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TXC505-121200-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

549 AM CDT FRI SEP 12 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 700 AM FOR ZAPATA COUNTY...



AT 548 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS ZAPATA COUNTY. DOPPLER 

RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL RATES OF THREE INCHES PER HOUR NEAR THE 

CITY OF ZAPATA.



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN 

ZAPATA COUNTY. 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...ZAPATA AND ESCOBA.



THE ZAPATA COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED STREET FLOODING IN 

ZAPATA...ARROYOS RUNNING FULL AND FLOODING OF UNITED STATES HIGHWAY 

83 NEAR ZAPATA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS

AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS

AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING

AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



LAT...LON 2727 9898 2678 9897 2655 9915 2701 9942

          2728 9947



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