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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

1143 AM CST MON NOV 4 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1245 PM CST FOR CAMERON 

COUNTY...



AT 1142 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN BROWNSVILLE 

SHOWED SHOWERS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL OVER EASTERN CAMERON COUNTY AND 

SOUTHWEST OF CAMERON COUNTY IN ADJACENT MEXICO. MOVEMENT WAS 

NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING MAY BE REISSUED BY 

1245 PM...AS ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS ARE APPROACHING THE AREA.



HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS

EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS

THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...PORT 

ISABEL...BROWNSVILLE...BAYVIEW...LAGUNA VISTA...SOUTH PADRE ISLAND 

AND LOS FRESNOS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE SHOWERS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING 

OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. 

ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS 

AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



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.



MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO

CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS IF WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON

FOOT.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



LAT...LON 2590 9786 2574 9707 2619 9700 2629 9783



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