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WGUS74 KBRO 230241

FFSBRO

TXC047-230315-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

940 PM CDT TUE OCT 22 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1015 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN 

BROOKS COUNTY...



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHERN KENEDY COUNTY HAS BEEN 

CANCELLED..



AT 940 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN 

BROWNSVILLE INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY 

RAINFALL 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FALFURRIAS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 

MPH.



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE

WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH 

FLOODING TO OCCUR. THE LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING WILL 

BE MAINLY THE RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN BROOKS COUNTY ALONG HIGHWAY 

281.  



THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS DIMINISHED OVER NORTHERN KENEDY COUNTY.  

ACCORDINGLY...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THIS COUNTY HAS BEEN 

CANCELLED.  



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND

ARROYOS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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