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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

555 PM CDT TUE SEP 4 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR EASTERN STARR AND WESTERN HIDALGO 

COUNTIES IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS UNTIL 700 PM CDT...



AT 545 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 

THAT THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...14 MILES NORTH OF 

SULLIVAN CITY PRODUCED A LARGE AREA OF 1 TO 2 INCH RAINFALL TOTALS. 

A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OBSERVER IN RINCON REPORTED 1.3 INCHES OF 

RAINFALL AT ABOUT 520 PM.  MUCH OF THIS RUN-OFF COULD FLOOD THE 

TOWNS OF SULLIVAN CITY...LA JOYA...AND HAVANNA. 



SOME OF THIS RUNOFF WILL ALSO FLOW INTO LAKE LA JOYA WHICH COULD 

AGGRAVATE FLOODING PROBLEMS IN THE CITY OF LA JOYA.  IN 

ADDITION...RUNOFF INTO THE STREAMS AND TRIBUTARIES WILL CAUSE 

FLOODING OF SOME COUNTY ROADS.



THE RED CROSS WILL OPEN A SHELTER AT 7 PM AT THE LA JOYA HIGH SCHOOL.



IF YOU ENCOUNTER A FLOODED ROAD...TURN AROUND AND FIND AN ALTERNATE 

ROUTE.  THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS 

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. 

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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

BROWNSVILLE FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS FLOODING SITUATION.



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