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000 

WGUS74 KBRO 142249

FFSBRO

TXC247-427-505-142330-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

540 PM CDT SUN SEP 14 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 8 PM CDT FOR ZAPATA...JIM 

HOGG AND WESTERN STARR COUNTIES...



AT 536 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER ZAPATA AND NORTHWESTERN 

JIM HOGG COUNTIES. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING SLOWLY NORTHWEST. DOPPLER 

RADAR ESTIMATED THAT RAINFALL CONTINUES AT A RATE OF TWO TO FOUR 

INCHES AN HOUR OVER PORTIONS OF ZAPATA AND JIM HOGG COUNTIES. 



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...FALCON 

DAM...SAN YGNACIO...HEBBRONVILLE...ESCOBA...GUERRA AND RANDADO.



THE EMERGENCY MANAGER FOR ZAPATA COUNTY REPORTS THAT WATER COVERED 

ROADS IN THE CHIHUAHUA AREA.    



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 2728 9854 2682 9867 2638 9895 2639 9909

          2705 9947 2728 9948 2727 9881 2737 9882

          2736 9855



$$



SPEECE

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000 

WGUS74 KBRO 142249

FFSBRO

TXC247-427-505-142330-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

540 PM CDT SUN SEP 14 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 8 PM CDT FOR ZAPATA...JIM 

HOGG AND WESTERN STARR COUNTIES...



AT 536 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER ZAPATA AND NORTHWESTERN 

JIM HOGG COUNTIES. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING SLOWLY NORTHWEST. DOPPLER 

RADAR ESTIMATED THAT RAINFALL CONTINUES AT A RATE OF TWO TO FOUR 

INCHES AN HOUR OVER PORTIONS OF ZAPATA AND JIM HOGG COUNTIES. 



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...FALCON 

DAM...SAN YGNACIO...HEBBRONVILLE...ESCOBA...GUERRA AND RANDADO.



THE EMERGENCY MANAGER FOR ZAPATA COUNTY REPORTS THAT WATER COVERED 

ROADS IN THE CHIHUAHUA AREA.    



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 2728 9854 2682 9867 2638 9895 2639 9909

          2705 9947 2728 9948 2727 9881 2737 9882

          2736 9855



$$



SPEECE

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