Rogerslacy, TX Weather Warnings

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

Warning Issue Date:

206 PM CDT WED JUL 23 2008

SOUTHEASTERN WILLACY COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. NORTHERN CAMERON COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE... RIO HONDO. * UNTIL 500 PM CDT * AT 200 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED FLASH FLOODING FROM RAINFALL OF FIVE INCHES PER HOUR FROM A LARGE SQUALL OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM SOUTHERN WILLACY COUNTY TO CENTRAL CAMERON COUNTY...MOVING WEST AT 7 MPH. * SQUALLS WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN WILL BE NEAR... LOZANO...SANTA MONICA. LANTANA. WIDESPREAD FLOODING IS OCCURRING...OR WILL OCCUR...IN THE WARNED AREA. MOST ARROYOS AND CREEKS WILL FLOOD. NUMEROUS ROADS WILL BE CLOSED...AND LIVESTOCK WILL BE LOST. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY! DON`T BECOME A STATISTIC. TURN AROUND...DON`T DROWN! LAT...LON 2643 9748 2638 9741 2612 9734 2612 9752 2620 9762 2643 9771 $$ 61

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

Warning Issue Date:

420 PM CDT WED JUL 23 2008

EASTERN HIDALGO COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. WESTERN WILLACY COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. NORTHWESTERN CAMERON COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE... HARLINGEN VALLEY AIRPORT. HARLINGEN. LASARA. RAYMONDVILLE. * UNTIL 615 PM CDT * AT 412 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED FLASH FLOODING FROM RAINFALL OF THREE INCHES PER HOUR FROM A LARGE SQUALL OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM LASARA TO HARLINGEN VALLEY AIRPORT...MOVING WEST AT 14 MPH. * SQUALLS WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN WILL BE NEAR... SANTA ROSA...COMBES. PALM VALLEY...HARGILL. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND INTERSECTIONS. POOR DRAINAGE AREAS ARE MOST AT RISK. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADS! EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL ARROYOS AND STREAMS... AND SOME COUNTRY ROADS. FARMLAND ALONG STREAM BANKS WILL BE INUNDATED. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. DON`T BECOME A STATISTIC. TURN AROUND...DON`T DROWN! LAT...LON 2656 9778 2632 9765 2615 9754 2614 9769 2625 9786 2645 9804 $$ 61

FLOOD ADVISORY

Warning Issue Date:

352 PM CDT WED JUL 23 2008

SOUTHEASTERN BROOKS COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ENCINO. CAMERON COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...OLMITO...HARLINGEN VALLEY AIRPORT... SAN BENITO...LA FERIA...HARLINGEN...BROWNSVILLE HIDALGO COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...LINN...WESLACO...SAN MANUEL...SAN JUAN...PHARR...MISSION...MERCEDES...MCCOOK...MCALLEN...EDINBURG... EDCOUCH...DONNA...ALAMO KENEDY COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SARITA NORTHEASTERN STARR COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LA GLORIA. WILLACY COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...LASARA...RAYMONDVILLE...PORT MANSFIELD * UNTIL 645 PM CDT * AT 345 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SQUALLS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM 9 MILES NORTH OF SAN MANUEL TO OLMITO...MOVING WEST AT 25 MPH. * SQUALLS WITH HEAVY RAINS WILL ALSO AFFECT... RED GATE...SAN PEDRO. MCALLEN MILLER AIRPORT. PALMHURST...MADERO. PUERTO RICO. CITRUS CITY...PALMVIEW. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE SQUALLS FROM DOLLY WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND INTERSECTIONS. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME WHILE DRIVING. KEEP CHILDREN AND PETS AWAY FROM STORM DRAINS DURING HEAVY RAINFALL. THEY COULD DROWN. DON`T BECOME A STATISTIC. TURN AROUND...DON`T DROWN! LAT...LON 2592 9760 2600 9767 2604 9782 2603 9806 2623 9844 2678 9845 2730 9778 2655 9741 2645 9741 2633 9733 2629 9735 2630 9731 2614 9730 2610 9723 2595 9721 2593 9733 2589 9737 $$ 61

TORNADO WATCH

Warning Issue Date:

1124 AM CDT WED JUL 23 2008

TORNADO WATCH 735 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS TXC007-025-047-057-061-123-131-175-177-215-239-249-255-261-273- 285-297-321-355-391-409-469-481-489-493-240000- /O.NEW.KWNS.TO.A.0735.080723T1625Z-080724T0000Z/ TX . TEXAS COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE ARANSAS BEE BROOKS CALHOUN CAMERON DEWITT DUVAL GOLIAD GONZALES HIDALGO JACKSON JIM WELLS KARNES KENEDY KLEBERG LAVACA LIVE OAK MATAGORDA NUECES REFUGIO SAN PATRICIO VICTORIA WHARTON WILLACY WILSON $$

FLOOD WATCH

Warning Issue Date:

810 AM CDT WED JUL 23 2008

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * A PORTION OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...BROOKS...COASTAL CAMERON...COASTAL WILLACY...HIDALGO... INLAND CAMERON...INLAND WILLACY...JIM HOGG...KENEDY...STARR AND ZAPATA. * THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING * WITH HURRICANE DOLLY EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL NEAR THE UNITED STATES/MEXICO BORDER REGION AROUND MIDDAY TODAY...WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 10 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS DEEP SOUTH TEXAS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. WITH THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE STORM...ISOLATED TOTALS OF 10 TO 15 INCHES OF RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY. * RESIDENTS...PARTICULARLY THOSE IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS...AS WELL AS THOSE LIVING NEAR SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS...SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT INLAND FRESHWATER FLOODING IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS. RESIDENTS LIVING IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT PROPERTY. $$ CASTILLO

HURRICANE WIND WARNING

Warning Issue Date:

323 PM CDT WED JUL 23 2008

...HURRICANE WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT THURSDAY NIGHT... ...NEW INFORMATION... DOLLY...A CATEGORY 1 HURRICANE...IS CURRENTLY MOVING INTO EASTERN WILLACY COUNTY. SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR THE CENTER OF DOLLY ARE 95 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. DOLLY IS MOVING TO THE WEST-NORTHWEST AT 7 MPH. THE MAIN RAIN SHIELD FROM DOLLY COVERS MOST OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. THE FOLLOWING ARE PRELIMINARY PEAK SUSTAINED WINDS AND WIND GUSTS DUE TO HURRICANE DOLLY. PORT ISABEL: 57 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 70... HARLINGEN: 44 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 64...BROWNSVILLE: 46 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 64...RINCON: 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 48...BAYVIEW 42 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 54...MCALLEN 26 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 36. RECENT RAINFALL TOTALS AS OF MIDDAY TODAY...BROWNSVILLE: 2.15 INCHES...BAYVIEW: 2.27 INCHES...MCALLEN: 0.28 INCHES...HARLINGEN: 1.68 INCHES...WESLACO: 0.51 INCHES...EDINBURG: 0.14 INCHES. ...AREAS AFFECTED... THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN... DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. ...WATCHES/WARNINGS... PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THESE ADDITIONAL HAZARDS. FLOOD WATCH. TORNADO WATCH. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... AT THIS TIME...THE EXPECTED SURGE WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 8 FEET NEAR AND TO THE NORTH OF THE CENTER OF DOLLY. THE EXPECTED SURGE TO THE SOUTH OF THE POINT OF LANDFALL WILL RANGE FROM 4 TO 6 FEET. TIDES WILL CONTINUE TO RUN WELL ABOVE NORMAL TODAY AND INTO THURSDAY AS SURFACE WINDS TURN BACK TO THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST. ALL RESIDENTS LIVING ON SHORELINES CAN EXPECT SOME WATER INCURSION INTO THEIR HOMES. THOSE IN TYPICALLY FLOOD PRONE AREAS MAY HAVE A FOOT OR TWO OF WATER IN THEIR HOMES...CAUSING MINOR TO MODERATE DAMAGE. SHORELINE ROADS MAY BRIEFLY CLOSE WITH UP TO TWO FEET OF WATER ACROSS...EXCEPT THOSE IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS WHICH COULD HAVE UPWARDS OF 4 FEET OF WATER ACROSS THEM. MODERATE TO SEVERE BEACH EROSION IS POSSIBLE...BECOMING MORE LIKELY IF CONDITIONS EXTEND THROUGH MULTIPLE HIGH TIDE CYCLES. CONDITIONS WILL BE WORSENED BY BATTERING WAVES. SUCH WAVES WILL INCREASE THE LIKELIHOOD OF PROPERTY DAMAGE...ESPECIALLY TO STRUCTURES ON OR VERY NEAR THE SHORELINE NEAR AND TO THE NORTH OF THE LANDFALL LOCATION. ...WINDS... HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ARE OCCURRING OVER EASTERN WILLACY AND NORTHERN CAMERON COUNTIES. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL SPREAD ACROSS HIDALGO COUNTY OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. ...PROBABILITY OF HURRICANE/TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS... THE PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM WINDS IS NEAR 100 PERCENT TODAY. THE PROBABILITY OF HURRICANE FORCE WINDS IS FROM 45 TO 50 PERCENT IN CAMERON AND WILLACY COUNTIES TODAY. THE PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM WINDS IN HIDALGO COUNTY TODAY IS 75 TO 95 PERCENT. THE PROBABILITY OF HURRICANE FORCE WINDS IN HIDALGO COUNTY TODAY IS FROM 15 TO 30 PERCENT WITH THE HIGHEST PROBABILITY OVER NORTHERN HIDALGO COUNTY. ...INLAND FLOODING... CURRENT RAINFALL TOTALS FROM THE BROWNSVILLE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWS THAT FROM 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER THE EASTERN SECTIONS OF WILLACY AND CAMERON COUNTIES SINCE MIDNIGHT. ISOLATED AMOUNTS FROM 10 TO 12 INCHES HAVE FALLEN OVER SOUTH PADRE ISLAND...PORT ISABEL...LAGUNA VISTA AND LAGUNA HEIGHTS. THE EYEWALL OF DOLLY WHERE THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WILL CONTINUE MOVING INLAND THIS AFTERNOON OVER EASTERN WILLACY. 8 TO 12 INCHES OF RAIN ARE POSSIBLE NEAR THE CENTER OF DOLLY WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE OF UP TO 15 TO 20 INCHES DUE TO THE EFFECTS OF DOLLY. FLASH OR AREAL FLOODING IS LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS FIRST AND IN OTHER AREAS LATER. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR MORE WIDESPREAD FLOODING THROUGHOUT THIS AFTERNOON...TONIGHT AND INTO THURSDAY. THE SPECIFIC AREAS THAT RECEIVE THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL DEPEND HEAVILY ON THE FINAL TRACK OF DOLLY AS SHE MOVES FURTHER WEST. SHOULD MORE THAN 10 INCHES OF RAIN FALL IN A SHORT PERIOD...THERE IS A CHANCE FOR RESACA FLOODING IN SOME AREAS. A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. PERSONS LIVING NEAR OR IN POOR DRAINAGE LOCATIONS SHOULD PREPARE FOR POSSIBLE EVACUATION LATER THIS AFTERNOON...TONIGHT OR THURSDAY. IN THESE AREAS...SIGNIFICANT PROPERTY DAMAGE WILL OCCUR...AND SOME POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY. MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE ELSEWHERE. WATER LEVELS IN VERY POOR DRAINAGE AREAS WILL APPROACH 7 FEET. OTHER POOR DRAINAGE LOCATIONS WILL HAVE RISES BETWEEN 3 AND 5 FEET. ELSEWHERE...EXPECT WATER RISES TO NEAR 2 FEET. NUMEROUS MAIN ROADS WILL BE CLOSED. DRIVING IS HIGHLY DISCOURAGED EXCEPT FOR EMERGENCIES. ...TORNADOES... ISOLATED TORNADOES REMAIN A POSSIBILITY TODAY AS THE CENTER OF HURRICANE DOLLY MOVES ACROSS EASTERN WILLACY COUNTY. THE BEST CHANCES WILL BE IN AREAS TO THE NORTH OF THE CENTER. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR HIDALGO...WILLACY AND CAMERON COUNTIES. ...NEXT UPDATE... THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED AROUND 430 PM CDT. $$