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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

537 PM CDT THU SEP 18 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN AND NORTHERN

HIDALGO COUNTY UNTIL 6 PM CDT...



SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUE ACROSS

MOST OF WESTERN HIDALGO COUNTY IN DEEP SOUTH TEXAS. NATIONAL WEATHER

SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES RAINFALL AMOUNTS RANGING FROM 2 TO 4

INCHES NEAR THE CITIES OF MCCOOK AND SULLIVAN CITY. ANOTHER AREA

OF HEAVY RAINFALL WAS LOCATED ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 281 IN NORTHERN

HIDALGO COUNTY.



SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DIMINISH OVER DEEP SOUTH TEXAS

TONIGHT. HOWEVER ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE

LIKELY TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY FRIDAY AS DAYTIME

HEATING WILL SPARK AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORM.



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

TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION LISTEN TO YOUR LOCAL NOAA WEATHER

RADIO BROADCAST.



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