RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 0234 AM CDT TUE MAR 13 2007 ...RECORD DAILY MAXIMUM RAINFALL SET AT BROWNSVILLE... A RECORD RAINFALL OF 4.79 INCHES WAS SET AT BROWNSVILLE YESTERDAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 2.73 SET IN 1903. THIS ALSO BREAKS THE SINGLE DAY RAINFALL RECORD FOR MARCH. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 3.23 INCHES...SET ON MARCH 15...2004. ===== PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 224 PM CDT MON MAR 12 2007 ..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON... ..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.... ..REMARKS.. 0217 PM FLASH FLOOD 2 W LOS FRESNOS 26.07N 97.51W 03/12/2007 CAMERON TX NWS EMPLOYEE NWS EMPLOYEE REPORTS 6.94 INCHES OF RAINFALL. ===== PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 148 PM CDT MON MAR 12 2007 ..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON... ..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.... ..REMARKS.. 0145 PM FLASH FLOOD E BROWNSVILLE 25.93N 97.48W 03/12/2007 CAMERON TX TRAINED SPOTTER 40 TO 50 CARS STALLED ALONG BOCA CHICA BLVD. WATER OVER WHEEL WELLS IN SOME PLACES. ===== PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX 114 PM CDT MON MAR 12 2007 ..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON... ..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.... ..REMARKS.. 1250 PM FLASH FLOOD 1 N BROWNSVILLE 25.94N 97.48W 03/12/2007 CAMERON TX NWS EMPLOYEE NUMEROUS STREETS AND ROADS UNDER 2 FEET OF WATER. GUSTY WINDS. 0105 PM FLASH FLOOD 3 SE RANCHO VIEJO 26.00N 97.52W 03/12/2007 CAMERON TX NWS EMPLOYEE US77 AND MORRISON ROAD EXIT UNDER 3 FEET OF WATER, BROWNSVILLE PD DIVERTING TRAFFIC 0105 PM HEAVY RAIN BROWNSVILLE 25.93N 97.48W 03/12/2007 M2.00 INCH CAMERON TX CO-OP OBSERVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN AN HOUR ALONG THE RIO GRANDE