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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

955 PM CDT TUE SEP 4 2001



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHWEST HIDALGO COUNTY WILL

BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 10 PM...

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY FOR

ALL OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS...



AT 930 PM CDT...REPORTS FROM LOCAL AUTHORITIES IN LA JOYA...INDICATE

THAT THE THREAT OF A DAM BREAK ON LA JOYA LAKE HAVE EASED...AND

AS A RESULT...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE

AT 10 PM. THIS LEVEE IS STILL IN GOOD SHAPE...AND THE CANAL IN 

THE AREA HAS BEEN PATCHED UP AND REINFORCED WITH CALICHE. THIS 

REPAIR...AND A LACK OF ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE SURROUNDING

AREA SINCE EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON...HAVE COMBINED TO ALLEVIATE THE

FLOOD POTENTIAL IN SOUTHWEST HIDALGO COUNTY. RUNOFF FROM EARLIER

RAINS HAS HAD A CHANCE TO BE ABSORBED INTO THE SANDY SOIL IN THIS

REGION...AND NO LONGER POSES A THREAT OF FLOODING. 



WITH A MOIST ATMOSPHERE...AND UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE NEARBY...

THE THREAT OF ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS DEVELOPING LATE TONIGHT AND

ON WEDNESDAY ACROSS DEEP SOUTH TEXAS REMAINS WITH US. ALL OF DEEP

SOUTH TEXAS WILL STAY UNDER A FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH WEDNESDAY.



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

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