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Eventdex · Heavy Rain

ZAPATA

133461 · 26.683, -99.105

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Event typeevent_typeHeavy Rain
NOAA NCEI event IDncei_event_id133,461
Episode IDepisode_id22,437
Begin UTCbegin_utc2008-08-18T15:15:00+00:00
End UTCend_utc2008-08-18T18:00:00+00:00
StatestateTEXAS
County/zone typecz_typeC
County/zone namecz_nameZAPATA
Latitudelat26.683
Longitudelon-99.105
End latitudeend_lat26.601
End longitudeend_lon-99.080
Deaths directdeaths_direct0
Deaths indirectdeaths_indirect0
Injuries directinjuries_direct0
Injuries indirectinjuries_indirect0
Weather forecast office sourcewfo_sourcePublic
Episode narrativeepisode_narrativeA stationary complex of thunderstorms dumped an estimated 8 to 10 inches, with pockets of a foot or more (12 inches) of rainfall, near and just east of Roma between daybreak and noon, producing widespread flash and areal flooding beginning during the mid morning of the 18th, and continuing through mid to late afternoon. The complex was the result of the combination of an upper level disturbance acting on a plume of deep tropical moisture, which enhanced the lifting of this moisture through a low level southeasterly jet streak moving from the Lower Rio Grande Valley northwest into the Rio Grande Plains and Rio Grande Highlands. Conditions began to improve by late afternoon, well after the rains had ended.||Farther east, development of intense thunderstorms in northwestern Tamaulipas province, Mexico, eased north into southern Hidalgo County during the evening, dropping at least 4 to 6 inches in a 3 hour period.
Event narrativeevent_narrativeRadar data suggested that at least 3 inches of rain fell in southwestern Zapata County, with perhaps 6 inches closer to Falcon Lake, between late morning until just after noon, associated with a northwest extension of the more intense convection from Starr County.||These storms likely resulting in minor flooding of some poor drainage areas. A citizen report of some flooding was received at 1220 CDT from the city of Zapata, along 9th Avenue. ||Much heavier rains of more than 8 inches created severe flash flooding just east of Roma, associated with the core of the thunderstorm complex.
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