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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

1230 AM CDT SAT MAY 18 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR KENEDY COUNTY UNTIL 145 

AM CDT...



AT 12:30 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR RAINFALL 

ESTIMATES INDICATED THAT FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER 

WESTERN KENEDY COUNTY ALONG AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 77.  THE HEAVY RAIN 

PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED SOUTHEAST OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS AND 

ARE NOW MOVING OVER NORTHEAST MEXICAN.  



ALTHOUGH THE DIMINISHING THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS ALLOWING ANY FLOOD 

WATERS TO SLOWLY RECEDE THIS EVENING...EVENING MOTORISTS IN KENEDY 

COUNTY 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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