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WGUS74 KBRO 092341

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TXC061-100100-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

640 PM CDT MON SEP 9 2002



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN CAMERON 

COUNTY UNTIL 745 PM CDT HAS BEEN CANCELLED...



AT 640 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT THE HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHERN CAMERON 

COUNTY HAS MOVED SOUTH INTO MEXICO.  THIS HAS ENDED THE HEAVY RAIN 

OVER THE WARNED AREA FOR THE MOMENT. STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE 

WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO RECEDE. EVEN THOUGH 

STREAM AND CREEK LEVELS ARE NOW FALLING...SOME ROADWAYS MAY STILL BE 

COVERED WITH WATER. MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO AVOID DRIVING THROUGH 

FLOODED ROADWAYS.



HOWEVER...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF DEEP 

SOUTH TEXAS UNTIL TUESDAY MORNING.  



RESIDENTS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS SHOULD REMEMBER THAT MOST DEATHS IN 

FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS 

BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. 

NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT.



LAT...LON 2628 9733 2573 9718 2584 9781 2630 9783



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