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WGUS74 KBRO 250033

FFSBRO

TXC261-250115-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

730 PM CDT THU OCT 24 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL AND 

SOUTHERN KENEDY COUNTY...



AT 720 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUES TO INDICATE A LINE OF 

INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING EAST-NORTHEAST FROM THE 

KENEDY-HIDALGO COUNTY BORDER TOWARD THE COAST. THE STORMS ARE 

PRODUCING HOURLY RAIN RATES BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES PER HOUR. THE 

ENTIRE LINE OF STORMS IS MOVING SOUTHWARD TOWARD THE KENEDY-WILLACY 

COUNTY LINE....WHERE IT IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE BY 815 PM CDT.



RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO 

OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS WHERE FLOODING IS POSSIBLE INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 

77...AS WELL AS LOW LYING SPOTS ALONG IT. ALSO...FLASH FLOODING IS 

LIKELY OCCURRING OVER ARROYOS IN THE WARNED AREA DUE TO ANTECEDENT 

SOIL CONDITIONS.



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.



LAT...LON 2726 9799 2662 9799 2662 9737 2726 9738

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