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WGUS74 KBRO 152149

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TXZ255-152230-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

448 PM CDT FRI JUN 15 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR CAMERON COUNTY UNTIL 615 PM...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES STRONG 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WITH RAINFALL RATES OF ONE TO 

TWO INCHES PER HOUR...OVER CAMERON COUNTY. HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE 

TO FALL OVER PORTIONS OF CAMERON COUNTY THE NEXT COUPLE OF  

HOURS...WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES 

POSSIBLE...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES.



SOME FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED NEAR FOUR CORNERS IN

BROWNSVILLE...SOME ROADS IN HARLINGEN...AND PORTIONS OF MILITARY

HIGHWAY. 

 

MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION AND NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF 

SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND 

ARROYOS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



MORE RAIN WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA LATER THIS EVENING...SO STAY TUNED 

TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST UPDATES.



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