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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

525 PM CDT SUN SEP 15 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR THE INLAND COUNTIES OF DEEP 

SOUTH TEXAS UNTIL 9 PM...



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM FOR HIDALGO 

COUNTY...



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR STARR COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...



...A FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR THE COASTAL COUNTIES OF DEEP SOUTH 

TEXAS UNTIL 9 PM.



THE FLOOD WARNING FOR KENEDY AND WILLACY COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...BUT

ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT. CONTINUED

VIGILANCE IS WARRANTED.



AT 524 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS WITH A FEW 

EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN HIDALGO AND ALL OF STARR 

COUNTY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN CAMERON COUNTY FROM SAN 

BENITO TO RIO HONDO...WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS OVER KENEDY COUNTY AND 

THE ADJACENT GULF WATERS.



A LARGE AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN SHOWERS WAS MOVING FROM 

MEXICO INTO ZAPATA COUNTY. SHOWERS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE OVER THE 

WESTERN VALLEY THROUGH MIDNIGHT.



MCALLEN AND MISSION REPORT FLOODING PROBLEMS FROM VERY HEAVY RAINS 

THIS AFTERNOON. MANY ACCESS ROADS TO HIGHWAY 83 NEAR MCALLEN AND 

MISSION ARE FLOODED. PLEASE REMAIN AWAY FROM FLOODED AREAS UNTIL 

WORKMEN CAN MAKE THESE ROADS PASSABLE.



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY

RAINFALL TO OCCUR AND RESULT IN THE FLOODING OF STREAMS...

CREEKS...AND LOW LYING AREAS.  MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY OVERNIGHT...

SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR HEAVY RAINS AND AVOID DRIVING THROUGH LOW

LYING AREAS OR WHERE WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH IS COVERING THE

ROADWAYS. DO NOT DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES.



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.



FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION CHECK OUT YOUR BROWNSVILLE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/BRO OR LISTEN 

TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO. 



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