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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

100 AM CDT SAT SEP 1 2001



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

THROUGH 7 AM THIS MORNING...



EXTENSIVE FLOODING OF ROADS HAS BEEN REPORTED ACROSS PARTS OF 

HIDALGO COUNTY AND SOUTHERN STARR COUNTY.  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 

RADAR ESTIMATES SHOW THAT FROM 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN 

IN MOST OF SOUTHERN HIDALGO COUNTY...EVEN HIGHER BETWEEN PHARR AND 

EDINBURG. 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. 



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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