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TXC247-505-161900-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

1057 AM CST FRI NOV 16 2001



...FLOODING OCCURRING OVER ZAPATA AND JIM HOGG COUNTIES THIS MORNING...



AT 1005 AM CST...THE ZAPATA COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED

THAT HIGHWAY 83 HAD BEEN CLOSED ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF THE CITY OF

ZAPATA...NEAR SAN PERLA...DUE TO HEAVY RAIN.



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN BROWNSVILLE INDICATED THAT

FIVE TO SIX INCHES OF RAINFALL HAD FALLEN THIS MORNING...

CAUSING FLOODING OVER AREAS OF ZAPATA COUNTY.



ADDITIONALLY...COUNTY ROADS 16 AND 359 IN JIM HOGG COUNTY HAVE ALSO

BEEN CLOSED THIS MORNING DUE TO FLOODING.



MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED NOT TO DRIVE INTO FLOODED AREAS.

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