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WGUS74 KBRO 121224

FFSBRO

TXC427-121330-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

723 AM CDT FRI SEP 12 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 830 AM CDT FOR STARR COUNTY...



AT 718 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS STARR COUNTY. DOPPLER 

RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL RATES OF TWO AND A HALF INCHES PER HOUR IN 

CENTRAL STARR COUNTY.



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN STARR 

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...FALCON 

DAM...EL SAUZ...ROMA...RIO GRANDE CITY...LA GLORIA AND GARCIASVILLE.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM 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.



LAT...LON 2679 9836 2625 9861 2636 9891 2642 9907

          2657 9918 2666 9901 2679 9897



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