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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

416 PM CDT WED SEP 17 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN

HIDALGO COUNTY...



AT 415 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS SOUTHERN HIDALGO 

COUNTY...BUILDING EAST INTO ADJACENT CAMERON COUNTY.



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE

WARNED AREA. 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...

HIDALGO...WESLACO...SAN JUAN...PHARR...MISSION...MERCEDES...

MCALLEN...EDINBURG...EDCOUCH...DONNA...ALAMO AND PROGRESO.



STREET FLOODING IS BEING REALIZED IN CITIES OF SOUTHERN HIDALGO 

COUNTY...ALONG WITH PONDING AND DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ALONG 

HIGHWAY 83.



REMEMBER...NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. 

ALWAYS DRIVE ACCORDING TO WEATHER CONDITIONS.



MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO AND TELEVISION OR YOUR 

LOCAL CABLE OUTLET FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION UPDATES.



LAT...LON 2637 9789 2602 9787 2603 9833 2638 9833



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