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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

925 PM CDT FRI MAY 17 2002



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN JIM HOGG AND 

NORTHEASTERN ZAPATA COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...



AT 924 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR IN BROWNSVILLE INDICATED THAT MOST OF 

THE HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAS MOVED EAST OUT OF 

ZAPATA AND JIM HOGG COUNTY.  AS A RESULT...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING 

FOR NORTHWESTERN JIM HOGG AND NORTHEASTERN ZAPATA COUNTY HAS BEEN 

ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.  HOWEVER...WEAKER SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM 

ACTIVITY CONTINUES OVER THESE COUNTIES PRODUCING ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL.  



ALTHOUGH FLOOD WATERS WILL SLOWLY RECIDE THIS EVENING...EVENING 

MOTORIST SHOULD NOT DRIVE THEIR VEHICLES INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER 

COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR 

CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE 

ABANDONED QUICKLY. 



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