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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

945 AM CDT TUE JUL 16 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR ZAPATA COUNTY UNTIL 1230 PM...



AT 945 AM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN 

OVER MOST OF ZAPATA COUNTY.



RADAR INDICATES THAT 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE PAST 

HOUR OVER ZAPATA COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS AND AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 

INCHES IS POSSIBLE AS AN AREA OF TRAIN ECHO SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE MOVING OVER THE AREA.  HIGHWAY 16 WEST OF 

ESCOBAS IS CLOSED AT THIS TIME.  PEOPLE TRAVELING IN ZAPATA COUNTY 

SHOULD WATCH FOR FLOODED AREAS. THIS SAME AREA RECEIVED 3 TO 4 

INCHES OF RAINFALL FROM STORMS YESTERDAY.



ALSO VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER PARTS OF JIM HOGG COUNTY 

EARLIER THIS MORNING CAUSING STREET FLOODING.  A FEW STREETS ARE 

CLOSED IN HEBBRONVILLE DUE TO RECENT HEAVY RAINS.  THE RAINS HAVE 

DECREASED CONSIDERABLY OVER JIM HOGG COUNTY AT THIS TIME AND THE 

WATERS ARE BEGINNING TO RECEDE.   



TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE.



LAT...LON 2703 9938 2664 9912 2717 9900 2721 9938



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