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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

529 PM CDT FRI JUN 15 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN HIDALGO COUNTY UNTIL

   620 PM...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES SHOWERS WITH 

MODERATE RAIN...WITH RAINFALL RATES OF A QUARTER TO HALF AN INCH PER 

HOUR...OVER SOUTHERN HIDALGO COUNTY. LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WILL 

CONTINUE TO FALL OVER SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF HIDALGO COUNTY THE NEXT 

COUPLE OF HOURS...WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF HALF AN INCH 

TO ONE INCH POSSIBLE...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES.



SEVERE FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN MISSION. SOME FLOODING WAS 

STILL OCCURRING IN MERCEDES AND WESLACO. 

 

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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