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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

925 PM CDT FRI AUG 31 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS 

THROUGH TONIGHT...

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR STARR AND HIDALGO COUNTIES

UNTIL 1245 AM SATURDAY...



DPS MCALLEN REPORTS THAT FM 490...JUST WEST OF THE HIDALGO-STARR

COUNTY LINE IS CLOSED AND IMPASSABLE...DUE TO WATER OVER THE 

ROADWAY. IN EXCESS OF 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THIS AREA

DURING THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS. 



IF YOU ENCOUNTER FLOODED ROADS...TURN AROUND AND FIND AN ALTERNATE 

ROUTE. DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE

IN BROWNSVILLE FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS 

FLASH FLOOD SITUATION.



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