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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

637 PM CDT FRI AUG 31 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES THROUGH 7PM...BUT WILL LIKELY BE 

EXTENDED FOR NORTHERN JIM HOGG AND BROOKS COUNTIES...

...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.



AT 620 PM...THE BROOKS COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTED LOS OLMOS CREEK

WAS NEAR BANKFULL AT THE JIM WELLS AND BROOKS COUNTY LINE JUST 

NORTHWEST OF FALFURRIAS.  IN ADDITION...ALL THE CREEKS NEAR 

FALFURRIAS WERE RUNNING FAST.  THE FALFURRIAS SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT 

REPORTED THAT HIGHWAY 285 BETWEEN FALFURRIAS AND HEBBRONVILLE WAS 

FLOODED...AND WAS BARRICADED.  



AT 620 PM...THE JIM HOGG SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT REPORTED THAT HIGHWAY 

16 JUST NORTH OF HEBBRONVILLE CONTINUE CLOSED BECAUSE OF HIGHWATER.



AT 630 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS MOVED SOUTHEAST OF FALFURRIAS.  

HOWEVER...RUNOFF FROM ADDITIONAL TORRENTIAL RAIN THAT FELL EARLIER 

ACROSS EXTREME NORTHERN JIM HOGG AND BROOKS COUNTIES...AND JIM WELLS 

AND DUVAL COUNTIES WILL CONTINUE TO FLOW FAST THROUGH TONIGHT IN THE 

CREEKS LOCATED NEAR FALFURRIAS AND HEBBRONVILLE.



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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