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WGUS74 KBRO 100712

FFSBRO

TXC427-100830-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

208 AM CDT TUE SEP 10 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 330 AM CDT FOR EASTERN 

STARR COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS...



AT 204 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL 6 MILES SOUTH OF LA 

GLORIA...OR 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF MCCOOK...MOVING SLOWLY TO THE 

NORTH.



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE

WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH

FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING 

INCLUDE...LA GLORIA. THE INTERSECTION OF FM 755 AND 1017 MAY BE 

COVERED WITH WATER BY SUNRISE.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT

ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS

THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL

ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 2677 9863 2644 9875 2641 9855 2678 9836



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