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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

115 PM CDT SAT SEP 1 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 7 PM TONIGHT...



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

THIS INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF CAMERON...HIDALGO...STARR...ZAPATA... 

JIM HOGG...BROOKS...WILLACY...AND KENEDY.



CITY AND COUNTY OFFICIALS FROM MANY AREAS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS REPORT 

THAT MOST ROADS ARE REOPENED FROM LAST NIGHTS FLOODING RAINS.  THERE 

ARE HOWEVER A FEW SPOTS AND INTERSECTIONS WHICH MAY STILL HAVE SOME 

HIGH WATER.  7 MILE LINE ROAD NORTH OF SULLIVAN CITY IN SOUTHWEST 

HIDALGO COUNTY REMAINS CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER.     



ANOTHER IN A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES IS LOCATED OVER THE 

HILL COUNTRY AND NORTHERN AREAS OF MEXICO.  AS THIS SYSTEM 

APPROACHES THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...ADDITIONAL SHOWERS 

AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP TO OUR WEST AND NORTHWEST...AND MOVE 

OVER SECTIONS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS.  AVERAGE RAINFALL TOTALS ARE 

FORECAST TO BE ONE HALF TO ONE INCH...WITH ISOLATED TOTALS NEAR 3 

INCHES POSSIBLE.  WITH MANY AREAS REPORTING OVER 5 INCHES OF RAIN 

THE PAST FEW DAYS...THE GROUND IS BECOMING SATURATED AND ADDITIONAL 

RAINS WILL LEAD TO EXTENSIVE RUNOFF.  THIS RUNOFF WILL LIKELY FLOOD 

ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS VERY QUICKLY.  



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

FLOODING REMAINS THE NUMBER ONE CAUSE OF WEATHER RELATED 

DEATHS...HIGHER THAN TORNADOES AND LIGHTNING.  2 FEET OF WATER CAN 

FLOAT A CAR OR TRUCK...SO ALL MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO DRIVE WITH 

EXTREME CARE AND AVOID FLOODED ROADS AND INTERSECTIONS.  IF YOU LIVE 

IN A LOW LYING AREA AND HEAVY RAINS OCCUR...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 

IN BROWNSVILLE FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.



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