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WGUS74 KBRO 112200

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

500 PM CDT FRI MAY 11 2001



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM FOR NORTHWESTERN

CAMERON COUNTY...



AT 455 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN BROWNSVILLE

CONTINUED TO DETECT A HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORM NEAR THE TOWN

OF SANTA ROSA IN NORTHWESTERN CAMERON COUNTY.  THIS STORM IS NEAR

STATIONARY AND AS A RESULT...DOPPLER RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES SHOW THAT

FROM 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE OCCURRED SINCE 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON NEAR

THE CITY. HOWEVER...THIS STORM HAS BEGUN TO WEAKEN AND RAINFALL

RATES WILL SLOW THROUGH THE NEXT HOUR.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND

STREAMS...LOW LYING HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE PRONE TO FLOODING.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY.



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