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WGUS74 KBRO 191712

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TXC061-489-191800-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX

1210 PM CDT FRI SEP 19 2003



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 100 PM CDT FOR CAMERON AND

WILLACY COUNTIES...



AT 1208 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN 

AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL 

CONTINUES TO FALL AT A RATE OF HALF AN INCH TO AN INCH PER HOUR IN 

THE WARNED AREA.



RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING 

TO OCCUR... ESPECIALLY ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND NEAR LOW WATER 

CROSSINGS. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... 

RAYMONDVILLE...SAN BENITO...LA FERIA...HARLINGEN...LYFORD... 

SEBASTIAN...SANTA ROSA...RIO HONDO...RANCHO VIEJO...LOS FRESNOS... 

COMBES...BROWNSVILLE AND SAN PERLITA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS

AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS

AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING

AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



LAT...LON 2626 9785 2620 9784 2610 9784 2609 9785

          2591 9743 2598 9732 2659 9749 2658 9776

          2660 9792 2649 9795 2644 9784 2635 9784



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