686 FPUS74 KBRO 031807 NOWBRO SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 107 PM CDT WED SEP 3 2014 TXZ248>250-252>255-032000- ZAPATA-JIM HOGG-BROOKS-STARR-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY- INLAND CAMERON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ZAPATA...HEBBRONVILLE...FALFURRIAS... RIO GRANDE CITY...ROMA...MCALLEN...EDINBURG...PHARR...MISSION... WESLACO...RAYMONDVILLE...BROWNSVILLE...HARLINGEN 107 PM CDT WED SEP 3 2014 .NOW... THROUGH 3 PM...STEADY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTH NORTHWEST ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES. ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF A TENTH TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE IN THE NORTHERN COUNTIES. $$ TXZ251-256-257-032000- KENEDY-COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SARITA...PORT MANSFIELD...PORT ISABEL... SOUTH PADRE ISLAND...LAGUNA HEIGHTS...LAGUNA VISTA 107 PM CDT WED SEP 3 2014 .NOW... ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THROUGH 3 PM...STEADY SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE COASTAL COUNTIES THIS AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES. ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF A TENTH TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IN WILLACY AND KENEDY COUNTIES. $$ GMZ130-132-135-150-155-170-175-032000- 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- 107 PM CDT WED SEP 3 2014 .NOW... THROUGH 3 PM...SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTH NORTHWEST AT AROUND 20 KNOTS ACROSS THE MARINE WATERS THIS AFTERNOON. MARINERS CAN EXPECT PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL WITH ISOLATED CLOUD TO WATER LIGHTNING STRIKES AND BRIEF GUSTY WINDS TO 30 KNOTS. $$ BIRCHFIELD