

000 

WGUS74 KBRO 042034

FFSBRO

TXZ248>252-042200-



URBAN AND SMALL STREAM ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

335 PM CDT TUE SEP 4 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT...



SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO FORM FROM NEAR RIO

GRANDE CITY...INTO CENTRAL BROOKS COUNTY...EXTENDING FURTHER

NORTHEAST TO BAFFIN BAY.  RAINFALL TOTALS OF AT LEAST 3 TO 4

INCHES HAVE OCCURRED IN A NARROW SECTION OF BROOKS COUNTY FROM

NEAR ENCINO...TO JUST SOUTHWEST OF SARITA IN NORTHERN KENEDY

COUNTY.  SOME SMALL STREAMS ON AREA RANCHES WILL REACH BANKFULL

AS THE HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS.  IF THE HEAVY RAIN

CONTINUES...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MAY BE ISSUED.



OTHER AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN HAVE OCCURRED OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN JIM

HOGG COUNTY.  AREA RANCHES MAY SEE RISES IN DRY CREEK BEDS AND

STANDING WATER IN MANY LOCATIONS.  THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS

OVER BROOKS...JIM HOGG...AND KENEDY COUNTIES ARE MOVING SLOWLY TO THE

EAST AT LESS THAN 10 MPH.  A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT.



RESIDENTS NEED TO USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.  DO

NOT CROSS FLOODED CREEKS OR STREAMS.  IF YOU ENCOUNTER A FLOODED ROAD...

TURN AROUND AND FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN

BROWNSVILLE FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS FLOODING SITUATION.



$$



YURA

