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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

705 PM CDT TUE JUL 29 2003



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR BROOKS COUNTY 

UNTIL 9 PM CDT HAS BEEN CANCELED...



EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS

AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO

RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN 

OBSERVED...PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. 

THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR BROOKS 

COUNTY UNTIL 9 PM CDT HAS BEEN CANCELED.



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH 

VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAVE MOVED NORTH AND WEST OF BROOKS COUNTY NOW. 

SOME LINGERING SHOWERS WILL ONLY BRING LIGHT RAINS TO THE PREVIOUSLY 

WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED FROM 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL 

WAS RECEIVED IN A LARGE AREA OF BROOKS COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON AND 

EVENING. THIS AREA WAS INUNDATED WITH 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAINFALL 

YESTERDAY...AND THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL HAS CAUSED SOME FLOODING TO 

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



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.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO...OR TELEVISION  

FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.



LAT...LON 2726 9806 2685 9806 2684 9841 2728 9845



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