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WGUS74 KBRO 191444

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TXC061-489-191600-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

945 AM CDT FRI SEP 19 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1100 AM CDT FOR CAMERON AND

SOUTHERN WILLACY COUNTIES...



AT 945 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN

AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR 

ESTIMATED THAT UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN DURING THE PAST 3 

HOURS IN WILLACY AND NORTHERN CAMERON COUNTIES. RAINFALL CONTINUES 

AT UP TO AN INCH AND A HALF PER HOUR IN SOUTHEASTERN CAMERON COUNTY 

NEAR BROWNSVILLE.



HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS 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... PORT ISABEL...SAN BENITO...LA FERIA...

HARLINGEN...BROWNSVILLE...LYFORD...SEBASTIAN...SANTA ROSA...RIO 

HONDO...RANCHO VIEJO...LOS FRESNOS AND LAGUNA HEIGHTS.



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.



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 2647 9744 2625 9736 2611 9733 2607 9720

          2599 9720 2599 9730 2588 9742 2605 9767

          2609 9787 2645 9786



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