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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

1227 AM CDT TUE APR 24 2001



...HEAVY RAINS WILL CAUSE FLOODING AND ROADWAY PONDING...



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A SMALL STREAM

AND URBAN FLOOD ADVISORY FOR HIDALGO...WILLACY AND CAMERON COUNTIES

UNTIL 5 AM.



A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT EDGING INTO THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY HAS

INITIATED NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE RIO GRANDE

VALLEY. NORTHERN HIDALGO AND BROOKS COUNTIES HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED 3

TO 5 INCHES OF RAINFALL FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS. SIMILAR AMOUNTS WILL

RECEIVED BY SOUTHERN HIDALGO...WILLACY AND CAMERON COUNTIES DURING

THE NEXT 3 TO 6 HOURS.



EXPECT HEAVY RAINS FLOODING LOW-LYING AREAS...AND SOME RURAL ROADWAYS

...TODAY. PONDING ON AREA ROADWAYS WILL CAUSE PROBLEMS FOR

AREA COMMUTERS THIS MORNING. REMEMBER...NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH.



THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...WITH NUMEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES...

WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. REMAIN WEATHER

ALERT TODAY...AND CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL

RADIO AND TELEVISION OR YOUR LOCAL CABLE OUTLET FOR THE LATEST

WARNINGS AND STATEMENT ON THIS HEAVY RAIN EVENT. PHILO

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