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WGUS74 KBRO 111804

FFSBRO

TXC261-489-111900-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

103 PM CDT WED SEP 11 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 215 PM CDT FOR WILLACY AND 

SOUTHERN KENEDY COUNTIES... 



AT 1 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL 19 MILES NORTHWEST OF PORT 

MANSFIELD...MOVING WEST AT 20 MPH.



RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO 

OCCUR WITHIN THE WARNED AREA. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE 

FLOODING INCLUDE...RAYMONDVILLE AND LYFORD.  IN ADDITION...HIGHWAYS 

77 AND 186 IN WILLACY AND SOUTHERN KENEDY COUNTIES WILL EXPERIENCE 

FLOODING THROUGH 215 PM THIS AFTERNOON.  



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



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