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WGUS74 KBRO 010356

FFSBRO

TXZ252-253-010500-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

1055 PM CDT FRI AUG 31 2001



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

UNTIL 1245 AM SATURDAY...

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

THROUGH TONIGHT...



EXTENSIVE FLOODING OF ROADS HAVE BEEN REPORTED ACROSS PARTS OF 

HIDALGO COUNTY AND SOUTHERN STARR COUNTY.  ABOUT 3.5 INCHES HAS 

FALLEN IN MCALLEN SINCE 920 PM. AT 930 PM...A WOMAN HAD TO BE 

RESCUED FROM HER HOME IN THE MISSION AREA BECAUSE OF FLOODING. 



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. 



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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