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TXC061-489-191730-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

1154 AM CDT FRI SEP 19 2003



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR HIDALGO COUNTIES 

WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...



HEAVY RAIN HAS LESSENED OVER THE WARNED AREA. BROWNSVILLE DOPPLER 

RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAINFALL RATES OVER HIDALGO COUNTY HAVE TAPERED 

OFF TO HALF AN INCH PER HOUR OR LESS. 



REMEMBER...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 500 PM 

TODAY. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OCCUR AGAIN LATER THIS 

AFTERNOON.



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.



REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SO THAT THEY

MAY TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO CLOSE FLOODED ROADWAYS.



LAT...LON 2658 9746 2627 9737 2610 9732 2606 9720

          2599 9721 2595 9738 2587 9742 2594 9758

          2605 9769 2608 9789 2646 9787 2650 9798

          2659 9795



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