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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

640 PM CDT MON JUL 28 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN BROOKS

COUNTY...



AT 639 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

LINGERING SHOWERS OVER NORTHERN BROOKS COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR HAS 

ESTIMATED 5 TO 8 INCHES OF RAINFALL OVER NORTHERN BROOKS COUNTY...10 

MILES SOUTHWEST OF FALFURRIAS...WITH A LARGE AREA OF NORTHERN BROOKS 

COUNTY RECEIVING 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAINFALL.



RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING TO 

OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND NEAR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. 

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...FALFURRIAS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND 

ARROYOS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



MOST 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. REMEMBER...TURN 

AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 2734 9806 2695 9806 2698 9837 2734 9849



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