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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

835 AM CDT FRI AUG 15 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS

THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON...



TROPICAL STORM ERIKA...CURRENTLY HEADING TOWARDS THE LOWER TEXAS

COASTLINE WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPLY PLENTY OF TROPICAL MOISTURE TO DEEP

SOUTH TEXAS. TROPICAL STORM ERIKA IS MOVING JUST SOUTH OF DUE

WESTWARD NEAR 24 MPH AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE

WITH A DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED. THE CENTER OF ERIKA IS EXPECTED TO

MAKE LANDFALL NEAR THE MOUTH OF THE RIO GRANDE RIVER EARLY SATURDAY

MORNING.



BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS

THE OFFSHORE WATERS OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS THROUGH SATURDAY. AS TROPICAL

STORM ERIKA MOVES OVER LAND...MEAN AREAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 4

INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS CAN BE EXPECTED OVER MOST

OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS THROUGH SATURDAY.



AT 830 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN BROWNSVILLE

DETECTED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER BROOKS...JIM HOGG AND KENEDY

COUNTIES. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING WEST AT 15 TO 25 MPH. TODAYS

RAINFALL WILL STEADILY INCREASE IN AREAL COVERAGE AND INTENSITY AS

TROPICAL STORM ERIKA APPROACHES THE LOWER TEXAS COASTLINE.  RAINFALL

FROM EARLIER THIS WEEK HAS ALREADY SATURATED MUCH OF DEEP SOUTH TEXAS

AND ANY PERSISTENT THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY THAT DEVELOPS TODAY AND

SATURDAY COULD QUICKLY PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING. ACCORDINGLY...ALL OF

DEEP SOUTH TEXAS WILL REMAIN UNDER A FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH

SATURDAY AFTERNOON.



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH

AREA. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA ARE ADVISED TO CHECK PREPAREDNESS

REQUIREMENTS...KEEP INFORMED...AND BE READY FOR QUICK ACTION IF

FLOODING THREATENS.



FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION LISTEN TO YOUR LOCAL NOAA WEATHER

RADIO BROADCAST.



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