THUS...AVIATION DELAYS ARE POSSIBLE FOR AIRPORTS EXPERIENCING LOCAL THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. && .BRO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && THIS PRODUCT IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BROWNSVILLE SYNOPTIC/GRIDS....63 MARINE/AVIATION...54 MESOSCALE.......VEGA
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 548 AM CDT SAT SEP 1 2007 TXZ248>257-021100- ZAPATA-JIM HOGG-BROOKS-KENEDY-STARR-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY- INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 548 AM CDT SAT SEP 1 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO DEVELOP LATER THIS MORNING AND PERSIST INTO THE AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DEVELOP OVER THE LOWER AND MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY FIRST WITH THE UPPER VALLEY AND WESTERN AREAS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS SEEING RAIN LATER IN THE AFTERNOON AND POSSIBLY LINGER INTO THE EVENING HOURS. SOME THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL WITH RAIN AMOUNTS OF UP TO 2 INCHES IN AN HOURS TIME. THIS HEAVY RAINFALL POTENTIAL IS THE RESULT OF WEAK STEERING CURRENTS THAT SHOULD ALLOW STORMS THAT FORM...TO MOVE SLOW WITH A GENERAL SOUTH TO WEST MOTION. MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS AND PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND HIGHWAYS CAN BE EXPECTED WHERE THE HEAVIEST RAIN OCCURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING CONTINUES SUNDAY AND MONDAY WITH REDEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY. STORMS WILL BE SLOW MOVING WITH STEERING CURRENTS TO REMAIN WEAK. THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF A FLASH FLOOD WATCH BEING ISSUED FOR SUNDAY AND OR MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. IF ANY FLOODING IS OBSERVED PLEASE REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BROWNSVILLE.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 442 PM CDT SAT SEP 1 2007 TXZ253-012245- HIDALGO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MCALLEN...EDINBURG...PHARR...MISSION... WESLACO 442 PM CDT SAT SEP 1 2007 AT 440 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN MEXICO 10 MILES SOUTH OF WESLACO. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SLOWLY NORTH OR NORTHWEST AND IF IT HOLDS TOGETHER IT COULD BE NEAR WESLACO...MCALLEN OR HIDALGO IN THE NEXT HOUR. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH...CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAINFALL AND PEA SIZED HAIL. BRIEF FUNNEL CLOUDS MAY BE ALSO OBSERVED BUT SHOULD BE SHORT LIVED. 54
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
839 PM CDT SAT SEP 01 2007
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0825 PM HAIL 1 S FALFURRIAS 27.21N 98.14W
09/01/2007 E0.25 INCH BROOKS TX PUBLIC
REPORT OF BRIEF HAIL FROM THUNDERSTORM RELAYED VIA BROOKS
COUNTY SHERIFF.
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BMILLERThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
The Brooks County Sheriffs office reported a thunderstorm produced rainfall and quarter size hail for a brief period of time.
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