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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

548 PM CDT THU MAY 30 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FOR STARR COUNTY...

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CANCELED FOR SOUTHERN JIM HOGG...



AT 552 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAINS WAS LOCATED 

15 MILES NORTH OF RIO GRANDE CITY. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS 

BROUGHT FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL OVER AREAS OF SOUTHERN JIM 

HOGG AND CENTRAL STARR COUNTIES. 



THIS LARGE THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING SOUTH AT 35 MPH AND SHOULD CLEAR 

SOUTHERN STARR COUNTY BY 615 PM. CITIES IN SOUTHERN STARR 

COUNTY...ESPECIALLY RIO GRANDE CITY...CAN EXPECT OVER 2 INCHES OF 

RAINFALL IN A VERY SHORT TIME. THIS HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE SOME FLASH 

FLOODING OF ROADWAYS...AND COMMUTERS IN SOUTHERN STARR SHOULD BE 

CAUTIOUS WHILE DRIVING IN THIS AREA.



THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING WILL DECREASE QUICKLY AFTER 630 

PM...WITH THE LIKELIHOOD OF THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING BEING CANCELED 

BY 630 PM.



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