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| Event typeevent_type | Heavy Rain |
|---|---|
| NOAA NCEI event IDncei_event_id | 334,760 |
| Episode IDepisode_id | 55,845 |
| Begin UTCbegin_utc | 2011-09-18T02:45:00+00:00 |
| End UTCend_utc | 2011-09-18T04:30:00+00:00 |
| Statestate | TEXAS |
| County/zone typecz_type | C |
| County/zone namecz_name | STARR |
| Latitudelat | 26.550 |
| Longitudelon | -99.130 |
| End latitudeend_lat | 26.556 |
| End longitudeend_lon | -99.138 |
| Deaths directdeaths_direct | 0 |
| Deaths indirectdeaths_indirect | 0 |
| Injuries directinjuries_direct | 0 |
| Injuries indirectinjuries_indirect | 0 |
| Damage cropsdamage_crops | 0.00K |
| Weather forecast office sourcewfo_source | COOP Observer |
| Episode narrativeepisode_narrative | A pocket of relatively deep atmospheric moisture combined with a weak upper level disturbance was enough to trigger evening into overnight thunderstorms across the Brush Country and Rio Grande Plains of Zapata, Starr, Jim Hogg, and Brooks County Texas on the 17th. Radar estimated rainfall ranged from 2 to 4 inches, with a couple of pockets of more than 4 inches, from the south end of Falcon Lake northeast into the ranchlands of Jim Hogg and western Brooks County, most falling between 8 and 11 PM. ||One storm in southeast Zapata/extreme southwest Starr, produced a pulse microburst which caused notable damage in Fronton. |
| Event narrativeevent_narrative | Slow moving thunderstorms moved into extreme southeast Zapata and southwest Starr County between 930 and 1030 PM, September 17th, initially producing a microburst in Fronton but ultimately dumping nearly 3 inches of rain in some locations before sliding south of the Rio Grande just before midnight. At the Falcon Dam cooperative observing location, 2.80 inches of rain fell, most likely in less than two hours. No significant flooding was reported in the Roma to Falcon Heights area as of this writing. |
| Yearyear | 2,011 |
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