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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

100 PM CDT FRI AUG 31 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING EXPIRED AT 1 PM...FOR NORTHERN JIM HOGG COUNTY...

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHERN PORTIONS

OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...



THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ARE IN A FLASH FLOOD WATCH...JIM HOGG...

BROOKS...ZAPATA...AND KENEDY.



REMEMBER A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR

FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR.



AT 1250 PM...THE JIM HOGG SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT REPORTED THAT

THE FLOODING NORTH OF HEBBRONVILLE HAD RECEDED.  THEREFORE...THE

FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR JIM HOGG COUNTY.



AT 1255 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN

BETWEEN HEBBRONVILLE AND SARITA. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE

MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.



ADDITIONAL RUNOFF...AND RAINFALL COULD CAUSE PALO BLANCO...AND CIBOLO

CREEKS WHICH FEED INTO FALFURRIAS TO FLOOD.



EXPECT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THROUGH TONIGHT

AND DUMP HEAVY RAIN OVER THE FLASH FLOOD AREA.



IF YOU ENCOUNTER A FLOODED ROAD...TURN AROUND AND FIND AN ALTERNATE

ROUTE.  MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. RAPIDLY RISING WATER

CAN ENGULF A VEHICLE AND ITS OCCUPANTS AND SWEEP THEM AWAY. IF YOUR

VEHICLE STALLS IN THE WATER...ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER

GROUND.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION

STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISIONS SERVICE PROVIDER FOR LATER

STATEMENTS CONCERNING THIS FLASH FLOOD POTENTIAL.



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