WILLACY

311807 · 26.484, -97.779

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Event typeevent_type	Lightning
NOAA NCEI event IDncei_event_id	311,807
Episode IDepisode_id	51,709
Begin UTCbegin_utc	2011-06-22T19:55:00+00:00
End UTCend_utc	2011-06-22T20:15:00+00:00
Statestate	TEXAS
County/zone typecz_type	C
County/zone namecz_name	WILLACY
Latitudelat	26.484
Longitudelon	-97.779
End latitudeend_lat	26.517
End longitudeend_lon	-97.662
Deaths directdeaths_direct	0
Deaths indirectdeaths_indirect	0
Injuries directinjuries_direct	0
Injuries indirectinjuries_indirect	0
Damage propertydamage_property	5.00K
Damage cropsdamage_crops	0.00K
Weather forecast office sourcewfo_source	Emergency Manager
Episode narrativeepisode_narrative	An upper level disturbance, sandwiched between a receding upper level ridge across the southwest U.S. and another ridge across Florida and the eastern Gulf of Mexico, drew deep tropical moisture northward from the Bay of Campeche and points south. Meanwhile, a vigorous upper level disturbance across the upper midwest and associated frontal zone extending from the Great Lakes southwest into North Texas helped trigger a thunderstorm complex, which initially surge into the South Texas Plains overnight on the 21st. The complex set off boundaries which sparked intense storms along the Rio Grande and into northwest Tamaulipas and northern Nuevo Leon, M��xico, a little after daybreak on the 22nd. By early afternoon, the combination of the disturbance, daytime heating, advancing outflow from previous storms focused on the Lower Rio Grande Valley. Intense, slow moving thunderstorms formed from Mercedes/Weslaco northeast into Santa Rosa, Harlingen, and Raymondville. The storms would gradually weaken as they edged toward Brownsville. \|\|On the 23rd, the surface low parked across Cameron County. Old boundaries, a pesky upper disturbance, and some heating into very unstable air triggered another round of tropical torrents from late morning through late afternoon. These rains inundated parts of the Lower Valley with 2 to 4 more inches of rain �� some which fell in the same spots on the 22nd. \|\|Two day rainfall totals ranged generally from 3 to 6 inches across the Lower Valley, with peak values in a swath bounded by Weslaco/Progresso northeast to Raymondville, then southeast to Brownsville. Numerous instances of nuisance flooding, worse in areas where drainage was poor or debris had not been cleared from ditches or canals, were reported through the period.
Event narrativeevent_narrative	Frequent cloud to ground lightning, particularly on the 22nd, caught a 400 barrel oil container on fire in Willacy County, and effects of another strike injured a woman attempting to enter her vehicle, all occurring around 3 PM CDT. The container fire was put out by the torrential rains; the woman was admitted to Valley Baptist Medical Center for observation.
Yearyear	2,011

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