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TXC061-251101-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

400 AM CDT FRI OCT 25 2002



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

THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...



AT 400 AM CDT...BROWNSVILLE RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS 

WITH HEAVY RAINFALL EXITING EXTREME SOUTHEAST CAMERON COUNTY. PATCHY 

SHOWERS CONTINUED OVER THE OTHER AREAS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. THE 

FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CAMERON COUNTY HAS EXPIRED. ALTHOUGH 

RAINFALL HAS BEEN DECREASING...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 HAS BEEN OCCURRING IN 

CAMERON COUNTY.



MANY ROADS OVER CAMERON COUNTY WILL CONTINUE TO BE HAZARDOUS FOR 

DRIVING DURING THIS MORNINGS COMMUTE...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.



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