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TXC061-041945-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

1245 PM CST MON NOV 4 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CAMERON COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...



AT 1244 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN BROWNSVILLE 

SHOWED ISOLATED SHOWERS OVER WESTERN CAMERON AND EASTERN WILLACY 

COUNTIES...WITH NUMEROUS HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS OVER THE ADJACENT GULF 

WATERS. MOVEMENT CONTINUES NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE FLASH FLOOD 

WARNING FOR CAMERON COUNTY HAS EXPIRED.



PATCHY RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVER CAMERON COUNTY AND COASTAL AREAS THIS 

AFTERNOON...WITH LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF AN INCH EXPECTED. A COLD 

FRONT HAS DRIVEN INTO MEXICO...SHUNTING MOISTURE AND DYNAMICS FOR 

RAINFALL INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO.



HEAVY RAINS COULD REDEVELOP TONIGHT...AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE 

MOVES OVERHEAD...AND A FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL REMAIN IN PLACE 

THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON.



BE ALERT TO THE DANGERS POSED BY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING. 

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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