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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

151 AM CDT FRI OCT 25 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR CAMERON COUNTY UNTIL 3

AM...

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE RIO GRANDE

VALLEY THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...



AT 150 AM CDT...BROWNSVILLE RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WITH

HEAVY RAINFALL TRAINING OVER CAMERON COUNTY AND THE ADJACENT

GULF WATERS. RAINFALL RATES ESTIMATED FROM DOPPLER RADAR...

ALONG WITH TOTALS RECEIVED FROM GAUGES...ARE FROM 1/2 TO 1

INCH PER HOUR. MANY AREAS OF CAMERON COUNTY...ESPECIALLY IN

THE HARLINGEN AREA...HAVE RECEIVED FROM 3 TO 4 INCHES OF

RAINFALL FROM LAST NIGHTS THUNDERSTORMS. FLOODING OF

STREETS...ROADWAYS AND LOW LYING AREAS IS OCCURRING NOW IN

CAMERON COUNTY.



MANY ROADS OVER CAMERON COUNTY WILL CONTINUE TO BE HAZARDOUS FOR

DRIVING DURING ALL OF THIS MORNING...AS PONDING AND FLOODING

WILL PERSIST. CONTINUE TO DRIVE WITH CARE IN THESE AREAS...AND

REMEMBER TO NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH.



ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE OVER ALL OF THE RIO GRANDE

VALLEY THIS WEEKEND. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE

RIO GRANDE VALLEY THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.



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.



PHILO

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