Rapidly deepening tropical moisture combined with the convergence of low level southerly with easterly flow along and near the coast to produce scattered showers and thunderstorms. The precipitation began just before dawn and persisted through the early afternoon; when finished, between 2 and nearly 4 inches had fallen between Brownsville and Rio Hondo.
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The episode as NWS BRO wrote it up.
Rapidly deepening tropical moisture combined with the convergence of low level southerly with easterly flow along and near the coast to produce scattered showers and thunderstorms. The precipitation began just before dawn and persisted through the early afternoon; when finished, between 2 and nearly 4 inches had fallen between Brownsville and Rio Hondo. The on again, off again rain produced nuisance minor flooding.
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 18, 5:26 AM CST, 3 hours 34 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 626 AM CDT SAT OCT 18 2014 .DISCUSSION...UPDATED FOR LATEST AVIATION DISCUSSION BELOW. && .AVIATION...LIFR CONDITIONS HAVE DEVELOPED AT THE MFE AERODROME COURTESY OF PATCHY FOG. ELSEWHERE...MVFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AT BRO AND HRL DUE TO LOWERED CLOUDINESS AND STREAMER SHOWERS THAT ARE AFFECTING THE IMMEDIATE COASTAL COUNTIES AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. VFR CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY TO PREVAIL AFTER SUNRISE THIS MORNING...HOWEVER ANOTHER ROUND OF CONVECTION IS ANTICIPATED THIS AFTERNOON COURTESY OF DAYTIME HEATING OF AN INCREASINGLY MOIST ATMOSPHERE. MVFR IS LIKELY TO RESUME AFTER SUNSET THIS EVENING. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 400 AM CDT SAT OCT 18 2014/ SHORT TERM /NOW THROUGH SUNDAY/...ISOLATED SHOWERS ARE DEVELOPING OVER THE COASTAL WATERS OF TAMAULIPAS STATE...WITH THE OCCASIONAL VERY ISOLATED SHOWER MOVING INTO CAMERON COUNTY OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. WIDESPREAD LOWERED CLOUDINESS IS LIKELY TO LIMIT...OR PREVENT ALTOGETHER...THE FORMATION OF ANY LIGHT FOG AROUND SUNRISE THIS MORNING. LOW TEMPERATURES FOR THIS MORNING WERE INCREASED SEVERAL DEGREES BASED ON CURRENT TEMPERATURE AND DEWPOINT TRENDS. TODAY...RAPIDLY DEEPENING TROPICAL MOISTURE WILL COMBINE WITH WEAK INVERTED TROUGHINESS AT THE SURFACE AND DAYTIME HEATING TO PRODUCE ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. INHERITED DAYTIME HIGH TEMPERATURES LOOKED REASONABLE AND WERE RETAINED...ESPECIALLY SINCE OBSERVED TEMPERATURES FRIDAY WERE IN THE LOW 90S AT BRO AND MFE. TONIGHT...OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES WERE INCREASED A COUPLE OF DEGREES ACROSS THE ENTIRE BRO CWFA...AND ARE MORE REPRESENTATIVE OF EXPECTED LOW TEMPERATURES SATURDAY MORNING...WITH A MORE MOIST ATMOSPHERE IN PLACE. A WEAK COLD FRONT DROPPING INTO CENTRAL TEXAS WILL POOL MOISTURE WITHIN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS JUST A BIT MORE...AND ISOLATED SHOWERS ARE FORECAST. ALTHOUGH...WITH THE LACK OF DAYTIME HEATING...ENTIRELY POSSIBLE THE INLAND AREAS WILL BE DRY WITH MAYBE A STREAMER SHOWER OR TWO OFFSHORE. SUNDAY...PREVIOUSLY-MENTIONED COLD FRONT WASHES OUT BEFORE REACHING THE BRO CWFA...LEAVING ONLY THE INGREDIENTS MENTIONED FOR SATURDAY AS THE INITIATION FOR ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS. DAYTIME HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE A FEW DEGREES LESS THAN EXPECTED SATURDAY HIGHS...AND CLOSER TO NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR...DUE TO THICKER CLOUD COVER. HOWEVER...IF CLOUD COVER IS THINNER THAN FORECAST...TEMPERATURES MAY NEED TO BE RAISED A FEW DEGREES BY A SUCCESSIVE SHIFT. LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/...SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS THE MID ATLANTIC STATES WILL MAINTAIN MODERATE EAST WINDS ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. THIS ONSHORE FLOW WILL SUPPORT PERSISTENT LOW TO MID LEVEL MOISTURE ADVECTION ACROSS DEEP SOUTH TEXAS THROUGH TUESDAY. AN AREA OF WEAK LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP OVER THE BAY OF CAMPECHE BY SUNDAY NIGHT AND THIS FEATURE WILL MOVE LITTLE THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. LATEST MODEL GUIDANCE DIFFERS ON THE STRENGTH AND PLACEMENT OF THE SYSTEM...ESPECIALLY BY LATE NEXT WEEK. THIS LOW OVER THE BAY OF CAMPECHE COMBINED WITH WEAK COASTAL TROUGHINESS ALONG THE LOWER TEXAS COAST WILL MAINTAIN UNSETTLED WEATHER THROUGH MID WEEK. DAYTIME HEATING...ONSHORE FLOW AND DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE WILL SUPPORT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. THE BEST OPPORTUNITY FOR CONVECTION WILL REMAIN PRIMARILY SOUTH OF THE AREA AND ALONG THE COAST. HIGH TEMPERATURES MONDAY AND TUESDAY WILL REMAIN IN THE MID 80S DUE TO BETTER CLOUD COVER AND POTENTIAL SHOWER ACTIVITY. OVERNIGHT THE LOW TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE UPPER 60S AND LOWER 70S. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE APPROACH DEEP SOUTH TEXAS ON WEDNESDAY WITH SLIGHTLY DRIER AIR FILTERING INTO THE REGION BY WEDNESDAY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD LINGER ACROSS THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE GULF WATERS INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS AS MOISTURE IS SLOW TO EXIT THE AREA. OTHERWISE...DRY CONDITIONS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. THE NEXT SHORT WAVE TROUGH MOVES ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY...POSSIBLY BRINGING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BACK ACROSS THE AREA ON FRIDAY. THE GFS KEEPS THE REGION DRY WITH THE SHORT WAVE MOVING ACROSS NORTH TEXAS. WHILE THE ECMWF DROPS A 500MB LOW DOWN FROM NORTH TEXAS INTO THE BIG BEND REGION BY FRIDAY...RESULTING IN INCREASING POPS ACROSS THE AREA. DUE TO MODEL THE MODEL DIFFERENCES AND UNCERTAINTIES...WILL KEEP THE FORECAST DRY ON FRIDAY AS WELL. COASTAL FLOODING...BREEZY TO STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE LOWER TEXAS COAST TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY. THE NORTHEAST WINDS...COMBINED WITH ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES OF 1.7 TO 1.9 FT... MAY RESULT IN MINOR NUISANCE FLOODING ALONG THE COAST...WITH WATER RUN UP APPROACHING THE DUNES. MARINE...NOW THROUGH SUNDAY...BUOY 42020 REPORTED SOUTH-SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 16 KNOTS GUSTING TO AROUND 18 KNOTS WITH SEAS SLIGHTLY OVER 3.5 FEET WITH A PERIOD OF 5 SECONDS AT 02 CDT/07 UTC. HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO WILL INTERACT WITH BROAD LOW PRESSURE OVER THE BAY OF CAMPECHE. THIS PATTERN WILL PRODUCE GENERALLY MODERATE WINDS AND SEAS FOR THE LOWER TEXAS COASTAL WATERS THROUGH THE PERIOD. SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...MODERATE EAST WINDS AND SEAS WILL PREVAIL ACROSS THE LOWER TEXAS COASTAL WATERS SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS THE MID ATLANTIC STATES INTERACTS WITH LOWER PRESSURE OVER THE BAY OF CAMPECHE. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL DEVELOP AND STRENGTHEN TO AROUND 20 KNOTS ON TUESDAY. SEAS WILL GRADUALLY BUILD MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY WITH SEAS REACHING SEVEN FEET BY WEDNESDAY. EXERCISE CAUTION TO LOW END SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH LATE WEEK. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS. && .BRO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && THIS PRODUCT IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT: HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RGV
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 422 AM CDT SAT OCT 18 2014 TXZ248>257-191100- ZAPATA-JIM HOGG-BROOKS-KENEDY-STARR-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY- INLAND CAMERON-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- 422 AM CDT SAT OCT 18 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. AN ELEVATED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IS POSSIBLE AT THE BEACHES OF SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND AT BOCA CHICA BEACH MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. INCREASING WINDS...BUILDING SEAS...AND ABOVE NORMAL ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES MAY PRODUCE MINOR NUISANCE COASTAL FLOODING TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY AT THE BEACHES OF SOUTH PADRE ISLAND AND AT BOCA CHICA BEACH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. GMZ130-132-135-150-155-170-175-191100- LAGUNA MADRE FROM THE PORT OF BROWNSVILLE TO THE ARROYO COLORADO- LAGUNA MADRE FROM THE ARROYO COLORADO TO 5 NM NORTH OF PORT MANSFIELD TX- LAGUNA MADRE FROM 5 NM NORTH OF PORT MANSFIELD TO BAFFIN BAY TX- COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT MANSFIELD TO THE RIO GRANDE OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT MANSFIELD OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM PORT MANSFIELD TO THE RIO GRANDE EXTENDING FROM 20 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT MANSFIELD EXTENDING FROM 20 TO 60 NM- 422 AM CDT SAT OCT 18 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO AND THE LAGUNA MADRE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES MAY BE NEEDED ALONG THE LOWER TEXAS COAST TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY DUE TO INCREASING WINDS AND BUILDING SEAS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rain fell across central and northern Cameron County during the morning hours, with several CoCoRaHS observers reporting rainfall totals between 2 and nearly 4 inches. 3.75 inches was reported just east of Rio Hondo.
Scattered showers and thunderstorms brought heavy rainfall to southern Cameron County and the city of Brownsville. CoCoRaHS observers reported between 2 and 3.16 inches of rainfall across western and downtown Brownsville north to Cameron Park. Minor street flooding was reported near Price Road and Frontage Road and at the intersection of East 12th Street and East Elizabeth Street.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 545883, 545886.