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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

630 PM CDT SUN SEP 14 2003



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

HOGG COUNTIES...



AT 630 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING ACROSS ZAPATA AND JIM 

HOGG COUNTIES. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT RAINFALL RATES CONTINUE 

FROM ONE TO THREE INCHES AN HOUR OVER THESE TWO COUNTIES.  THE STORM 

TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS FOR PORTIONS OF ZAPATA AND JIM HOGG COUNTIES 

SINCE 4 PM RANGE FROM THREE TO SIX INCHES IN SOME AREAS.  AS A 

RESULT...FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ACROSS PORTIONS OF JIM HOGG 

AND ZAPATA COUNTIES THROUGH 8 PM.  



THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED OVER WESTERN STARR COUNTY AND 

ACCORDINGLY THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WESTERN STARR COUNTY HAS 

BEEN CANCELLED.  



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...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. 



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